I happen to strongly agree with rek2's comment. Although many in the IT field seem resistant, there are many unions in the US (let alone other countries) where the members are professional, creative, and autonomous, while enjoying advantages such as job security, high pay, and lack of workplace exploitation they gain from well reasoned, well written, and collectively negotiated contracts. See, for example, the newspaper guild, the directors guild, and the various university faculty unions.
This is something I've been thinking about for a long time, though I've seen little organizational or political movement in this direction. Given the current state of employment in the IT industry, perhaps now would be a good time to start. Arthur Gaer [EMAIL PROTECTED] Senior Systems Manager, Department of Mathematics Harvard University, 617-495-1610, FAX: 617-495-5132 On Thu, 18 Jul 2002, rek2 wrote: > What IT needs is a Union ;-) > I'm serious. > rek2 > > On Thursday 18 July 2002 13:13, [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: > > This is an issue that is affecting many hunfreds of > > thousands IT folks. > > > > However, unless we work together on this (with a single > > voice), we will never get even close to what we had 2 > > yeasr ago. > > > > The user group community can play a role. > > > > One part of this huge dillemma is the H1-B visa issue. > > > > Any suggestions would be greatly appreciated. > > > --- > Send mail for the `bblisa' mailing list to `[EMAIL PROTECTED]'. > Mail administrative requests to `[EMAIL PROTECTED]'. > --- Send mail for the `bblisa' mailing list to `[EMAIL PROTECTED]'. Mail administrative requests to `[EMAIL PROTECTED]'.
