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Message 1295426 - Posted: 15 Oct 2012, 3:11:46 UTC - in response to Message 1293581.  

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.
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Message 1295478 - Posted: 15 Oct 2012, 8:18:21 UTC

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.
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Message 1295495 - Posted: 15 Oct 2012, 10:00:36 UTC
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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.
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Message 1295621 - Posted: 15 Oct 2012, 15:58:38 UTC - in response to Message 1295476.  

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I do believe they treat their staff fairly though.

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.
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Message 1295636 - Posted: 15 Oct 2012, 16:29:50 UTC

This says it all about unions......

The Desperation of a Union

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Message 1295916 - Posted: 16 Oct 2012, 10:13:19 UTC

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Message 1302826 - Posted: 6 Nov 2012, 13:21:29 UTC

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!
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Message 1302847 - Posted: 6 Nov 2012, 14:57:27 UTC

Speaking of Unions, watch the results in California on Proposition 32 the keep union dues out of politics measure.

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Message 1306795 - Posted: 16 Nov 2012, 16:17:54 UTC - in response to Message 1306785.  

http://news.yahoo.com/hostess-close-cites-nationwide-worker-strike-124039265--finance.html

Another fine example of great union work! Excellent! Twinkies are finally going away. They have no nutritional value and cause obesity.

Chalk up another victory!

Sucked the twinkie dry.

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Message 1306813 - Posted: 16 Nov 2012, 16:54:32 UTC - in response to Message 1306785.  

http://news.yahoo.com/hostess-close-cites-nationwide-worker-strike-124039265--finance.html

Another fine example of great union work! Excellent! Twinkies are finally going away. They have no nutritional value and cause obesity.

Chalk up another victory!

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


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Message 1318146 - Posted: 21 Dec 2012, 13:39:08 UTC - in response to Message 1290458.  

Ah to be a union head....

...definitely got to be the life of riley....

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Message 1318681 - Posted: 22 Dec 2012, 6:53:30 UTC

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.
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Message 1346480 - Posted: 14 Mar 2013, 10:39:01 UTC

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
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Message 1346724 - Posted: 15 Mar 2013, 0:51:02 UTC

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.

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Message 1346728 - Posted: 15 Mar 2013, 1:34:45 UTC - in response to Message 1346724.  


So today I am against what most have become and still for what most use to be long ago.


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