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Tech workers urged to unionize before crisis hits

Original: The best time to form a union is 10 years before you actually need it. The second best time is now. # Programming # Tech

A call for programmers and tech workers to organize unions is circulating online, playing on the proverb that the best time to plant a tree was years ago and the second best is today. The message links unionizing to growing anxiety over AI and large language models in the industry, arguing workers should build collective power before layoffs or displacement force them to.

Why now: Anxiety over AI-driven job displacement and layoffs is prompting calls for tech workers to organize collectively now.

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• The best time to form a union is 10 years before you actually need it. The second best time is now. # Programming # Tech # AI # LLM # Union · Crell@phpc.social · 5

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