Steve Ramirez, vice president of marketing at eTown, at one time said he wanted to see the union election go forward. We would like to see employees vote their feelings in an election, if that is what they want to do. It is common to put in 12, even 14 hour days here, and not unusual to see people working on Saturday. Now that stock options no longer look like the pot of gold at the end of the rainbow, these issues can become real union incubators. But even labor organizers admit that union incubators tend to be slow.
Movements begin small.
And labor attorney Loomis isn't predicting big changes for high tech anytime soon. But, especially if we continue to see pull backs, management would be well-advised to bone up on wage labor laws, ergonomic laws, and discrimination statutes. After that, I don't know. I would think twice about going back to work for an internet company. I might go back to school and become a teacher.