Bloggers Consider Forming Labor Union

[WanderAimlessly]

A day for looney news that has sinister connotations:

**Bloggers Consider Forming Labor Union
**Monday August 6, 9:24 am ET
By Ashley M. Heher, AP Business Writer
Left-Leaning Bloggers Debate Forming Labor Union

CHICAGO (AP) – Do bloggers need their own Norma Rae?

In a move that might make some people scratch their heads, a loosely formed coalition of left-leaning bloggers are trying to band together to form a labor union they hope will help them receive health insurance, conduct collective bargaining or even set professional standards.

The effort is an extension of the blogosphere’s growing power and presence, especially within the political realm, and for many, evokes memories of the early labor organization of freelance writers in the early 1980s.

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It is my perception that unions means control and that is what I am really seeing here as their real reason. For a long time, the left has been moaning about the right wing bloggers and their influence. With a “blog union”, I see them trying to influence (i.e. bullying) content on the internet to the detriment of opposing views to theirs.

 

[aimee]

A day for looney news that has sinister connotations: It is my perception that unions means control and that is what I am really seeing here as their real reason. For a long time, the left has been moaning about the right wing bloggers and their influence. With a “blog union”, I see them trying to influence (i.e. bullying) content on the internet to the detriment of opposing views to theirs.

I understand what you mean…don’t think a union like that would be a good idea.

 

[Dale_M]

Unionizing bloggers is probably a lot like herding cats.