[Info-vax] Looks like HP has been stepping in the doo-doo again

[Richard B. Gilbert]

Michael Kraemer wrote:
> Neil Rieck schrieb:
>> On Oct 31, 12:43 pm, seasoned_geek <rol... at logikalsolutions.com>
>> wrote:
>>
>>> http://www.programmersguild.org/docs/hp_perm_layoffs.html
>>
>>
>> Although this web page has a publishing date of September 2008, it is
>> still shocking.
>>
> 
> At least some tech workers were smart of enough to organize
> themselves. Whether they call it "guild" or "union"
> doesn't matter.
> 

It might matter to some!  Historically, a Guild was an association of 
craftsmen and concerned itself with maintaining standards for quality.

A union was/is an organization of manufacturing and/or service workers 
and is concerned with extorting the maximum pay for the minimum work.