Originally Posted by
Alan Shore
As strongly as we feel about the value of our profession, that value is set by the market, i.e., what someone is willing to pay us for our services and what we are willing to accept to perform them.
You're correctly describing a non-union occupation Alan. Which may well be a Freudian slip on your part.
Our value is set by the power and influence of collective bargaining, not the free market system. The fact that you and so many others don't see that is disappointing and does not bode well.
Carl