sugahara@private wrote: > First off, thanks for everyone's feedback and discussion on the issue > of technology in the state. It was a great discussion and it was > great to see some new posters out here. > > This is a little off topic in terms of crime, but it does have > specific implications for the technology industry. > > It seems to me that the entire problem with the lockout hinges with > the potential elimination of union jobs (data entry) through the use > of technology. The issue is for the union is the loss of those jobs. > However, they want to ensure that any technology jobs that are created > are included in the union. This brings up the question: would a > union be good and/or necessary for jobs in the technology field? Unions are an evil, parasitic cancer on American industry. To be fair, that cancer results from the toxic policies of bad management that thinks oppressing workers is a good way to enhance productivity. To the point: labor seems to be squarely in the way of improving efficiencies at American ports. I don't see what data entry clerking has to do with dock work, it has nothing what so ever to do with the dangerous heavy labor that caused the Longshorman's union to become necessary, and just seems like a desparate power grab by a union whose membership is in natural decline because automation is eliminating the need for those jobs. Screw 'em. Caveat: all in my personal, humble opinion. Write me if you want to know how I really feel :) Crispin -- Crispin Cowan, Ph.D. Chief Scientist, WireX http://wirex.com/~crispin/ Security Hardened Linux Distribution: http://immunix.org Available for purchase: http://wirex.com/Products/Immunix/purchase.html
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