Re:Technical Writing Unions

Subject: Re:Technical Writing Unions
From: "Damien Braniff" <DBraniff -at- amphion -dot- com>
To: "TECHWR-L" <techwr-l -at- lists -dot- raycomm -dot- com>
Date: Thu, 1 Nov 2001 08:35:17 -0000

Unions have, as somebody else already said, had a lot to do with the
working conditions etc that we currently have - things we now take for
granted. They served a useful purpose and still do in some areas (where
members are in low paid/low skill/etc jobs where they can't easily up
and go somewhere else.

Not really the case in the TW field. The problem with a lot of unions
(as with other organisations) is the people that run them - sadly we're
far from perfect and those that end up running unions are often those
with their own agendas, political or whatever. When I did Quality at
college one of the lecturers said that the aim of Quality Managers
should be to make themselves redundant. I think the same applies to
unions - once you have fair employment, pay etc then the union is
redundant and, if it still exists, it should be just 'ticking over' (at
minimal cost to members!)

Damien Braniff
Technical Writer
Amphion Semiconductor Ltd.
50/51 Malone Road
BT9 5BS Belfast, Antrim
Northern Ireland

Tel: 028 9050 4000
Fax: 028 9050 4001
E-mail: dbraniff -at- amphion -dot- com
Web: www.amphion.com




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