The only protection we could possibly have HAS to be implemented by the government, look how Germany handles their workforce. They have a worker's council, you can't just lay off people or fire tons of people nope. Workers are protected. Here in the USA, people are just servants, building pyramids, and then tossed to the street.

My idea: if a company employs over 50 employees, it should be ILLEGAL to outsource any job overseas, or replace them with AI. Example, voice actors. Should not be legal. Small studios / indie, should be perfectly legal since these are individuals that struggle to get started.

[–] frezik@midwest.social 3 points 3 months ago

Unions can organize without the government having any protections. It's very difficult to organize that way. It's difficult to organize even with the most union-friendly government imaginable. But either way, it can be done.

Unions in the US have been shot by police at before. Hard to have less government protection than that.

[–] Adalast@lemmy.world 1 points 3 months ago (1 children)

Your idea is one of the specific reasons many companies try to label everyone as an "independent contractor". Especially people like voice actors are not "employees", and thus do not count as such for your idea.

[–] Buttflapper@lemmy.world 0 points 3 months ago

Yeah, and unions would change that. Negotiating to ensure that people are hired as full-time employees with benefits, not as independent contractors or consultants with no rights, and finally be treated as human beings.