Actually, as someone who's against certification and in favor of unionization, I don't see the comparison at all.
Next time that promised pay raise mysteriously disappears when review time comes around, or you find yourself laid off without any notice or contractual severance pay, or at work all week at 3am without any additional contractual compensation, or a supervisor continuously gives you a hard time because they just don't like you without any contractual grievance procedure, you can tell me why collective bargaining and union job protections are a bad idea. Back when there were more high paying jobs than qualified takers, it was easy to just say "screw it" and go find another better, or at least higher paying, position. Now that highly qualified job seekers have a hard time even getting an interview, options seem much more limited. The advantages of collectively bargained, and perhaps industry standardized, employment contracts seem a lot more evident. But feel free to ignore any, likely minimal, discussion. The advantages of unionization for professionals seems obvious to me, but, apparently, not to many others in the United States--things being rather different in other industrilized countries, however. Arthur On Thu, 18 Jul 2002, Adam S. Moskowitz wrote: > Fuck! > > As fas as I can tell, the debate over whether to unionize is nothing > more than a variant of the Great Certification Debate. > > Been there, done that (at least twice), have no hope of ever seeing it > resolved. > > Y'all let me know when you've talked yourselves out and then we'll get > back to some real business. > > AdamM > > > --- > 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]'.
