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Re: Should Programmers Unionize?

by apl (Monsignor)
on Jan 15, 2008 at 15:35 UTC ( [id://662488]=note: print w/replies, xml ) Need Help??


in reply to Should Programmers Unionize?

Opposed. I'm better than some of my peers, not as good as others. Working in the financial industry, we each deserve a bonus that reflects our skill level.

Just as bad, it'd be impossible to get rid of some people that desperately needed removal.

Mind you, I was in a union while I was in High School, and my father and grandfathers were union men. What we do now and what was done then are quite different. What we work on is distinct (though complimentary), as opposed to being identical copies of what everyone else does.

A Guild is closer to what we are, a group of skilled individuals who share the same craft. But that's quite different than a Union.

I just realized that the Writers Guild of America is a union and a Guild. What we do is analagous to what their members do. I need to think about this...

Revised slightly for clarity.

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Re^2: Should Programmers Unionize?
by apl (Monsignor) on Jan 15, 2008 at 18:17 UTC
    It's official: I disagree with myself. Protections are needed for those new to the field, as well as for those who are sufficiently old that they worry about keeping themselves curent with emerging technologies. Unions have been the traditional guardians of both groups.

    If there's one thing the Bush Administration has proven it's that Economic Darwinism should not be the philosophy of a society.

    So I don't know if we should be unionized or not. I regret wasting two nodes...
      I love thinking about this question. One benefit of a union was the ability to strike, to stop work, to physically prevent access to tools and raw materials so that the Product could not be mnanufactured.

      How would Programmers strike? Management would disable our ability to remotely log in (locking us out), but how could we prevent others from being given remote access, as well as access to the development environment, source code, etc.?

      In other words, how could a union for Programmers be effective?
        Have the SysAdmin union strike in solidarity, and refuse to grant any new account requests, clearly. :)

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