There are advantages and disadvantages to unions. However, while there is a number of organizations that can discipline projects managers, PMI being one of them, are there any unions that can or should be created to protect the interests of project managers? Saving Changes...
If unions make sense for PMs, then they would likely make sense for all professional roles. Good luck to the PMs having to work through the labor contract T's & C's if that situation were to ever come to pass...
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Peter RapinSubject Matter Expect; Project Delivery| Independent ConsultantOntario, Canada
I have read most of the posts but a couple issues have not been addressed. 1) A union or association requires a political structure - representatives chosen by the membership which costs money and usually results in conflicts, power struggles, negotiations, etc. 2) Speaking of negotiations, there has to be a employer association to bring grievances against and negotiate appropriate working conditions - more politics and costs. 3) There has to be a consensus as to what project management entails, when a project is a project, when management is actually management versus administration. 4) as a starting point do we defer to the lowest denominator for working conditions, accountabilities and compensation; or do we use the highest rank. Either way it leaves out the other half.
