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Subject:RE: STC is broken From:<richard -dot- melanson -at- us -dot- tel -dot- com> To:<techcommdood -at- gmail -dot- com> Date:Tue, 29 Apr 2008 10:05:00 -0400
I would not call the scenario you describe as one of the concept of a Unions successes!
Rick
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From: Bill Swallow [mailto:techcommdood -at- gmail -dot- com]
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Subject: Re: STC is broken
I won't accept anyone lobbying for my job other than me. And, I will not be pleased if there is such an organization getting in my way, preventing me from succeeding, should I not join.
On Tue, Apr 29, 2008 at 9:43 AM, <richard -dot- melanson -at- us -dot- tel -dot- com> wrote:
> Maybe the STC should take a note or two from Unions. I am not saying become a Union, but benchmark some of the successes of Unions and implement them for us. Bottom line, power in numbers and there are a lot of Technical Writers out there!
> Rick
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