www.inkthinkerblog.com — My contact over at the Freelancers Union tipped me off to the possibility of a bloggers’ union in the not-so-distant future.
From their blog:
A recent AP story about bloggers unionizing, which emerged from a discussion at the Yearly Kos, interested us for all the obvious reasons: a group of independent workers wants to form an association to address labor and benefits issues. The response to the article has been mixed, and has resulted in lots of chatter in the blogosphere and a follow-up piece at Salon.
At Suburban Guerrilla, Susie Madrak explains the principle behind the idea that’s being floated: “I am trying to get bloggers affiliated with a large group so [health insurance is] cheaper.” That’s exactly the rationale behind our own health plans, so obviously we think that’s a great idea.
Read the whole article at the Freelancers Union blog.
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I will not be joining any union. Don’t even get me started.
Actually, I kind of what to get you started. Why wouldn’t you join? I’m not suggesting that I WOULD, just wondering why you wouldn’t.
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I won’t join a union either. I guess my college “Labor Relations” concentration imbued against them.
Not that they don’t have a purpose, but I think I can do better financially without one. Maybe “survival of the fittest” is the best way to look at the potential long term sustainability of blogging.