I admit that most modern unions have hurt not helped. There was a time when
they did very important work. Again remember this is free association, not
legislated action, and could be used to forestall some of the possible
actions the government is consider taking to regulate it, specifically how
it relates to security.
Self regulation is always preferable to gov't regulation.
Timothy Heald
Information Systems Manager
Overseas Security Advisory Council
U.S. Department of State
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-----Original Message-----
From: Deanna Schneider [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]
Sent: Wednesday, October 01, 2003 10:51 AM
To: CF-Community
Subject: Re: CF Salary Range
And a libertarian would be interested in a union? Um, why?
----- Original Message -----
From: "Heald, Tim" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
To: "CF-Community" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Sent: Wednesday, October 01, 2003 9:30 AM
Subject: RE: CF Salary Range
> A friend and I actually started talking about the idea of a union. You
get
> skill ratings by time in service, testing, and peer review. Additionally
> that would allow for a much more stable salary range I think. The down is
> that companies historically don't like unions, and would probably resist
> hiring union programmers.
>
> Timothy Heald
> Information Systems Manager
> Overseas Security Advisory Council
> U.S. Department of State
> 571.345.2319
>
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> -----Original Message-----
> From: Kwang Suh [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]
> Sent: Wednesday, October 01, 2003 10:01 AM
> To: CF-Community
> Subject: RE: CF Salary Range
>
>
> You're asking implementation. Think bigger picture: Can we protect IT
jobs
> in North America by having professional designations in the industry?
>
> -----Original Message-----
> From: Kevin Graeme [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]
> Sent: October 1, 2003 7:50 AM
> To: CF-Community
> Subject: Re: CF Salary Range
>
>
> > You're overblowing it. Other professions have designations (and trust
me,
> a
> > CPA desig is not "mythical", no matter how you view it).
>
> Alright, maybe I did engage in a little hyperbole, and you're right that
> other professions have designations. So how do you see a designation
> working? I have some questions:
>
> 1. How will the designations be determined? Who decides?
> 2. How will people be evaluated? Will it involve going to an official
office
> or will it be a process that anyone authorized can administer?
> 3. Will there be a fee to get evaluated?
> 4. Who will perform the evaluations? Not just what organization, or what
> process, but how many people will be involved in evaluating all the
current
> and potential IT workers? How will they be funded?
> 5. If it's process where anyone authorized can administer the evaluation,
> how does that authorization process happen?
> 6. Will all current IT workers be grandfathered in, or will they need to
be
> evaluated?
> 7. If they are grandfathered in, how is there designation determined for
> further job changes?
> 8. If they need to be evaluated, what is the timeframe involved and what
is
> the incentive to employers to have their current, capable employees
> evaluated if there is a chance the employees will not achieve the
> appropriate designation for their current job?
> 9. How do people contest their designation? Is there going to be a process
> for that? Who oversees that process to ensure that favoritism doesn't
> happen? How will those people be compensated for their time?
> 10. How do employers verify that potential applicants have been
designated?
> 11. How will people who are self-taught know that they need to get a
> designation? If it requires an ongoing awareness and promotion campaign,
how
> much will that cost and how will it be funded?
> 12. How will you ensure that people actually need the designation? Will
> employers only be allowed to hire people with a designation? If no, then
> will equally capable non-designated people have a legal recourse to
contest
> discrimination against them in the hiring process? If yes, how do you
> propose to make it a requirement?
> 13. Once people have a designation, what happens as they continue to
develop
> professionally? Will the designation change to reflect that, and what is
> involved to make the designation change?
> 14. If an employee has a designation, but an employer still doesn't feel
> they can actually do the job, what happens? Can the employee appeal to any
> designating authority to determine whether the employer properly set the
> expectations for a job function with a given designation? Are there any
> protections for the worker at all after going through the process of
> achieving a designation or is it only the employer who benefits during the
> hiring process?
> 15. Can a person's designation be revoked for any reason?
> 16. How much will designations cost the industry? Will candidates have to
> pay for testing? If so, how much?
> 17. Will designees have to pay ongoing dues? If so, how much?
> 18. Will employers have to pay to an industry oversight organization to
fund
> any of the designation process? If so, how much?
>
> Yes, other professions do have designations. They also have bureaucracies
to
> manage them. I'm just wondering how much of a bureaucracy and the
associated
> costs you envision for your idea. Overall will it cost the industry more
or
> less than occasionally hiring and then firing a person with a puffed up
> resume? I honestly don't pretend to know the answer to that. I'm asking.
>
> -Kevin
>
>
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