An article from TechNewsWorld addresses the four requirements for an effective social or labor movement, whether it be for reform, merger or something completely new.
For a union to work you need a critical mass of people, you need a way to organize them as a resource, you need the power of threat, and you need effective leadership.
The author suggests a surprising candidate and model for the emerging next big labor organization, the Software Labor Union. He argues that this movement is only lacking the effective leadership to succeed.
The Most Powerful Labor Union in the World: Linux?
By Rob Enderle
TechNewsWorld
05/30/05 5:10 AM PT
This is power that Microsoft, Oracle, IBM and many governments could only dream of having. The power to control the press and the skills contained in this organization are likely capable of disrupting travel, power grids and other broad national infrastructure systems if their demands are not met.
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