Posted on 09/18/2011 9:38:52 AM PDT by South40
No sympathy. Fire them all.
Interestingly enough, many unions have strong ties to socialist or even communist organizations, while in communist countries, unions are illegal. Remember, "Solidarity" was a ship-builders union in Poland that was outlawed by the government. But it was instrumental (along with the Pope" in freeing Poland from communist rule.
My personal experience with unions has been bad, like being forced to join a union in NY in order to work part time at a drug store chain while I was in high school.
Mark
I was at a subway corner waiting for a friend of mine in Hollywood and one of these union scumbuckets set up a table to stop bystanders to spread the word of “unionism”.
Lucky for me I was with my Filipino right-wing friend who made sarcastic remarks with a straight face, and provided the entertainment for a bit.
Because they’re idiots. They pulled that stunt here in NJ not long ago at Pathmark. That store is now closed.
Same old story...union workers making 35 bucks an hour strike and their employer calmly
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I thought I had read during the recent Verizon ‘strike’ that the workers were allowed to draw unemployment.
This must have been a typo(??) as unemployment is supposed to be when you no longer have a job, due to the employer, NOT because you just quit, NOT because you went on strike, NOT because you were fired, the ‘main’ reason being that you were no longer working due to NO fault of your own.
Many have not a clue, and don't know, there are now more unionized *government* employees, than those in the private sector.
I’m close by to a couple of Ralphs too, but I only go there for 2 things: the occasional sale of eggs and peanut butter. The rest I can buy at Food 4 Less, 99 cent store, Jons and Fresh N Easy. No big deal. If I did find those items and am in a really bad mood, I would cross the picket line. Done it before more than a couple of times..
i wouldn’t walk into costco if it were my choice.
but, my little wifey says we save money on vitamins and paper products.
we still have a boney’s. it doesn’t seem competitive with the henry’s and sprouts.
boney’s is the part of the henry boney family that did not sell out to wild oats.
when wild oats was bought by whole foods, the henry’s were sold to smart and final. smart and final bought some sunflower and albertsons in colo and az.
recently smart and final and henry’s , now sprouts, was purchased by an investment company.
stan boney of scottsdale will manage the food stores for the investment company.
and there’s even more to the story.
The membership thinks strikes are over wages, benefits and working conditions. The bosses let them think that. What strikes are really about is power and control - the power of the union bosses to force their will upon the owners and management of an enterprise and to gain, or increase, the control, influence and wealth of the bosses.
The lowly Union members never regain lost wages when they go on strike but the bosses keep collecting their inflated salaries.
And they keep building the value of the various union funds controlled by them but financed by the employer. Increasing the flow of money into those gargantuan funds is a main objective of the union bosses. They control these funds and they decide who gets loans, contributions, contracts, etc. That gives them a lot of clout, especially with greedy politicians.
Before the federal government was a wholly owned subsidiary of the labor unions we used to see the justice department bring charges against them and it was almost always over mismanagement of their multimillion dollar funds such as retirement, health, education, PACs, etc.
The last time these fools went on strike (2003) I crossed their lines often. On one occasion they were all at one entrance of a Ralph’s as I approached the other. A kid I recognized ran over to the other entrance, positioned himself in my path and held his sign out in front of him in an attempt to block me from entering. I pushed him and his sign to the side (I’m a fairly big man). Just then a checker I know started to scold him for his actions. She told him that these people (me) are their customers and that they need us to shop there when this strike is over. I thanked her, looked at the kid and told him I will remember his face. I never saw him again.
“I have mixed feelings about unions. In the past, unions have done both good and bad things”......
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I look at unions the same as wheelwrights.Both helped in the transition from pre-industrial to the industrial age.Wheelwrights became irrelevant after the invention of balloon tires and metal rims and likewise unions have outlived their usefulness since the adoption of labor laws they helped implement.
I just returned from Vons a moment ago; I went there since starting this thread. The long lines I expected as many, myself included, were trying to get in some last minute shopping before the strike. But I soon realized that the lines were being caused by the employees who were moving in slow motion. I have never seen lines that long -- ever -- and I am 53 years old. I finally spoke up and told the checker (a woman about 30) that this is why the public doesn't support them on the strike. She got only 2 words of her response out of her mouth before all those around me applauded my excoriation of her. I heard the woman behind me telling her off as I left.
Agreed. Especially when grocery stores have margins of only 1-2%. They can’t afford to keep food prices low AND give raises. And given the plethora of food choices, this will lead to one more union grocery going bankrupt as non-union grocers thrive.
Unions wreck everything they touch.
Sounds to me like the union is the insurer. What could possibly go wrong? /s
I tend to shop at Trader Joe’s and a little at Ralph’s because they have a community rewards program that donates to my daughter’s school, so does Vons. I will be crossing picket lines at a higher cost to myself just to cross them.
Exactly so. I’m not going without so some union goon can get more of my money.
I think they are in part because we've all been through this before and consumers just don't seem to have the patience to go through it again.
You're in San Diego, aren't you? These petty fools need to hear it from everyone. Try to stop by your local grocer and let them know you don't support their cause. I've had conversations over the past few weeks with several Ralph's employees who seemed surprised that I did not support their shaking down their employer. I do think I got through to one who apparently never saw it from the consumer's perspective. Many though, were clearly liberals and were quickly identified as a lost cause.
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