UNION Stands Up Against THREATS And BULLY Company! (Corporate Profit, NAFTA, Congress)
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It is refreshing to see a union with some backbone stand up against a bully corporation and say HELL NO to huge cuts in their benefits! The company tried to bully the union by issuing threats to "move to Louisiana" and "move to Mexico" if the workers refused to take a 10% cut in pay, 3 days less in vacation and huge cuts in the medical and dental benefits. And the workers told them rightfully to go straight to hell. Sometimes you just got to put all the chips on the table and let the dice fall where they will.
Most of those "fat cat Union bosses" were my RR co-workers.
They are no more living "high on the hog", than I am now?
Conservatives have been watching too many Hollywood movies, and think that all Union officials live and act Michael Corleone, in the Godfather???
Steve
we are not talking about the union stewards, but rather their bosses, and the ones above them.
Well now, the REST of the story.... As a result of failing in cost cutting measures...
Good job! Stand up for yourselves, knock yourself out of a job, kill off your community with a loss of over 260 million in payroll to workers, increase your community's unemployment rate.
Unions are out of touch with reality. The want more and more and more, where there just isn't any.
yes they are 'unionized', but not like american unions
they are 'unionized' in a way of 'nationaized'..they CANT demand better pay. only bennies and protection
look ar greece, and france..its 'unions' are now protesting that all the NATIONALIZED corps are having to raise the retirement age from 58 to 65
Funny that...I had no idea stuff like Mercedes, IKEA, Nokia, Proteus, Phillips etc was nationalized I think that could be because they are not nationalized. Did you think Germany became the worlds biggest exporter by nationalizing industries?
And how did their workers get such massive wages if they are not allowed to demand wages or negotiate for them? Could that be because everything you wrote is wrong, maybe?
Funny that...I had no idea stuff like Mercedes, IKEA, Nokia, Proteus, Phillips etc was nationalized I think that could be because they are not nationalized. Did you think Germany became the worlds biggest exporter by nationalizing industries?
And how did their workers get such massive wages if they are not allowed to demand wages or negotiate for them? Could that be because everything you wrote is wrong, maybe?
You don't understand how unions work in Germany (totally different than in US). In Germany an Union won't request a bigger salary just because the company has big profits! It has to be an equilibrium!
You don't understand how unions work in Germany (totally different than in US). In Germany an Union won't request a bigger salary just because the company has big profits! It has to be an equilibrium!
Indeed. I believe I wrote a post a few pages back on how unions work differently in Europe.
My point here was that this does not mean that there is any nationalization involved. The unions work different, and take a more long-term view of what benefits their members. Germany, Scandinavia...far, far higher rates of unionization, and do much better economically.
Indeed. I believe I wrote a post a few pages back on how unions work differently in Europe.
My point here was that this does not mean that there is any nationalization involved. The unions work different, and take a more long-term view of what benefits their members. Germany, Scandinavia...far, far higher rates of unionization, and do much better economically.
Not in all the Europe. In France I think are more like in US than like in Germany. Eastern Europe was screwed by the unions after the eastern block collapsed! I work for a German company and the Union didn't requested absurd raises since the recession even if the company had big profits (but those profits will be used in case of emergency).
It is refreshing to see a union with some backbone stand up against a bully corporation and say HELL NO to huge cuts in their benefits! The company tried to bully the union by issuing threats to "move to Louisiana" and "move to Mexico" if the workers refused to take a 10% cut in pay, 3 days less in vacation and huge cuts in the medical and dental benefits. And the workers told them rightfully to go straight to hell. Sometimes you just got to put all the chips on the table and let the dice fall where they will.
When you can start-up a company in SE Asia, and pay employees $2 a day with NO benefits, NO American labor (Union or non-Union) can compete.
This is why globalization is such a crock of $hit, for American workers.
Our own politicians, along with Wall Street, have conspired to economically ruin us, in the name of corporate profits that will NOT benefit the great majority of Americans.
Steve
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I think that could be because they are not nationalized. Did you think Germany became the worlds biggest exporter by nationalizing industries?
