RE: [hangout] Re: pittance

If you try to unionize IT who would the union negotiate with?

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> -----Original Message-----
> From: Ruben Safir Secretary NYLXS [mailto:[email protected]]
> Sent: Monday, April 12, 2004 12:59 PM
> To: Barry Caplan
> Cc: [email protected]; [email protected]
> Subject: Re: [hangout] Re: pittance
> 
> 
> On Mon, Apr 12, 2004 at 08:55:58AM -0700, Barry Caplan wrote:
> > So Ruben,
> >this is the land of entrepreneurialism...what efforts are you making
> >to make your dream off unionizing IT people a reality? Have you spoken
> >with anyone in an actual union? Why do they think they will be able to
> >succeed where they never have before?
> 
> 
> Are you throwing down the guantlet to me :)  Unionization is probibly
> not
> appropriate for IT.  Licensure is probibly the way.  And the first step
> is to create a more powerful and enabled professional organization, IMO.
> 
> The FSCC was designed to start this process.  It will take years.  I'll
> be retired before this becomes a reality.  But I believe it will happen.
> I think there is no relisitic choice for public security reasons alone.
> 
> Ruben
> 
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