Unionizing

• How many here would support unionizing if they had the chance? Yes or No is sufficient for now. NM - Leadfeather
  • Unionizing - Pollyanna
  • Unionize - Linda
    • Unions - Ellie
  • Unions are increasingly a thing of a by-gone era. In this global economy, - I think it would drive jobs offshore even more. n
  • Just tell prospective employers you...sm - No Piece worker...
  • Nope, even more would end up offshore. - nm
    • IMO, you're not thinking it through all the way but don't want to get into that now. NM - Leadfeather
    • I say let them try to send all of their work offshore - me
      • Especially if we were organized enough to...sht msg - Leadfeather
  • no - nm
    • union - kat2
  • YESSSSSS - CM
  • Not only no but HELL NO!!!!! - KB Diva
  • Yes - Yes
  • no - no
  • Yes! I'll go for unionizing anyday - over AAMT which tries to
    • union - MadamX
  • Support union - YES! - ssc
  • YES...nm - javalover
  • No. - memt
  • Unions - Quest
  • yes. had to look it up and I found a nice - article inside about unions
  • No. - Busy MT'ing
  • YES nm - me
    • Union -YES - alleycat
  • YYEEEEESSSS!!!!! - Current Transcender
  • NO - tn
  • yes - yes
  • YES!! - Souzam

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pretend they represent MTs.  Oh, and doen't their name include "American?"  The last time I checked India, among others, wasn't American...hmmmmm, have things changed??

UNION - YES!!!!!

changed.  My attitude should be everybody's attitude.  We should ALL feel fed up with the way we are treated.  We are the work horses in this industry.  Without us, MTSOs don't get paid, and at the hospitals, the charts won't be complete, coders can't code, billers can't bill, and nobody makes any money.

If we continue to accept the status quo, we can count on making less money.  It's about time for everyone to be outraged and turn our backs on those MTSOs that don't offer a fair wage or who outsource our jobs to third world countries! 

I need the money just as much as the next MT, but I made my sacrifices to get the job I have now.  I worked in the office (oh the horror), paid for daycare (even more horror), and commuted into the city every day because I refused to take another sucky job with an MTSO paying 8 cpl and giving me the bottom of the barrel to type.  I FINALLY found a decent paying job that allows me to work from home, gives me decent dictators, offers me benefits, and doesn't cheat me out of lines.  More importantly, they treat me with respect and appreciate the job I do.

So don't tell me my attitude is wrong.  You're attitude is wrong.  You simply want to stir the pot, but not make a real difference.  Sure I put my family above everything else and sure I worry about my pocketbook before I worry about yours, but you know what, I cared enough about my profession to say I'm not going to put up with it anymore.  I cared enough about my profession that I worked in the office rather than take a wage that was a slap in the face to my years of experience.  I cared enough about my profession to hold out until I found the one good job.

And now I care enough about my profession to say to you are worth every penny of the 7 cpl you're probably earning and 7 cents won't even get you a piece of bubble gum.  Most of here are worth much much more.