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Given the current visa worker situation, how are unions possible?

I understand, in traditional engineering fields, they're possible. Also I'm pretty sure (correct me if wrong) European tech jobs have them. But do they have the same visa problem?

Should we all just pull a drew devault and move to Europe then?

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Can you elaborate on what visa worker situation you're referring to and how it affects the feasibility of a union?

Technically visa workers can join a union, but if they get retaliated against, the stakes are much higher

Also part of the appeal of having them is that they're easier to bully into overworking because of the threat of deportation. If unions standardize working expectations, that's in direct conflict with one of the primary benefits of visa workers

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