Here, here! There is power in a Union. Actually, here at Harvard many techies have found themselves moved from exempt to non-exempt due to the university's attempts to get in compliance w/ the Federal Labor Dept.'s demands. They have become, by default, members of the Harvard Union of Clerical and Technical Workers (I think that is it).
DP At 03:18 PM 7/18/2002 -0400, Arthur Gaer wrote: >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]'. ----------------------------------------------------- David Pfarrer I.T. Mngr, Health Care Policy, HMS [EMAIL PROTECTED] V:617/432-0386 Page:617/746-7973 --- Send mail for the `bblisa' mailing list to `[EMAIL PROTECTED]'. Mail administrative requests to `[EMAIL PROTECTED]'.
