Re: [Marxism] Should IT workers unionize?

[Greg Dunkel <gdunkel@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx>]

I work in a unionized IT shop  -- there are a few in the public sector.  My 
union just won a grievance on compensation for overtime.

One of my colleagues filed for nearly 9 weeks of comp time, which he wouldn't 
have gotten without a union.

Never would have gotten this time without a union.

And if we make a mistake the boss has no right to fire us just for one mistake. 
 And they can't walk up to you in my shop with shopping bags and a armed guard 
and tell you to clean out your desk with a union.

Should IT workers unionize?  Sure.  Every worker needs a union, unskilled 
(so-called) more than skilled, but we all need one to protect our interests.

/greg

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