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High Tech Professionals Are Hard to Organize Too

Author
Early, Steve; Wilson, Rand
Abstract
[Excerpt] It is unlikely that any technical and professional employees will be organized in non-union high tech firms until more blue-collar production workers become union members. There are, however, some high technology companies which already have heavily unionized blue-collar workforces. Two industrial unions have recently tried to recruit new members among the engineering and computer personnel at such firms. The experiences of the Communications Workers of America (CWA) at AT&T Technologies and the International Union of Electronic, Electrical, Technical, Salaried, & Machine Workers (IUE) at Raytheon indicate that the obstacles facing unions in this type of "high tech organizing" are formidable.
Journal/Series
Labor Research Review
Volume & Issue:
Vol. 1, Num. 8
Date Issued
1986-04-01Subject
union; labor movement; organizing; technical employees; professional employees
Type
article