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> >>There's also WashTech, not a union
> > but organizing on behalf of technical permatemps, including tech
> writers,
> > in Wash. State, where many unpleasant conditions have been imposed
> by the
> > power of Microsoft.<<
> >
> My office mate is one of the organizers for WashTech, and if
> there
> are any tech writers in the Seattle area who are interested in joining
> a
> union created specifically for technical workers, I would STRONGLY
> suggest
> you join this group. They have meetings every other Monday night at 7
> (next
> one is July 13) in Seattle at the Labor Temple on 1st Ave in Belltown.
> They've already had meetings with legislators in Washington, and
> they've
> been contacted by union organizers in other states (I know Florida is
> one of
> them).
>
>
Does this mean we get to go on strike with GM?