Is it time for bloggers to have a Bloggers Guild, much like the Writers Guild of America? The National Writers Union has voted unionizing bloggers as a priority item.

With blogging being so popular now, most bloggers believe they are worth more than $5 per post standard, which was apparently set by pioneering blog networks such as Weblogs, Inc. and Gawker Media. Bloggers now want a big salary with benefits and stock options. Essentially, bloggers want to be full time bloggers and still be able to pay their bills.

A new ad network by Blogger & Podcaster could be the first step toward blogger organization. They plan on providing non-exclusive health care for long tail blogger members.

Those against a blogger organization argue that blogging is still a new development and isn't ready for a unionized workforce and that organizing would undermine the premise that "anything goes" in the blogosphere.

Also, a professional guild to represent professional bloggers raises the questions of: what exactly distinguishes a "professional blogger" from a hobbyist? And if a bloggers guild is created, what would distinguish a professional blogger from a journalist?

Source: Read Write Web through Journerdism