This new kind of worker isn’t a member of the proletariat or the laboring class, or even an hourly worker in a particular industry. This person is a portable resource with no fixed job identity. This person needs the information and the learning opportunities that alliance with other, similar workers could provide. This person needs something more like a medieval craft guild than the labor unions of the 1860-1980.
William Bridges
JobShift: How To Prosper In A Workplace Without Jobs