Scott was making the point in another thread that, in his opinion, labor unions are not legislative bodies. That got me to pondering what attributes should define the ability to form a governing body.
Traditionally, governmental organizations are geographically based. A nation, a state, a county, a city, etc. You are bound by the rules of the governing body by the virtue of your presence in the geographic boundaries defined by the governing body. Unions seem, to me, to be another sort of governing body. They are self organizing in the same way that a city or county is but their boundaries are defined by the type of work people do. A single union can have chapters in multiple companies. A single company can have multiple unions residing within its boundaries. You are generally free to leave the jurisdiction of any governmental organization by moving away (in the case of cities or states) or switching jobs (in the case of unions). However, there are many reasons in the case of either where it may be prohibitively difficult to do so (family, friends, jobs, etc in the case of both geographic governments and unions). Cameron also mentioned another example of a governing organizaion, the Homeowners Association. So, should governing organizations be primarily based on geography? Should we allow other types of governing organizations such as labor unions and HOA's? Is geography an outmoded concept these days and should governing organizations be transitioned to something more interest/ideologically based? I seem to recall the Ron Paul folks planning a community of like-minded Libertarians where they would all rule by local charter and it would be a haven. Perhaps that's the way things ought to go, much like the Internet has allowed people like us to establish communities online based on interest rather than geography. Thoughts? ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~| Adobe® ColdFusion® 8 software 8 is the most important and dramatic release to date Get the Free Trial http://ad.doubleclick.net/clk;207172674;29440083;f Archive: http://www.houseoffusion.com/groups/cf-community/message.cfm/messageid:293074 Subscription: http://www.houseoffusion.com/groups/cf-community/subscribe.cfm Unsubscribe: http://www.houseoffusion.com/cf_lists/unsubscribe.cfm?user=89.70.5
