Google and Apple run a huge tech-industry wage suppression cartel

[GasBandit]

People of the same trade seldom meet together, even for merriment and diversion, but the conversation always ends in a conspiracy against the public. - Adam Smith

Google, Apple, and a half dozen other tech giants are scrambling for lube (out of court settlements) as the scope and magnitude of their illegal wage collusion is brought into the light of day and the affected are lawyering up.

 

[PatrThom]

Oh, come on. Next you'll be saying that Apple and Microsoft are teaming up to thwart the abolishment of software patents or something.

--Patrick

 

[jwhouk]

Yeah, that's pretty much what he's saying.

 

[AshburnerX]

I thought this was common knowledge? It's also why their isn't a tech industry union: all attempts to unionize are met with black listing. They know they are the only game in town and they've been colluding to keep it that way.

 

[PatrThom]

Yeah, that's pretty much what he's saying.

I was actually referring to something else.

--Patrick