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Post by Dave23 on Aug 8, 2006 14:00:23 GMT -6
Kel doesn't like it when you clutter up the Sidelines with this, so...
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Post by packrat on Feb 22, 2011 9:29:41 GMT -6
The Teachers of the NEA actually think they work for the Union ...... the Citizens are just like spectators at a baseball game.
The necessary Paradigm change is for their realization that they work for the Citizens.
Errol Phillips
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Post by yapper on Feb 23, 2011 8:33:05 GMT -6
Oh my God did Rahm Emanuel actually get elected mayor of Chicago?
How can so many people be so stupid?
That city is doomed.
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Post by packrat on Feb 23, 2011 19:41:23 GMT -6
Ah, well, that's Chicago. Soon they will be bankrupt.
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Post by packrat on Feb 24, 2011 18:25:51 GMT -6
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Post by packrat on Feb 25, 2011 11:07:13 GMT -6
I would never join a union. I would not want to be stuck at the same level as a lot of screw-off union members. I want an opportunity to work harder and excel and live the American dream.
Union shops are full of animosity created mostly be the union stewards and union bigwigs (CEOs?) I have known friends who were happily employed until they joined the union and became malcontents.
Not all unions are bad but the really big ones almost entirely are so.
I watched the machinations and outright dishonesty pervade the URW in Akron and saw every single tire company in Akron (formerly the rubber capital of the world) leave the city because of crushing attacks by the URW. Today there is not one single tire manufactured in Akron.
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Post by packrat on Feb 25, 2011 11:08:11 GMT -6
For some reason I cannnot get links to connect on this site.
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Post by jackiejokeman on Feb 26, 2011 11:08:02 GMT -6
Packy Motherfuckers! The minute I post a youtube the lawyers go after it and shut it down. Lets try again. www.youtube.com/watch?v=QtAc_CtmW7A Your Mexican flag link came thru just fine. |
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Post by packrat on Feb 26, 2011 12:00:42 GMT -6
Hmmm. Bigger prblem for me. I can't even get the links to react to my clicks. They just remain dead.  |
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Post by jackiejokeman on Feb 26, 2011 14:45:03 GMT -6
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Post by packrat on Feb 26, 2011 19:22:52 GMT -6
Thanks, jj.
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Post by jackiejokeman on Feb 27, 2011 15:40:04 GMT -6
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Post by packrat on Feb 27, 2011 18:17:43 GMT -6
Thanks, jj.
Apparently it's necessary to log in each time in order to post.
Hmmmm.
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Post by packrat on Mar 1, 2011 15:10:04 GMT -6
jj - How did you get a pic to post. I used the <img src= -----> and it wouldn't work for me.
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Post by jackiejokeman on Mar 1, 2011 17:07:43 GMT -6
Packy
Yeah that logging in stuff had me fooled the first few times.
I havent figured out how to post a picture yet. Notice I'm giving you all those nice Karma points? : )
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Post by packrat on Mar 1, 2011 18:53:12 GMT -6
:-)
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Post by sportster on Mar 10, 2011 14:52:55 GMT -6
Pack I'd say your opinion of joining a Union would change quickly if the job you were at was considering laying you off or firing you because of your payscale or because they're going with a younger workforce. They won't tell you this outright, but when the pink slip comes, you'll know why. You worked hard, were on time, did what the boss told you and beyond, yet there you stand..without a job. A fool believes he's irreplaceable; that his hard work will pave his way to the top. Maybe at one time that was true- not today. You are replaceable. They'll go to India if they have to to get it done and pay peanuts for it.
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Post by sportster on Mar 10, 2011 14:58:29 GMT -6
The difference is you trust a company to do the right thing and some may still play by the rules. I don't trust them. You're a mere cog in the machine. You go down, you're replacement will be in place before you're stiff. The only thing that gives workers any fighting chance nowadays are Unions. Otherwise, it's you vs the rich and corporations and you won't win that fight. It'll be starting over at 50, or 60.
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Post by pekin on Mar 10, 2011 17:09:05 GMT -6
A company has every right to let any one go at anytime. Just as we as workers have the right to quit at anytime. Why is this wrong?
I am not going to give money to a union just so they can give it to Democrats. I prefer to stand on my own. I have done just fine. Every single person where I work has taken a 5% pay cut. I don't like it but you don't hear me bitching about it. If I could make more elsewhere I would be gone.
If they try and take to much away then I can easily find work elsewhere for the same or more and I would leave. No one owes me a job. If I get let go and can't find work making what I want somewhere else I would simply start my own business.
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Post by sportster on Mar 12, 2011 3:12:16 GMT -6
It's nice knowing where you'll be working tommorrow. It's also nice knowing a boss can't toss me out on a whim or personal vendetta. It's also nice to have some job security. I could go on. We've got guys from all walks; some with degrees, some not, some from management elsewhere (I work with a former middle manager ), former EMT, business owners, you name it. They came for the pay, for job security and benefits-for the American dream. If that's wrong, we might as well call it a day and all go work at McDonald's. ...
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