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		<title>By: Laura Goldman</title>
		<link>http://jobmob.co.il/blog/do-freelancers-need-unions/#comment-6840</link>
		<dc:creator>Laura Goldman</dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Wed, 13 Feb 2008 10:12:41 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description>Clarification There was much sentiment coalesced against joining the Histadrut. People were afraid that they would lose their jobs if their employers knew that they were a member of the Histadrut. 
Freelancers did not want to unite to fight for their rights. The successful ones did not need to unite. The less successful did not understand how this would benefit them. 
The Histadrut can not start a new union for ten people.</description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>Clarification There was much sentiment coalesced against joining the Histadrut. People were afraid that they would lose their jobs if their employers knew that they were a member of the Histadrut.<br />
Freelancers did not want to unite to fight for their rights. The successful ones did not need to unite. The less successful did not understand how this would benefit them.<br />
The Histadrut can not start a new union for ten people.</p>
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		<title>By: Laura Goldman</title>
		<link>http://jobmob.co.il/blog/do-freelancers-need-unions/#comment-6838</link>
		<dc:creator>Laura Goldman</dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Wed, 13 Feb 2008 07:59:49 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description>I appreciate very much Lynda&#039;s generous offer to help with the website. But the fact remains that we did not have enough people to interest the Histadrut.</description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>I appreciate very much Lynda&#8217;s generous offer to help with the website. But the fact remains that we did not have enough people to interest the Histadrut.</p>
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		<title>By: Lynda</title>
		<link>http://jobmob.co.il/blog/do-freelancers-need-unions/#comment-6836</link>
		<dc:creator>Lynda</dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Wed, 13 Feb 2008 05:13:30 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description>Hi Laura,
Please do not write that no one wanted to help you.

I remember very clearly offering to show you how (and to do for you) a static site for the union, at minimal cost - ie domain and the normal monthly fees for hosting. No extras.
Your reply was that your &#039;committee&#039; wanted a .org (which is also possible) or to get the histadrut to pay for it.</description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>Hi Laura,<br />
Please do not write that no one wanted to help you.</p>
<p>I remember very clearly offering to show you how (and to do for you) a static site for the union, at minimal cost &#8211; ie domain and the normal monthly fees for hosting. No extras.<br />
Your reply was that your &#8216;committee&#8217; wanted a .org (which is also possible) or to get the histadrut to pay for it.</p>
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		<title>By: Laura Goldman</title>
		<link>http://jobmob.co.il/blog/do-freelancers-need-unions/#comment-6817</link>
		<dc:creator>Laura Goldman</dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Tue, 12 Feb 2008 16:17:29 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description>Paula, I wish that I had better news for you. Unfortunately, there was not enough interest in the union to start it. If you contact me at stockjockey13@hotmail.com, I can direct you in the right direction.</description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>Paula, I wish that I had better news for you. Unfortunately, there was not enough interest in the union to start it. If you contact me at <a href="mailto:stockjockey13@hotmail.com">stockjockey13@hotmail.com</a>, I can direct you in the right direction.</p>
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		<title>By: Paula Weinstein</title>
		<link>http://jobmob.co.il/blog/do-freelancers-need-unions/#comment-6815</link>
		<dc:creator>Paula Weinstein</dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Tue, 12 Feb 2008 14:12:00 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description>Laura:
Hi, I found this article during some research I&#039;m doing.  I&#039;m interested in what is an Association (vs. union) and how it may apply to local (Israeli) workers of (Foreign) Embassies in Israel.
I would appreciate any help.

Thanks,</description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>Laura:<br />
Hi, I found this article during some research I&#8217;m doing.  I&#8217;m interested in what is an Association (vs. union) and how it may apply to local (Israeli) workers of (Foreign) Embassies in Israel.<br />
I would appreciate any help.</p>
<p>Thanks,</p>
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		<title>By: Jacob Share</title>
		<link>http://jobmob.co.il/blog/do-freelancers-need-unions/#comment-4763</link>
		<dc:creator>Jacob Share</dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Wed, 14 Nov 2007 19:58:23 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description>Laura, you can email me directly at jacob.share [at] shareselectmedia.com and give me more information of what you&#039;d like to put on the Web. 

Although I don&#039;t support the union, if I think it makes sense I would be willing to post your information here on JobMob. Otherwise, I will at least point you in the right direction.</description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>Laura, you can email me directly at jacob.share [at] shareselectmedia.com and give me more information of what you&#8217;d like to put on the Web. </p>
<p>Although I don&#8217;t support the union, if I think it makes sense I would be willing to post your information here on JobMob. Otherwise, I will at least point you in the right direction.</p>
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		<title>By: Laura Goldman</title>
		<link>http://jobmob.co.il/blog/do-freelancers-need-unions/#comment-4761</link>
		<dc:creator>Laura Goldman</dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Wed, 14 Nov 2007 19:37:56 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description>I am going to take you up on your offer. I would like to set up a static page on the web with contact information. I do not even know how to start. 
Maybe I am not organized or inspirational enough. But I do not seem to be able to organize volunteers. I asked someone that is interested and supports the union to post on Janglo for me. They agreed but later wrote back they did not have the time. 
I have done almost everything myself. I can not keep that up.</description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>I am going to take you up on your offer. I would like to set up a static page on the web with contact information. I do not even know how to start.<br />
Maybe I am not organized or inspirational enough. But I do not seem to be able to organize volunteers. I asked someone that is interested and supports the union to post on Janglo for me. They agreed but later wrote back they did not have the time.<br />
I have done almost everything myself. I can not keep that up.</p>
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		<title>By: Jacob Share</title>
		<link>http://jobmob.co.il/blog/do-freelancers-need-unions/#comment-4759</link>
		<dc:creator>Jacob Share</dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Wed, 14 Nov 2007 18:47:34 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description>Laura, thanks for joining in. It means a lot.

I believe in &#039;attracting&#039;. I think that if enough freelancers are supportive of getting together,  it should be possible to make an association work if you build on the skills of the people involved.

For example, there are seemingly enough benefits involved that attracting native Israeli freelancers shouldn&#039;t be too hard and then presto, your team would have the needed Hebrew skills it needs.

Services can be exchanged instead of money if that&#039;s the only obstacle to the associative option.

Another example- JobMob is about helping people find work in Israel and freelancers are as good as any. I&#039;d be willing to help out on the Internet side of things in the case of an association, and I&#039;m not even a freelancer.

Going to the Histadrut was a good idea because it aroused the media to your plight, but I hope that it ends with that. The Histadrut has its own agenda and freelancers are simply another human pipeline that it wants to be able to frivolously shut down to get its way.</description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>Laura, thanks for joining in. It means a lot.</p>
<p>I believe in &#8216;attracting&#8217;. I think that if enough freelancers are supportive of getting together,  it should be possible to make an association work if you build on the skills of the people involved.</p>
<p>For example, there are seemingly enough benefits involved that attracting native Israeli freelancers shouldn&#8217;t be too hard and then presto, your team would have the needed Hebrew skills it needs.</p>
<p>Services can be exchanged instead of money if that&#8217;s the only obstacle to the associative option.</p>
<p>Another example- JobMob is about helping people find work in Israel and freelancers are as good as any. I&#8217;d be willing to help out on the Internet side of things in the case of an association, and I&#8217;m not even a freelancer.</p>
<p>Going to the Histadrut was a good idea because it aroused the media to your plight, but I hope that it ends with that. The Histadrut has its own agenda and freelancers are simply another human pipeline that it wants to be able to frivolously shut down to get its way.</p>
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		<title>By: Laura Goldman</title>
		<link>http://jobmob.co.il/blog/do-freelancers-need-unions/#comment-4756</link>
		<dc:creator>Laura Goldman</dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Wed, 14 Nov 2007 17:21:07 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description>I am not against a freelancer&#039;s association instead of a union. But I do not have the financial capacity to do it on my own. The histadrut is providing the financial muscle. If you know someeone else that will please let me know. 
I do not also have the Hebrew skills myself to help fellow freelancers.</description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>I am not against a freelancer&#8217;s association instead of a union. But I do not have the financial capacity to do it on my own. The histadrut is providing the financial muscle. If you know someeone else that will please let me know.<br />
I do not also have the Hebrew skills myself to help fellow freelancers.</p>
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		<title>By: Israeli Job News Roundup for Nov. 12th, 2007</title>
		<link>http://jobmob.co.il/blog/do-freelancers-need-unions/#comment-4707</link>
		<dc:creator>Israeli Job News Roundup for Nov. 12th, 2007</dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Mon, 12 Nov 2007 04:07:06 +0000</pubDate>
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		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>[...] one wants or deserves to be exploited, but there are better ways to respond to this old [...]</p>
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