Ok Charles. How do we as a group in the United States start a trade union and publish our fee schedule?
Sent from my iPhone No one said I could type with one thumb > On Feb 6, 2026, at 10:30, Steve Thompson <[email protected]> wrote: > > Yeah but we rejected that when the state of NJ decided that systems > programmers should fall under Cosmetology, while about the same period Texas > was pursuing those claiming to be engineers that had not been granted such a > legal title. This involved IBM who had CEs (Customer Engineers), and the like. > > NaSPA (National association of Systems programmers- can't remember what the > "A" stood for) was alive at that time, as was an informal group of computer > contractors/consultants. > > No, I'm not kidding, I didn't make it up. Scott Sherer was the Pres of NaSPA > and he retired and Radi Shurbaji (I think that was how he spelled it -- we > worked at Boole & Babbage about the same time) manged to become the president > and it then tried to be all things to all people and it collapsed. > (Mainframe, Windows, networking, etc. etc.) > > RMPCP continued as a group (contractor/consultants) until Robert M. Pritchett > died. Sigh. > > > >> On 2/6/2026 11:02 AM, Charles Mills wrote: >> The traditional solution to this problem is a trade union. >> >> Just sayin' >> >> Charles >> >>> On 2/5/2026 6:01 PM, Steve Beaver wrote: >>> Tom. My point is if we all push back to >>> the Indian recruiters for a sold month the point will get made. Most >>> recruiters constantly call even if you are working you push back and help >>> the community at large >>> >>> >>> >>> Sent from my iPhone >>> >>> No one said I could type with one thumb >>> >>>> On Feb 5, 2026, at 18:52, Tom Brennan<[email protected]> wrote: >>>> >>>> Ok, I need a job to eat, but instead of eating at $60 an hour I'll hold >>>> out for $120. The BMI chart says I'm just a smidge into the overweight >>>> category, so I should be ok for a couple of weeks. >>>> >>>>> On 2/5/2026 11:09 AM, Steve Beaver wrote: >>>>> If we ALL push back all at the same time recruiters and companies will >>>>> get the point >>>> ---------------------------------------------------------------------- >>>> For IBM-MAIN subscribe / signoff / archive access instructions, >>>> send email [email protected] with the message: INFO IBM-MAIN >>> ---------------------------------------------------------------------- >>> For IBM-MAIN subscribe / signoff / archive access instructions, >>> send email [email protected] with the message: INFO IBM-MAIN > > -- > Regards, > Steve Thompson > > MaGA: > Make Mainframes Great Again: > Mainframes were doing Cloud before "Cloud" was a thing. > Java, scripting, HA, MQ, Linux, client-server... > > ---------------------------------------------------------------------- > For IBM-MAIN subscribe / signoff / archive access instructions, > send email to [email protected] with the message: INFO IBM-MAIN ---------------------------------------------------------------------- For IBM-MAIN subscribe / signoff / archive access instructions, send email to [email protected] with the message: INFO IBM-MAIN
