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DanielJohnston	So, it looks like we will be joining a Union...	Lead	[-]
Posts: 145 (06/28/08 10:05 AM) Registered user Reply Quote More Recent Posts Message Connection Block Invite	First time ever for me. Anybody have experience being in a Union? (to clarify, I'm not talking about experience dealing WITH Union WORKERS- we all know those horror stories) Pros? Cons? More security? Better pay/benefits?, or does it all pretty much come out the same when everything's said and done? Oh, and how long does it take before everyone turns into whiny infants with nothing but more demands and an overinflated sense of entitlement? (because I already see the beginnings of this and we haven't even signed a contract yet)
squashthebeef		#1	[-]
Posts: 13774 (06/28/08 10:10 AM) super badass Reply Quote More Recent Posts Message Connection Block Invite	Fuck off, commie.
Shag		#2	[-]
Posts: 5517 (06/28/08 10:13 AM) Still OT Forum Dominator Reply Quote More Recent Posts Message Connection Block Invite	The union brought me a Bible at the memorial service. Fucking useless people.
PassionatePiscesMan		#3	[-]
Posts: 5172 (06/28/08 10:15 AM) Registered User Reply Quote More Recent Posts Message Connection Block Invite	If you are not a LIb, you are not going to like where a good piece of union dues go
DanielJohnston		#4	[-]
Posts: 146 (06/28/08 10:20 AM) Registered user Reply Quote More Recent Posts Message Connection Block Invite	@ squash Where's that, PPMan?
squashthebeef		#5	[-]
Posts: 13776 (06/28/08 10:22 AM) super badass Reply Quote More Recent Posts Message Connection Block Invite	The union brought me a Bible at the memorial service. That is exactly what happens to production when your drones organize. Who wouldn't want their workforce communized?
Shag		#6	[-]
Posts: 5518 (06/28/08 10:24 AM) Still OT Forum Dominator Reply Quote More Recent Posts Message Connection Block Invite	It was pretty and white. I gave it to my mother in law, who likes Jesus-y things. That was worth $12/month in dues, right??
DanielJohnston		#7	[-]
Posts: 148 (06/28/08 10:24 AM) Registered user Reply Quote More Recent Posts Message Connection Block Invite	I dont know. I can already predict the few shitheads who will totally take advantage. But, I think for the most part, people work the way they work and unionizing really won't change that. (for better or for worse)
DanielJohnston		#8	[-]
Posts: 149 (06/28/08 10:26 AM) Registered user Reply Quote More Recent Posts Message Connection Block Invite	You only paid 12$ a month?
The Balloon Artist		#9	[-]
Posts: 1562 (06/28/08 10:36 AM) Reply Quote More Recent Posts Message Connection Block Invite	6 bucks an hour @ 2 hours dues a month?
Jakob Speed		#10	[-]
Posts: 1472 (06/28/08 11:03 AM) Registered User Reply Quote More Recent Posts Message Connection Block Invite	When I got infected, caught a virus in the hospital, and lost my spleen after getting injured, they tried to say it was the hospital's fault, and the Association basically threatened to sue the shit out of the city, our insurance carrier and employer, and call the media in to shame them. I was on morphine and stoned out of my damn mind. It was nice to have the backing of a gang of 5,000 who had my back. Even though we were legally not allowed to unionize, the Association was/is the toughest union I know. I still kick in to the kitty to help out the rank and file when a bad thing happens to a current or former member almost 16 years after leaving the tribe.
Mister Yuck		#11	[-]
Posts: 3442 (06/28/08 12:13 PM) Registered User Reply Quote More Recent Posts Message Connection Block Invite	Shag wrote: The union brought me a Bible at the memorial service. Fucking useless people.
pussycow		#12	[-]
Posts: 2580 (06/28/08 1:03 PM) Reply Quote More Recent Posts Message Connection Block Invite	Update your resume as your place of employment will soon file for bankruptcy.
merkyl		#13	[-]
Posts: 55362 (06/28/08 1:19 PM) Registered loser Reply Quote More Recent Posts Message Connection Block Invite	Come to Texas, a right to work state. You'll never have to join a union unless you want to.
lazigal		#14	[-]
Posts: 547 (06/28/08 2:02 PM) Registered User Reply Quote More Recent Posts Message Connection Block Invite	pussycow wrote: Update your resume as your place of employment will soon file for bankruptcy. Truer words were never spoken.
TequilaVaquero		#15	[-]
Posts: 1626 (06/28/08 2:13 PM) Registered User Reply Quote More Recent Posts Message Connection Block Invite	SHag is already here. Which is probably why her dues are so low.
Shag		#16	[-]
Posts: 5519 (06/28/08 4:52 PM) Still OT Forum Dominator Reply Quote More Recent Posts Message Connection Block Invite	Not my dues, my husband's. The dues were really low, I don't know why. He worked full time, and he'd been at that job for many years.
memyselfandi		#17	[-]
Posts: 14187 (06/28/08 5:03 PM) Registered user Reply Quote More Recent Posts Message Connection Block Invite	The best job I ever had was with a union (well actually it called itself a guild). Better pay than non-union jobs I've had in the same field even when you account for dues and for reasons I don't really understand I got Martin Luther King Day and my birthday off.
BlackCatTux		#18	[-]
Posts: 2309 (06/29/08 12:44 PM) Registered user Reply Quote More Recent Posts Message Connection Block Invite	memyselfandi wrote: The best job I ever had was with a union (well actually it called itself a guild). Better pay than non-union jobs I've had in the same field even when you account for dues and for reasons I don't really understand I got Martin Luther King Day and my birthday off. The reason you got those days off is because the union included that in the contract.
DanielJohnston		#19	[-]
Posts: 153 (06/29/08 1:39 PM) Registered user Reply Quote More Recent Posts Message Connection Block Invite	"Update your resume as your place of employment will soon file for bankruptcy." I doubt that. Most of the company had already been union for many years; my dept and some others are just now joining. My company is a major major player in the pharmaceutical industry. They aint going nowhere any time soon. This little shakeup sure has been amusing so far though. People are already "demanding the right" for a longer time for a meeting with the union rep because we didn't have time to go over and understand everything last week. People honestly don't get that its not the company's responsibility to provide us with the time we need for union activities. There's already talk of petitions. Cracks my shit up! I can't wait to see what happens next week. OH! And the whole shop steward selection process is shaping up to be golden.
ginaf20697		#20	[-]
Posts: 31323 (06/29/08 1:42 PM) Registered user Reply Quote More Recent Posts Message Connection Block Invite	The worst part about the union is it is early impossible to get rid of the incompetents. The girl next to me is quite possibly the stupidest person on earth. She has been in the job for the exact same time as I have but is pretty much an extremely overpaid receptionist because all she does is take messages or pass the buck instead of helping anyone who calls. She seems to have attendance issues though so hopefully that will get rid of her eventually.

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