You dont seem to have too high an opinion of Unions, any particular reason?
On Tue, 03 Oct 2000, Peter Theobald spake thusly:
> *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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