If you employ a fictional guest blogger occasionally, you will now have to make sure that he or she carries a union card and is up to date with his or her union dues. Some people are saying that this is a step backward for the blogosphere and that this union will inevitably become corrupt.

I for one welcome this important development. I think fiction guest bloggers have been exploited for far too long. I have never employed one because I had ethical qualms about it. I think that I can feel good about it now that they are guaranteed minimum wage and bathroom breaks. Wait a minute, I’m the boss of this blog and I don’t get those kind of benefits.