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TechNewsWorld: The Most Powerful Labor Union in the World: Linux?

Written By
Web Webster
Web Webster
Jun 1, 2005

[ Thanks to Buckster for this link.
]

“For several years a number of us have been anticipating the
emergence of a Software Labor Union. The argument has not been
whether it will emerge but what form it will take. The conditions
for forming technology unions have never been better.

“In many companies there exists a huge difference in
compensation between the management (particularly the CEOs) and the
folks that actually make and service the products. There is also an
increasing tendency for executives to treat employees (particularly
IT employees) as disposable assets, and you have what appears to be
an increasing lack of respect for the competence of management in
the industry…”

[Editor’s Note: This is Rob Enderle’s take on the
O’Gara/Groklaw incident. In the words of the contributor of this
story: “simply amazing.” -BKP]

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Web Webster

Web Webster

Web Webster has more than 20 years of writing and editorial experience in the tech sector. He’s written and edited news, demand generation, user-focused, and thought leadership content for business software solutions, consumer tech, and Linux Today, he edits and writes for a portfolio of tech industry news and analysis websites including webopedia.com, and DatabaseJournal.com.

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