*OPINIONS FOLLOW* YOU MAY DISAGREE* THAT IS YOUR PEROGATIVE*
Traditionally there is not an IT union for several reasons:
1) Unions began when exploited workers attempted to organize to fight the their
exploitation. IT workers have never been exploited, as a matter of fact we enjoy some
of the highest wages and most flexible working conditions in any industry. There is
currently much more demand for skilled IT workers than there is supply of those
workers. IT workers are a class that hardly need the protection of an organization.
2) IT workers have always had a grass-roots "meritocracy" philosophy. In other words
we have felt that the best opportunities should go to the most skilled workers
regardless of other factors such as 'tenure', 'nationality', 'race', 'age', 'sex', or
'membership in a union'. Perhaps this is an outgrowth of the nature of what we do. We
spend all our time looking for the most efficient solutions to problems, so perhaps we
naturally feel that "jobs" should also be granted to the most efficient worker for a
given task, and not to the one who has paid his or her union dues the longest.
At 06:28 PM 10/3/00 -0400, Jon Tillman wrote:
>While I may not take such a hard-line position about this issue, it does raise
>a question to me:
>Is there an IT union? if so, does anyone have contact info?
>if not, why not?
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