Forking this discussion under an appropriate subject ...<br><br>On Fri, Aug 6, 2010 at 4:39 PM, Victor Kane <span dir="ltr"><<a href="mailto:victorkane@gmail.com">victorkane@gmail.com</a>></span> wrote:<br><div class="gmail_quote">
<blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="margin: 0pt 0pt 0pt 0.8ex; border-left: 1px solid rgb(204, 204, 204); padding-left: 1ex;">We can all laugh our heads off, but the law of falling rate of return (Marx) and the huge efforts being made (even in the Drupal community via the sanctification of oDesk) to commoditize Drupal consulting work will make us consultants laugh on the other side of our faces.<div>
<br></div><div>Only an international union (which we should have done at the cusp of the curve, not now that it is dropping) can defend our rights as working people.</div></blockquote><div><br>Let us for a minute forget the negative connotations of "union" in the mindset<br>
of many in the USA ... That is a bug topic in itself: are unions good or bad, <br>and why ...<br><br>Let me throw in why this will not work regardless of the above ...<br><br>A union works within a certain geographical and jurisdiction area.<br>
<br>I can't see how an international union would work. Suppose Elbonians <br>refuse to join. What can the international union do to prevent work going <br>to them? Sue them? Under which country's law? Enforcing which laws?<br>
<br>Unless it is The Hague ...<br><br>Would site owners be punished for not using unionized Drupal? How?<br>What stops them from using Joomla then if Drupal has become such <br>a pain?<br></div></div>-- <br>Khalid M. Baheyeldin<br>
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