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Subject:RE: Average Hours Worked From:"Sean Brierley" <sbri -at- haestad -dot- com> To:"TECHWR-L" <techwr-l -at- lists -dot- raycomm -dot- com> Date:Thu, 8 Aug 2002 08:19:05 -0400
Well, you should re-read some of your previous posts. 'Nuff said.
>Actually unionization can wipe out an industry as a whole, and thus
ruin it for
>everybody. Ever wonder why companies move work to Indian, Mexico, or
elsewhere?
>Americans have priced themselves out of many labor markets...thanks to
unions.
Just a thought, aren't technical writers and programmers/software
developers worried about losing jobs to Eastern-European and Indian
programmers? Some jobs are headed that way. But, in general, technical
writers and programmers are not unionized. Clearly, work moving to
India, Mexico, and elsewhere is not motivated solely by unionization
and, I suggest, unionization would tend not to increase or decrease the
trend. I understand we will differ on that.
-----Original Message-----
From: Andrew Plato [mailto:gilliankitty -at- yahoo -dot- com]
Sent: Thursday, August 08, 2002 4:14 AM
To: techwr-l -at- lists -dot- raycomm -dot- com
Cc: Sean Brierley
Subject: Re: Average Hours Worked
"Sean Brierley" <sbri -at- haestad -dot- com> wrote
Sigh...
> Andrew says hours are irrelevant.
Never said that. I
> Andrew says project management is irrelevant.
Never said that.
> Andrew says employees should expect to be happy working 168 hours a
week
> for 40 hours worth of pay.
Never said that.
Actually unionization can wipe out an industry as a whole, and thus ruin
it for
everybody. Ever wonder why companies move work to Indian, Mexico, or
elsewhere?
Americans have priced themselves out of many labor markets...thanks to
unions.
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