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Subject:Should we unionize? From:"William J. Hartzer" <William -dot- Hartzer -at- EMC2-TAO -dot- FISC -dot- COM> Date:Wed, 5 Jul 1995 15:55:00 EST
Should we have a Technical Writer's Union?
Perhaps if there were a technical writer's union, the Union could establish
rates and help with medical, dental, and benefits for those technical writers
who are contract writers.
Having contracted some jobs before, I wish I had had a union to deal with
rather than having to do all of the negotiating myself when it came to setting
rates and drawing up contracts.
