News – Do bloggers need a union? That was the question raised today by a small gathering of bloggers and labor activists at the Yearly Kos conference at McCormick Place here in Chicago. "AFL-CIO: Kicking Ass for the Working Class" stickers were passed around, an e-mail signup form was circulated, and the discussion began.
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A representative of the National Writers' Union (which currently represents freelance writers) argued that bloggers and unions were a natural fit: both groups talk often about "community," and health care is a prime concern of each group. One of the main NWU benefits is that freelancers can purchase health care through the group, while the difficulty of getting affordable health care keeps some bloggers from jumping ship from the S.S. Corporate Cubicle for a full-time job in the blogosphere.
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Not that it would help me jump from a FT job ... I basically make almost nothing :-(
I REALLY don't want to pay union dues. I don't like unions much anyway. Isn't much of the purpose of the blogosphere so that I don't have to have any boundaries? I don't like the idea one bit.
lol... pretty much the first thing I thought of--of course the rep from the NWU said what he said! Let's hear it from someone that doesn't make any money off the idea.
Bloggers needing unions is one of the most ridiculous things I've heard in awhile