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To: long-gone who wrote (13983)8/26/2000 1:49:37 PM
From: Oblomov  Read Replies (2) of 436258
 
Yes, there are fewer jobs... and this could bolster the case for unions. I'm not saying it couldn't happen, just that the jobs in high-tech are too fluid to have well-defined job classes. And my perception is that the most successful and sought-after people in these jobs are comfortable with being intinerant contractors, and enjoy the freedom of not being beholden to a company, let alone a union. Many of them identify with the executive management of the companies they contract themselves to... so they exist in a very different culture than the engineers in heavy industry.

But, I suppose these attitudes could change. The reasons for a worker to join a union appear to be as much psychological as economic. Look at what the Verizon workers got after their strike: a few options and a 12% pay increase over 3 years. That amounts to a 3.8% annual increase. Verizon is getting a bargain!! Most high-tech workers would rather negotiate their own increases that be stuck with such a paltry union-negotiated raise.
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