[Gllug] Trades unions

Dylan dylan at dylan.me.uk
Tue Oct 28 21:09:32 UTC 2003


On Tuesday 28 October 2003 11:26 am, itsbruce at uklinux.net wrote:
<SNIP>
>
> In the Computing sector, in contrast, there's often a strong anti-union
> sentiment, though some of the larger companies do have trades union
> representation.  Geeks are often not joiners (some taking individualism
> to the point of misanthropy), while some see themselves as part of an
> elite (and are aggressively anti-union) or just don't see union
> membership as relevant to their job.

Ah yes, my partner was in this latter group - until his former employer 
started using words like "outsource" and "rationalize". I'd never seen 
someone change their principles so fast (for the better, IMHO!)

Dylan

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