[consulting] Unionizing Drupal

[jeff at ayendesigns.com]

There are good and bad examples. Collective bargaining is not a requirement of a union, nor are many of the items listed. A bad example, in practice, is the US teacher's union. Read the stats of education's decline and how many students cannot find the US on a map. That aside, nothing you said shows the union ad being a haven for uniquely talented individuals rather than (perhaps talented) interchangable cogs.
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Though I'd suggest a professional organization is more applicable 
(professional being a legal term) I think the conversation is over 
simplifying what unions do.
Not only do they participate in collective bargaining and employee 
defense, but you have professional standards, apprentice programs 
(meaning trainers, trainees, mentors and ongoing education), job 
placement, group insurance policies (health for the US, but life and 
disability as well), pensions, government lobbying, and a host of other 
duties.

In the teamsters, if you hired a Union Electrician and employer always 
knew they'd get someone that worked to the highest standards. Is that 
something the Drupal group could guarantee?

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