• parrot-party@kbin.social
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    1 year ago

    The real power would be in the union anyway. If they could gather the majority of mods and they actually went through with a strike, it would be a huge test for Reddit. They would have to bring in a ton of scabs or cave to the mods. Scabs may work in the king run, but it would also destroy every community they did it to.

    So the real question is whether these mods will actually act as a union or will it’s members buckle in fear of being replaced.

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      1 year ago

      I would guess that, since their livelihoods aren’t on the line, mods would be far less likely to buckle than typical workers - if they can get organized in the first place.

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      1 year ago

      Not sure we need a formal union, just an absence of powerhungry idiots who are more than happy to replace the mods with integrity that Reddit removes. If no ones willing to step up they really can’t remove mods in a meaningful way.

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        1 year ago

        There’s a lot of jurisprudence around firing someone for striking if it’s a union affair. The way Reddit has started going nuclear replacing mods is exactly like union-busting minus the union.

        It might be easier to show/argue some sort of business relationship between mods and reddit if there’s a formal union. Who knows if it would stand up in court, but imagine if reddit got hit with an injunction regarding forcing a big sub to reopen. A dozen more of the biggest subs might close immediately in solidarity.