Hacker News Reader

Hacker News

Comment by kingkawn | Hacker News Reader

Parent Full thread

kingkawn

As it should be

View on HN

Care to elaborate? I can't think of any argument for this position.

Organizing a union once in your employment history would bar you from employment at a ton of companies otherwise

What is this about then. Obviously you can omit stuff on your resume. I take offense at adding fake experiences.

It can maybe be tough to explain what you were doing in those years you were actually working at a well-known heavily unionized business.

It sucks if you have to be allowed to just make up work experience, but the root of the problem is the power imbalance between employers and employees, and well, that's what's unions are trying to address.

This isn't about adding fake experiences, though, no? It's about omitting experience you've had.

Depends on what you consider a "fake experience". The guy in this case legitimately had 4 years of HVAC experience, but he falsely claimed it was at one particular (non-unionized) company when it was actually at two different (unionized) companies.

Ah, I see. In my opinion, this is OK, as otherwise a 4-year gap in a resume might telegraph a union affiliation and make people unhirable. The spirit of the law is that you're allowed to lie to hide union affiliation, so that's fine.

I would be against people making up experience, but replacing one company's name for another might be OK, if the companies are of roughly similar caliber (no saying you worked at Google when you were an IT for a shop).

Are there any other employers it’s legal to lie about? I don’t like the idea, even though I understand the goal.

Unions should be an inherent presence at every job. Any laws that help further their establishment so that business people who sell the labor of a single individual are able to organize beneficial business associations amongst themselves is a positive for the American workforce and the country.

Reply on news.ycombinator.com