Union Busters Coming After Me

(nlrbedge.com)

119 points | by anothermathbozo 5 hours ago

11 comments

  • JumpCrisscross 4 hours ago
    A cancer center [1] is resorting to these tactics? Based in Seattle?!

    Here is their leadership team and Board: https://www.fredhutch.org/en/about/about-the-hutch/leadershi.... If you're in the area, or if you know a patient, I'd e-mail them a copy of this blog post.

    [1] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Fred_Hutchinson_Cancer_Center

    • justin66 35 minutes ago
      Paying the worker bees more because they've unionized might potentially take money away from the nonprofit's important mission. Not to mention the salaries of senior staff, who are paid over a million dollars a year. [0]

      [0] https://projects.propublica.org/nonprofits/organizations/911...

    • gilfaethwy 3 hours ago
      Of course they are. It's a good reminder that non-profits are very often just an arm of capital, whatever their legal status is, and that they will exercise capital's authority to try to suppress workers' rights.
    • mrguyorama 1 hour ago
      US management culture is the same everywhere.
  • elicash 4 hours ago
    This is the attorney who runs https://nlrbresearch.com (which is run on Datasette) and the AI assistant (Claude Skill) that is tied to it https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mOa3Pc8RD40
  • gunalx 4 hours ago
    Amazing. Next is automating this, automatically or manually gathering all domains they have registered, and spinning up Claude to register a similar domain and creating the counter website.
  • gonight 1 hour ago
    This is the spirit we need more of, good to see nerds causing a ruckus.
  • cliglot 3 hours ago
    Better get yourself a gun.
    • cucumber3732842 3 hours ago
      He's being harassed by a law firm, not the mob. If someone shows up to do him harm they will be from the government because the law firm will have contrived government process to that end.

      Shooting at them while they're on the clock is generally not wise.

  • LoganDark 1 hour ago
    > When I asked them whether they believe those are IP infringements, I was told that they don’t answer hypothetical questions.

    Huh, I've never seen this strategy before.

  • josefritzishere 4 hours ago
    This is delightful. I know he's not paid to do this but I would gladly donate to this.
  • a34729t 3 hours ago
    Oooooh this is great.
  • spelk 4 hours ago
    This is honestly hilarious and I applaud the excellent use of Claude Code for the malicious compliance with their demands.
    • JumpCrisscross 4 hours ago
      > malicious compliance

      This isn't malicious compliance. It's over-the-top compliance. He has no requirement to comply with their random demands. He does anyway.

  • cognitiveinline 4 hours ago
    I wonder how this will be received. Since AI has come up, I think pro-union sentiment has been at a an all time high. How do you feel, HN?