Pogue Mahone said:Speaking of unskilled labor....You oughta come watch my next checkride.:laugh:
lol! Sounds alot like mine too!
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Pogue Mahone said:Speaking of unskilled labor....You oughta come watch my next checkride.:laugh:
Soverytired said:Unions suck hard, management sucks harder.
Best to just be born with a trust fund, invent a new computer operating system, or win the powerball so you can tell the world to go "f" itself.
belchfire said:Ya know I've seen it through the years. Unions are failing to do what they promise and keep caving in to managements that are getting bigger and CEO's that rob companies with thier golden parachutes.
The whole business thing in this country is corrupt-management, unions, everything...
Palerider957 said:
PCL_128 said:Hard hitting? I hope that was meant as a joke. Mr. Berman, the guy who creates and runs these ads which are funded by anti-labor corporations, is trying his best to swindle you. This is the same guy that thinks mercury in fish is ok for pregnant women to eat, smoking is good for you, and there shouldn't be a minimum wage at all. Yeah, sounds like a great source of information to me.
Palerider957 said:Obviously it's anti union, no sh1t. I have been a memeber of two unions, the Fraternal Order of Police, and ALPA. Neither did much for the guy who just went to work and did his job. Having said that, I carried the union card, paid my dues, and hung in there with my fellow workers.
Palerider957 said:FOP, like ALPA seems to spend a large part of their time defending the idiots of the work force, who constantly get their nuts in a twist. This always frustrated me. When I did need the union (for scheudling and duty time issues) I was usually told "well, we'll file a grieveance tomorrow." So I usually had to fly some half-baked trip, and a grievance would just fizzle out 12 months later.
Palerider957 said:I think ALPA/FOP and other unions have done some great things at times when laborers were treated little better than stray dogs, especially in safety sensitive industries. Somewhere along the way I think the true meaning of a "union" was lost. It was meant to protect workers, not bankrupt companies.
Palerider957 said:I'll catch a lot of heat on this board for saying this, but the unions like UAW, IBT, AFL-CIO have driven manufacturing costs beyond anyones wildest expectations. You wonder why companies are frantically outsourcing jobs overseas? Doesn't it make sense to send jobs overseas when you can have the same piece work done for a fraction of the costs? What would you do?
Palerider957 said:GM and Adelphi are only the tip of the ice berg. These workers were mostly classified as "unskilled" labor--that's what there exact job description stated, "unskilled." And yet these people made a killing, much more than the average RJ Captain. They had two weeks off at X-mas, two weeks off during the summer for plant maint. and normal vacation time as well. Back in the mid 90's they averaged over $70K/yr with incredible benefits....is this sustainable? Be honest, what are these jobs really worth? The unions became so strong that the companies were paralyzed, and afraid to tell them no. I saw all of this first hand, and up close.
Palerider957 said:Before concessions the average GM worker only paid 7% of their health care costs, GM exec pays 27%, and average American worker pays 35%+....again, is this sustainable? Someone has to pay for all of the health care costs, if not the workers, then it will be you when the product they sell is priced.
Palerider957 said:Your tag line, "Labor is superior to capital and deserves much higher consideration." Think about that....if labor had substantial capital, they wouldn't be labor! We work to create "capital," that's why you drag yourself into work every day.
Palerider957 said:I remeber the Safeway (I think) strike in California a couple of years ago. Senior cashiers made $25/hr., and wanted MORE....plus retirement and a full benefits package. Absurd. The majority of these stores simply closed and put these people on the streets.
Palerider957 said:I support ASA pilots completely and hope they get a good contract. I worry about those who see the union as the absolute answer to problems in the industry.
Flame away...........
federico said:PCL 128 Dude your my heroe. See ya around the grapevine soon