Union Reps in Front of the Local Grocery Store

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Greg went to work at the Marysville plant back in 1990. I do know that he did not start as a temp. Says it was the best move he ever made. I take it he is very happy at Honda. I wish they would build a plant down here in the Ozarks. I can understand why they resist the union. The Steelworkers at Hussmann is a joke for the most. They did get us decent wages but, Ingersol Rand did as they pleased after buying the company. No sooner than the contract for labor was signed, IR began lay offs and shifting work to Mexico City. The union did very little to stop it. Saw a lot of people, including myself, go out the door. Sucked. I want my union dues back. Tough luck on that. Unions use to be great but, the top dogs have made it all about them and very little about the working stiffs on the factory floor sweating in the heat or freezing in the cold. They lost the focus of what organization is all about.
As for breaks, when we worked 12 hour shifts we only got breaks as if we were working 8hrs and our lunch was reduced to 20min. Had we worked from 3am to 3:30pm we would had got 30min lunch. We were paid for 12 hours. Fast paced, back breaking work in the heat really sucks but, the money was good and the benefits weren't bad.

"...And once you're gone, you can't come back
When you're out of the blue and into the black."
Neil Young

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I am not lying. I know exactly what I'm talking about. Everything I said is true.

I'm not calling you a liar.
Greg went to work at the Marysville plant back in 1990. I do know that he did not start as a temp.

Back in 1990 they would hire people directly. That is no longer the case.

The requirement for breaks is a law and I think we can agree that employers should comply with it. When a worker must start preparing during the break in order to be ready when the production line starts again, that is not complying with the law. I've heard that there was a class action lawsuit over this very issue, and employees were given some money as compensation. It seems they haven't learned the lesson.

People are sick and tired of being told that ordinary and decent people are fed up in this country with being sick and tired. I’m certainly not, and I’m sick and tired of being told that I am

[freethefly 6]

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I've heard that there was a class action lawsuit over this very issue, and employees were given some money as compensation.

It does seem that people are willing to take a few bucks for that instant satisfaction only to find later that what they really did was prostituted themselves.
I'm 50/50 when it comes to unions after the screwing we got at Hussmann. Ingersol Rand, whom boughtout Hussmann, cared very little about rules and the union. For the most, the union did very little to save jobs. Before the layoffs, Gary Reay, the locals president, stood before the membership and swore up and down that all was fine and that no one was getting laid off. Most feel that he knew, damn well, that the lay offs were coming. I feel that he lied his ass off to to get the contract signed, sealed and delivered. Most of the membership wanted to strike. We were in the hall for near 24 hours as Reay and his cronies from the international near begged for the membership to vote yes on the contract. I voted no. We went to work as soon as we left the hall. By the end of the day, the company was passing out pink slips. There is no way that the "leadership" did not know that was coming. Companies have some union top dogs in their pocket.
Speaking of temps. Back in 1978 when the teamsters striked at Hussmann the company bussed in convicts to fill jobs on the floor. That is no shit. That strike got violent. The railroad lead that ran up to the docks were blown up. Supervisors cars were bashed. Strikers were often followed and beaten. I didn't work there at that time but, a friend and I did go out there to see about temp jobs that were advertised in the paper (my father warned me about crossing the strike line). We were confronted and told that if we went through that gate we were going to get our heads bashed in. We turned around. Hussmann has a bad history when it comes to employer/employee relations. It will never change.

"...And once you're gone, you can't come back
When you're out of the blue and into the black."
Neil Young

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many union members are annoying. its like a religion to them. i will say this though, many unions have very good apprentice programs and have the most highly skilled workers. if they weren't so greedy and they dumped all of the slackers from their ranks, businesses would would welcome union labor.

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