[CommunityInterest]

Originally Posted by mateo384

moving back home is going backwards in life, and that's just something I would never do. Florida is my home now.

I tend to agree. Most people left where they were for a reason. It takes guts to leave what is familiar and to move to a new place. Many people never move because they don't have the guts to do anything that is different. That's why the town where I spent some years growing up (in Alabama - UGH) is so depressing to me. I haven't been back in years and don't plan to until I have to handle business matters of any sort for my disabled sister who insists on living there.

If you move with the right attitude and intention, then you will make your new location 'home'. Many people never fully vested in their move and try to second guess themselves. Those people will never be happy and will always wish for something else.

My ex (now deceased) husband had that syndrome - always wanting to go back. In his sick, alcoholic head, he always romanticized the past and saw it in a rosy glow, ignoring what was wrong back then. After our divorce, he kept going back to places and he hated them all, saying it wasn't like he thought it would be.

I was born in Miami, and have lived in several places in South Florida, loving them all. For me it's all home.

One of my favorite lines in any movie (though aimed towards smoking) applies to anything in life. In Dead Again, Robin Williams character (a psychiatrist) named Cozy Carlisle said "Someone is either a smoker or a nonsmoker. There's no in-between. The trick is to find out which one you are, and be that." That's the way I feel about where you live. Either you live there or you don't.

[mateo384]

Plus life is too short to stay in one spot the entire time.

[wolf39us]

Originally Posted by mateo384

Plus life is too short to stay in one spot the entire time.

I agree with this indeed. I want to move around, but first I'm going to go home for a while :-)

[Leaving4Ca]

Originally Posted by Spring Hillian

Both the National Labor Relations Act (NLRA) and the Taft-Hartley Act prohibit employers from discriminating against employees for participating in union activities. Employers cannot force employees to waive their rights to join a union (or to waive any other rights under the NLRA), the NLRA prohibits unions from forcing employees to support them. Just as employers cannot retaliate against employees for joining a union, the NLRA prohibits unions from retaliating against members who criticize the union or employees who refuse to join.

Dream on. It never plays like that in real life. You dont want to sign the paper stating you wont unionize, miraculously the job is no longer available to you.

An employer in a right to work state can pretty much do whatever it wants. Small employers are the worst offenders. You can come to work one day, the boss can fire you just because.

[AES328]

Originally Posted by Leaving4Ca

Dream on. It never plays like that in real life. You dont want to sign the paper stating you wont unionize, miraculously the job is no longer available to you.

An employer in a right to work state can pretty much do whatever it wants. Small employers are the worst offenders. You can come to work one day, the boss can fire you just because.

I think you mean an "at will" employment state.

And the flipside of your coin is that an employee can quit any job on the spot, just because.

[wolf39us]

Originally Posted by meat_popsicle

I think you mean an "at will" employment state.

And the flipside of your coin is that an employee can quit any job on the spot, just because.

Unless under contractual obligation, this is something that can occur in any state... as it should.

[Spring Hillian]

Originally Posted by Leaving4Ca

Dream on. It never plays like that in real life. You dont want to sign the paper stating you wont unionize, miraculously the job is no longer available to you.

An employer in a right to work state can pretty much do whatever it wants. Small employers are the worst offenders. You can come to work one day, the boss can fire you just because.

Its a shame that you do not understand Right to Work State. It has nothing to do with Employment at Will which is what you refer to when you can be terminated for wearing the wrong shirt to work that day.

But tell me - what state(s) are you aware of that an employer cannot terminate an employee at will?

Give me the state and that states statute that prevents it.

[Spring Hillian]

Originally Posted by wolf39us

Unless under contractual obligation, this is something that can occur in any state... as it should.

You are correct. The only state that does not have "at will" employment is Montana.

[wolf39us]

Originally Posted by Spring Hillian

Its a shame that you do not understand Right to Work State. It has nothing to do with Employment at Will which is what you refer to when you can be terminated for wearing the wrong shirt to work that day.

But tell me - what state(s) are you aware of that an employer cannot terminate an employee at will?

Give me the state and that states statute that prevents it.

Most states are at-will employment. Getting terminated for something silly in the union states is much more difficult however (despite the state being at-will). Unions will include additional requirements and procedures that prevent unnecessary terminations. That's the difference.

[Spring Hillian]

Originally Posted by wolf39us

Most states are at-will employment. Getting terminated for something silly in the union states is much more difficult however (despite the state being at-will). Unions will include additional requirements and procedures that prevent unnecessary terminations. That's the difference.

ALL states except Montana are at will states. Unions cannot and do not protect individual people from being terminated from employment. There are no laws and no regulations that force an employer to keep any employee except for laws concerning the Americans with Disability Act. Contractual obligations are another matter but they can buy out a contract.

Show me any union contract that says employees cant be terminated without cause.