Roger A. Shrubber
Well-Known Member
HEY!...She was his SECOND cousin, thank you very much...
at least they didn't have any kids.
HEY!...She was his SECOND cousin, thank you very much...
worse - it would obligate them.
I wonder who his first one was, then.HEY!...She was his SECOND cousin, thank you very much...
at least they didn't have any kids.
they got a 5% a year raise for the next five years, a payout that will average $11,000.00, and an extra paid day off each year.Not even asking much, just give them their sick days View attachment 5233101
Did the second bill die already? The sick days (outside of the one they now are getting) wasn't a part of the main package that was just signed, but I hadn't heard that it failed in a vote. If not there is still some hope.Not even asking much, just give them their sick days View attachment 5233101
They work 60+ hours a week and don’t get any sick leave. A week of sick leave and an increase in staffing might decrease profit margins by 10-15% if they strike that’s on the rail executives for being greedy, not the workers for wanting a home lifethey got a 5% a year raise for the next five years, a payout that will average $11,000.00, and an extra paid day off each year.
that's not incredibly great, but i don't think i'd be jumping up and down and holding my breath for what is essentially a weeks paid vacation...
don't try to grab the whole cake every time you go into the bakery, take it a slice at a time. in a couple of years, re-negotiate...or strike then, when it won't cripple the fucking economy, which would make them one of the most hated unions in existence.
Heard something too about how the shareholders since the Bush (1) years have had something like 300% increase in their income while they shedded a lot of their workforce.They work 60+ hours a week and don’t get any sick leave. A week of sick leave and an increase in staffing might decrease profit margins by 10-15% if they strike that’s on the rail executives for being greedy, not the workers for wanting a home life
It’s fucking nuts man, they really should strike now that congress basically said “no, get back to work” if the government can make you go to work then freedom doesn’t exist. Seriously what could they do if the rail workers released a statement saying they weren’t coming in till their demands were met and didn’t show up to work the next day?Heard something too about how the shareholders since the Bush (1) years have had something like 300% increase in their income while they shedded a lot of their workforce.
I don't know, they did get a lot of wage increase and other shit too. They did get a day sick leave with pay and no reason for it, and do think 7 is not asking too much, but like someone else said earlier, do it when you don't force entire cities into not having the needed chemicals to provide clean water because chemicals are not being transported.It’s fucking nuts man, they really should strike now that congress basically said “no, get back to work” if the government can make you go to work then freedom doesn’t exist. Seriously what could they do if the rail workers released a statement saying they weren’t coming in till their demands were met and didn’t show up to work the next day?
I can imagine that it has been so bad so long that the strikers are certain they need to exploit the opportunity to exert the big leverage. The last decades have been much kinder to management than to labor. I read something not long ago about rail workers having a pretty draconian on-call system, and management entrenched in an attitude of “take it or quit”. So it’s tough on both sides (workers and customers).I don't know, they did get a lot of wage increase and other shit too. They did get a day sick leave with pay and no reason for it, and do think 7 is not asking too much, but like someone else said earlier, do it when you don't force entire cities into not having the needed chemicals to provide clean water because chemicals are not being transported.
A handful of sick days being the reason these workers strike would be a hard pill for us all to swallow.