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ENOLABOR

One of the striking things about working in the ICANN market is the presence of government and business, and the absence of labor. There was a .union proposal in the 2000 round, but nothing since, and I can't recall meeting anyone from a union at ICANN, tracking the issues or simply filling a chair.

In theory, the identification of public policy with private interest is called something that starts with the letter "F". In practice its all a palette of nice buzz words, none of which sound like "wage" or "collective bargaining" or "working conditions".

So labor's stake in the technical coordination of the Internet, or Internet Governance (your choice of terms) is ... zero.

Happy Zero Day.

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