Re: [PLUG] Job Titles? (Was: web developer job opening)

["William H. Magill" <magill@mcgillsociety.org>]

On Thursday, June 19, 2003, at 10:18  AM, Magnus wrote:
> On Thursday, June 19, 2003, at 10:13 AM, Bob Schwier wrote:
> > If SAGE is thought of as a union or guild and if the annual fee is 
> > $150
> > then you all are getting off cheap.  My union dues are relatively low 
> > but
> > at one percent of my gross wage, they are considerably more than $150.
>
> But this is not a union.  A union negotiates on your behalf to get 
> favorable working conditions, benefits, job security, etc.  A union 
> makes sure that your employer is providing you with a safe working 
> environment and not mistreating you.  I have yet to see an organized 
> IT shop (while they might exist, I've yet to hear of one).

Yale University is one that I know of.

Off hand I don't know the Union involved. However, the difference 
between working at the University of Pennsylvania (non union) and then 
Yale (union) was a large part of the reason that the Vice Provost for 
Computing is now at the University of Texas.

T.T.F.N.
William H. Magill
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