Comments on: In olde London http://www.buzzmachine.com/2007/10/31/in-olde-london/ by Jeff Jarvis Fri, 04 Jul 2008 21:40:42 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.5.1 By: Panic {RE}_Programming » Blog Archive » What’s the role of unions in the digital age? http://www.buzzmachine.com/2007/10/31/in-olde-london/#comment-364690 Panic {RE}_Programming » Blog Archive » What’s the role of unions in the digital age? Fri, 07 Dec 2007 13:27:49 +0000 http://www.buzzmachine.com/2007/10/31/in-olde-london/#comment-364690 [...] 2.0 “rubbish.” The union’s failure to grasp the changing digital world brought howls of contempt in the blogosphere, and the Guardian’s Roy Greenslade actually dropped out of the [...] [...] 2.0 “rubbish.” The union’s failure to grasp the changing digital world brought howls of contempt in the blogosphere, and the Guardian’s Roy Greenslade actually dropped out of the [...]

]]> By: Spalpeen :: Why did I join the NUJ? http://www.buzzmachine.com/2007/10/31/in-olde-london/#comment-363352 Spalpeen :: Why did I join the NUJ? Thu, 15 Nov 2007 19:36:06 +0000 http://www.buzzmachine.com/2007/10/31/in-olde-london/#comment-363352 [...] there’s gotta be a better way to investigate the NUJ’s attitude to new media than writing a blog post, and I thought that “better way” might have been to join the [...] [...] there’s gotta be a better way to investigate the NUJ’s attitude to new media than writing a blog post, and I thought that “better way” might have been to join the [...]

]]> By: investigativeblog.net » links for 2007-11-01 http://www.buzzmachine.com/2007/10/31/in-olde-london/#comment-362621 investigativeblog.net » links for 2007-11-01 Thu, 01 Nov 2007 08:25:08 +0000 http://www.buzzmachine.com/2007/10/31/in-olde-london/#comment-362621 [...] BuzzMachine » Blog Archive » In olde London (tags: unions politics media precarity) [...] [...] BuzzMachine » Blog Archive » In olde London (tags: unions politics media precarity) [...]

]]> By: Gray http://www.buzzmachine.com/2007/10/31/in-olde-london/#comment-362602 Gray Wed, 31 Oct 2007 13:08:00 +0000 http://www.buzzmachine.com/2007/10/31/in-olde-london/#comment-362602 "They don’t join a union or an association or work for a company. They just learn from each other." Uh huh. And how is this supposed to overcome the elementary problem that the employer is having a much powerful position when dealing with a single employee who want a raise in pay, better heathcare or retirement funding, or simply better conditions at his workplace? Improving qualifications is always a good idea. But it doesn't help you that much when your company is playing the same old same old "devide et impera" game. :-/ “They don’t join a union or an association or work for a company. They just learn from each other.”

Uh huh. And how is this supposed to overcome the elementary problem that the employer is having a much powerful position when dealing with a single employee who want a raise in pay, better heathcare or retirement funding, or simply better conditions at his workplace? Improving qualifications is always a good idea. But it doesn’t help you that much when your company is playing the same old same old “devide et impera” game.
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