Unions

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And all of those changes came after the UAW parasites bled GM dry.
Thank you for making my point.

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And all of those changes came after the UAW parasites bled GM dry.
Thank you for making my point.

Made your point? I did no such thing as you have never made a point (GM management has admitted they were to blame). The most you are capable of doing is poorly formulating one or two lines of age old rhetoric.
Try investigating what brought GM to the edge. Start by avoiding right wing and left wing websites and focus on unbiased analysis.

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When you're out of the blue and into the black."
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And all of those changes came after the UAW parasites bled GM dry.
Thank you for making my point.

Made your point? I did no such thing as you have never made a point (GM management has admitted they were to blame). The most you are capable of doing is poorly formulating one or two lines of age old rhetoric.
Try investigating what brought GM to the edge. Start by avoiding right wing and left wing websites and focus on unbiased analysis.

I have. I have also talked at length with UAW members while they were taking all they could extort from the automakers. A couple were family members and were not the least bit shy of saying how little they cared for the future of the company as long as they could squeeze every cent they could out of Ford, GM, and Chrysler.
Even though they were family, they were still parasites. Like I said, fuck the unions. It's their turn.

HAMMER:
Originally employed as a weapon of war, the hammer nowadays is used as a
kind of divining rod to locate the most expensive parts adjacent the
object we are trying to hit.

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Take a look at the UFCW Strike being discussed and planned in California. The big problem is, once again, health care and what appears to be mismanagement of the UFCW Health and Welfare Trust. The UFCW is putting out $10 million per month more than it is taking in for its health care trust and they want the employers (supermarkets) to make up the difference. Th UFCW union made promises to its members that it cannot keep and is very much in need of a bailout.

Now, I have a problem with this. The UFCW represents an industry that is unskilled-moderately skilled. Store clerks who get carts, bag groceries, etc., fall under the union. Having done that job, I know it is largely unskilled.

It also represents checkers. Unfortunately, the skill level necessary for checkers is dramatically less than it was thirty years ago. Just yesterday I was at a grocery store and checked myself out. Should I receive wages and company benefits? Union checker - the need for you is just not what it was back when you had to be aces at 10 key entry.

Those folks stocking shelves? Yep. I see a need for them. They work hard, do physical labor on their knees and there's no adequate replacement for them. On the other hand, they need a box cutter and working hands and the ability to face groceries. Fairly unskilled labor.

I also hate to break it to the UFCW, but unemployment is high right now, and there is a ready supply of willing scabs.

The UFCW represents the most fundamental folly of unions today. They are representing generally low-skilled workers who can easily be replaced. They have made lousy promises and mismanaged their health care trust fund such that it will be bankrupt quickly unless they can squeeze more out of employers to shore it up. AND - they are demanding more for their job when a large segment of the population just wants A job.

Add to that that Ralphs, Albertsons and Vons are large businesses. In 2003-2004, they weathered losses of $1.5 million in revenues during a nearly half year strike much better than they striking employees (whom the unions paid roughly $100 per week).

I mean, I think that it's a damned tough time for a union to be calling for a strike. But the employees are asking for it. Except the 10% who don't want to strike. They're hosed.

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[DanJohnson 0]

***Or is "Scab" scratched into the victim's vehicle just not good enough for you?

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. . . and other unsavory tactics they've been known to use.

Because, like, companies have never used "unsavory tactics" and we all know a single individual can stand up to a company and demand fair treatment.

Yes they can and have, they're called lawsuits.

The feather butts bounce off ya like raindrops hitting a battle-star when they come in too fast...kinda funny to watch. - airtwardo