>From the wikipedia article... "Under American law, exchanging prices among competitors can also violate the antitrust laws. This includes exchanging prices with either the intent to fix prices or if the exchange affects the prices individual competitors set. Proof that competitors have shared prices can be used as part of the evidence of an illegal price fixing agreement. [4] Experts generally advise that competitors avoid even the appearance of agreeing on price. [5]
Under U.S. law, price fixing is only illegal if it is intentional and comes about via communication or agreement between firms or individuals" I think in order to pursue any action against this, the government would have to prove that all Utah PHP developers are members of UPHPUG and that the intent of the discussion was to make sure we all got paid a lot more. Then you factor in the Unions, Government run monopolies, and the whole issue becomes somewhat of a mess... You could probably argue for either sides and still come up with a decent case. -----Original Message----- From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of Wade Preston Shearer Sent: Monday, July 30, 2007 9:38 AM To: UPHPU General Discussion Subject: Re: [UPHPU] Re: [UPHPU-jobs] 1-2 Senior Web Developer(s) - $45K - $65K > I was recently at a movie rental conference (for independent > renters) in Vegas, where this issue was being enforced continually > by those in-charge. I doubt there was any government officials > listening to make arrests or anything, but those in-charge know the > laws and don't want to be in trouble. > > see: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Price_fixing How is that related to discussing salaries? Am I missing something? _______________________________________________ UPHPU mailing list [email protected] http://uphpu.org/mailman/listinfo/uphpu IRC: #uphpu on irc.freenode.net
