• berkeleyblue@lemmy.world
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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.