Online Workers of the World Unite!

The plight of the online workers of the World took center stage recently with a story by Julian Dibbell of the New York Times Magazine. In the story Dibbell describes the working conditions of the exploited Chinese workers known as “Gold Farmers” hired to play video games in horrendous sweatshop like conditions for slave wages. Watch a video highlight here. It brought bloggers like Shai Sachs and Zack Exley to ask the question. “Could a labor union or guild be formed to help the exploited workers?” What form would it take? The limitations of such an idea are obvious of course. What do you think? Is any existing labor organization ready to take on such a challenge?