{"id":1111,"date":"2007-08-06T06:45:04","date_gmt":"2007-08-06T11:45:04","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/selectmetrix.com\/blogs\/2007\/08\/a-bloggers-union\/"},"modified":"2007-08-06T06:45:05","modified_gmt":"2007-08-06T11:45:05","slug":"a-bloggers-union","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/selectmetrix.com\/blogs\/2007\/08\/a-bloggers-union\/","title":{"rendered":"A Blogger&#8217;s Union"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Talk about another bad business decision &#8211; from the Pioneer Planet&#8217;s <a href=\"http:\/\/www.twincities.com\/ci_6551876?source=rss\" target=\"_blank\">Bloggers May Form Union<\/a>:<\/p>\n<blockquote>\n<p>A loosely formed coalition of left-leaning bloggers is trying to form a labor union in hopes of helping them secure health insurance, conduct collective bargaining or even set professional standards.<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p>But wait, it gets better:<\/p>\n<blockquote>\n<p>&#8220;Blogging is very intense &#8211; physically, mentally,&#8221; she said. &#8220;You&#8217;re constantly scanning for news. You&#8217;re constantly trying to &#8230; mobilize your readers.<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p>I particularly enjoyed the first part of that quote &#8211; blogging is very intense physically.&nbsp; Physically?&nbsp; Insert your own Jay Leno joke about how fat we are becoming as a nation.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Talk about another bad business decision &#8211; from the Pioneer Planet&#8217;s Bloggers May Form Union: A loosely formed coalition of left-leaning bloggers is trying to form a labor union in hopes of helping them secure health insurance, conduct collective bargaining or even set professional standards. But wait, it gets better: &#8220;Blogging is very intense &#8211; physically, mentally,&#8221; she said. &#8220;You&#8217;re constantly scanning for news. You&#8217;re constantly trying to &#8230; mobilize your readers. I particularly enjoyed the first part of that quote &#8211; blogging is very intense physically.&nbsp; Physically?&nbsp; Insert your own Jay Leno joke about how fat we are becoming as a nation.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"bgseo_title":"","bgseo_description":"","bgseo_robots_index":"","bgseo_robots_follow":"","_jetpack_newsletter_access":"","_jetpack_dont_email_post_to_subs":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_tier_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paywalled_content":false,"_jetpack_feature_clip_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":"","jetpack_publicize_message":"","jetpack_publicize_feature_enabled":true,"jetpack_social_post_already_shared":false,"jetpack_social_options":{"image_generator_settings":{"template":"highway","default_image_id":0,"font":"","enabled":false},"version":2},"jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false},"categories":[7],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-1111","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-general"],"jetpack_publicize_connections":[],"jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"jetpack_shortlink":"https:\/\/wp.me\/p5Oho-hV","jetpack-related-posts":[{"id":266,"url":"https:\/\/selectmetrix.com\/blogs\/2006\/08\/blogs-recruiting\/","url_meta":{"origin":1111,"position":0},"title":"Blogs &#038; Recruiting","author":"Lee Fratzke","date":"August 30, 2006","format":false,"excerpt":"Blogs Could Become Newest Recruiting Tool from the SHRM website (membership required): Blogs offer businesses an excellent and interactive communication tool. 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