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Layoffs and the threat of AI: Why Irish tech workers are finally turning to unions
(www.thejournal.ie)
this post was submitted on 09 Mar 2026
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I wish managers could be in a union. But after a certain point you’re expected to side with the company no matter what.
That's not true, you can still join a union, and you can always make a choice
How high of a level though and where at? pushing upper level, near executive.
It's possible to be in a union at any level as long as you don't own the company
Edit: well, there's some unions that even let them in, but less of them, and usually limit it to "only if the company has less than 500 employees and earns less than AMOUNT" (I dunno the number)
That's what you signed up for tho.
Not really. I became a manager to help make things better for the front line workers. Problem is there is only so much within my sphere of control until I get up high enough. More than once I’ve been scolded for siding with the workers but that hasn’t changed who I am.