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Benefiting from a death ? Union "representative" = pigdog
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wave rider wrote:
The originally posted article mentioned barriers and security, others do not.
Chanting "push the doors in," the crowd pressed against the glass as the clock ticked down to the 5 a.m. opening.

Sensing catastrophe, nervous employees formed a human chain inside the entrance to slow down the mass of shoppers.

It didn't work.

The mob barreled in and overwhelmed workers.
http://www.nydailynews.com/ny_local/2008...after.html

While unions have sometimes received deserved criticism for unlawful dealings, many forget what unions have brought to the American workplace.
  • 40 hour work week, it used to be 72
  • Overtime/holiday pay
  • Paid sick leave
  • Paid vacations
  • Health insurance
  • Better wages
  • Improved worker safety
  • Work rules in general, not just at the whim of the employer
  • Lunch and rest breaks
And these are just a few. The unions to which I have belonged have been very beneficial to my workplace.

=wr=

I'm a contractor. I get what I negotiate. I negotiated twice the pay, and with half the hours.
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Re: Benefiting from a death ? Union "representative" = pigdog - by Racer X - 12-02-2008, 07:37 AM

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