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betreger Send message Joined: 29 Jun 99 Posts: 11358 Credit: 29,581,041 RAC: 66 |
Gary, I've never spent a cent there, their employment practices have offended me long before they came to my state. I am grateful that saving the last dime does not matter. I do have values. |
Uli Send message Joined: 6 Feb 00 Posts: 10923 Credit: 5,996,015 RAC: 1 |
Chris Mom and Pop stores used to give you credit and didn't charge you intestest. They trusted you. Will Walmart do that. Of course not. You will have to use a credit card now adays. Pluto will always be a planet to me. Seti Ambassador Not to late to order an Anni Shirt |
Uli Send message Joined: 6 Feb 00 Posts: 10923 Credit: 5,996,015 RAC: 1 |
We are getting very off topic. But here I go. I have an Arco that will trust me enough to give me credit. Not sure if it is my employer or the bank, but sometimes funds are not there, when they shold be. I will let you know about unions soon. My ex has belonged to one. Not sure, if I will get a piece of the pie. I tho I did what most woman do. Insrert the work part. Pluto will always be a planet to me. Seti Ambassador Not to late to order an Anni Shirt |
Es99 Send message Joined: 23 Aug 05 Posts: 10874 Credit: 350,402 RAC: 0 |
... Not sure about the UK where the labour laws are a little stronger (thanks to the European Union), but my stepson who is in his early 20s works for Walmart. I can assure you that they do not treat their staff fairly. Reality Internet Personality |
Sirius B Send message Joined: 26 Dec 00 Posts: 24875 Credit: 3,081,182 RAC: 7 |
This says it all about unions...... The Desperation of a Union McCluskey's looking to aid Salmond with the Independence vote. |
Hev Send message Joined: 4 Jun 05 Posts: 1118 Credit: 598,303 RAC: 0 |
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John Clark Send message Joined: 29 Sep 99 Posts: 16515 Credit: 4,418,829 RAC: 0 |
Keep well Hev, and good to see your post ... It's good to be back amongst friends and colleagues |
Sirius B Send message Joined: 26 Dec 00 Posts: 24875 Credit: 3,081,182 RAC: 7 |
Unions starting their "ransom" bids again! Possible boxing Day strike "The union has been demanding triple pay and a day off in lieu for working on bank holidays but TfL maintains there is a long-standing agreement for working on bank holidays, including Boxing Day." They're currently on Double Pay with a day off in lieu - that equates to Triple Pay & should be more than sufficient! |
Gary Charpentier Send message Joined: 25 Dec 00 Posts: 30608 Credit: 53,134,872 RAC: 32 |
Speaking of Unions, watch the results in California on Proposition 32 the keep union dues out of politics measure. |
Gary Charpentier Send message Joined: 25 Dec 00 Posts: 30608 Credit: 53,134,872 RAC: 32 |
http://news.yahoo.com/hostess-close-cites-nationwide-worker-strike-124039265--finance.html Sucked the twinkie dry. |
skildude Send message Joined: 4 Oct 00 Posts: 9541 Credit: 50,759,529 RAC: 60 |
http://news.yahoo.com/hostess-close-cites-nationwide-worker-strike-124039265--finance.html or corporate malfeasance. Having already filed for bankruptcy 2X in the last decade and executive pay reflective of greed not ability one can see this coming for some time. Oh and they also said that the snack food industry is in decline. Hostess has always been the most expensive snack available. Why buy their overpriced crap when I can get Little Debbies toxic waste snacks for half the price In a rich man's house there is no place to spit but his face. Diogenes Of Sinope |
Sirius B Send message Joined: 26 Dec 00 Posts: 24875 Credit: 3,081,182 RAC: 7 |
Ah to be a union head.... Update What next Scargill? |
Mike Sebrey Send message Joined: 10 May 99 Posts: 108 Credit: 5,017,919 RAC: 0 |
I have worked both union and non-union. Of the two, I prefer the union. While I have seen abuses by union officials and labor, I have seen way more perpetrated by business when they knew the workers were unorganized and desperate for a wage. This is based on my personal observations and experience and may not hold for others or other locals. Fortymile Photo |
Sirius B Send message Joined: 26 Dec 00 Posts: 24875 Credit: 3,081,182 RAC: 7 |
No wonder we're getting our mail later & later in the day, whatever happened to the early morning deliveries? Posites vote to "boycott" mail handled by 3rd party firms |
j mercer Send message Joined: 3 Jun 99 Posts: 2422 Credit: 12,323,733 RAC: 1 |
I am a 35+ year retired IBEW (International Brotherhood of Electrical Workers) lineman. I climbed wooden poles in my cedar slippers and steel towers with my whiskey getters and kept the power & lights on rain snow or shine. I’ve worked everything from batteries to lightening. LOL! Unions were a mixed bag for me. They served their purpose way back when but I am not so sure today. Not all Local Unions are bad. My Local IBEW 483 was one of the better ones. My dues were only 1% for most of my career. Only in the last couple of years did it go up to 1.3% with everybody else paying 3+% in the other unions. The thing I like the most was that most Union hands were qualified to do the work after earning their Journeyman Lineman’s card (certified tradesman/craftsman). I could not say that for a fair amount of non-union linemen. I was a boomer (traveling lineman) for several years and got to see how it was in other places with other people so I like to think I have seen and worked both sides. I have been through a couple sanctioned strikes and a wildcat (unsanctioned) strike. Nobody ever wins with a prolonged strike. I finished my career/pension at a Utility with a steady job. The thing I hated the most about Unions is their PAC moneys/politics which for me was dictated by the “International†board without my input. It has been interesting watching the ‘pendulum swing’ in the Unions favor and now away. I see the whole cycle starting all over again in a few more years when the current direction gets abused yet again. Hahah! So today I am against what most have become and still for what most use to be long ago. ... |
Sirius B Send message Joined: 26 Dec 00 Posts: 24875 Credit: 3,081,182 RAC: 7 |
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