Comments on: Ridiculous work situation of the day

By: Anonymous

Anonymous — Sun, 13 Apr 2008 22:31:18 +0000

China and India are useful antidotes for Union corruption and greed (not to mention stupidity). Indiana job losses are in the hundreds of thousands but the union leadership still does not get it, nor does your management.

By: Anonymous

Anonymous — Sun, 13 Apr 2008 03:08:21 +0000

Pee on your local leader’s plant, then the union can come drag the dead weed away. Of course, the union will have to plant a new one. But it creates a new urinal.

By: Anonymous

Anonymous — Fri, 11 Apr 2008 17:21:49 +0000

Management needs to do a better job and learn to live without labor union parasites as the rest of the economy is learning how to do it. Of course, government schools are chock full of the same non performing parasites by government edict. The consignment of a nation’s children to poverty does not bother unions either.

By: Eric Seymour

Eric Seymour — Fri, 11 Apr 2008 12:44:55 +0000

Yes, in theory management could push back on the unions to prevent this kind of thing, but whenever any substantial changes are proposed to the labor contracts, the unions threaten to strike. And if one union strikes, they all strike. Since my company is in a highly-regulated industry, it would take days to train non-union volunteers to replace the production workers, during which time important medicines and vaccines could run out.
Basically, the unions have the company over the barrel.

By: John

John — Fri, 11 Apr 2008 02:38:43 +0000

I agree, the company is stupid for signing a contract with a union.

By: Foltz

Foltz — Thu, 10 Apr 2008 23:11:15 +0000

Doesnt your company bear fault for agreeing to a contract that compromises company processes in such a manner?
Big Labor or not, it takes at least two parties to much something like this up.