When you work for a temp firm, you don t have the same kind of benefits that company employees get, she explains. The WATW insists many techies with seniority are often passed over for raises and promotions. And, it s a myth they re all well paid. Management, predictably, is not thrilled with the notion either. The last thing the technology industry needs is unionization, Barabander asserts.
Unions are all about regulating how a company does business.
Their goal is to get workers into collective bargaining agreements after they win representational rights. Ultimately, unions reduce management s flexibility to act in a competitive environment and move at E-speed. Despite the CWA s claims that the majority of techies, especially low and mid-range workers, could profit from union membership, Barabander and Storms insist they don t need unions negotiating on their behalf. Techies, especially those with an entrepreneurial bent, do far better negotiating directly with management than by having a union representative speak for them, Barabander adds. Storms says salary and security are not pressing issues with most techies.