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#1763850 - 12/04/12 10:02 PM Another example of the Union growing the economy
HappyGilmore 10K Club Joined: Jun 2004 Posts: 19,855 Pulling people out of the ditc...	In this job environment, this just defies logic... http://www.bloomberg.com/news/2012-12-04/striking-l-a-port-clerks-cost-u-s-1-billion-a-day.html _________________________ Providing alternative truths since the invention of time
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#1763876 - 12/04/12 10:52 PM Re: Another example of the Union growing the economy HappyGilmore
Bankbb1, PITA Junior Member Joined: Aug 2004 Posts: 38 The Sovereign State Of Oklahom...	Yeah, sorry folks. <<<<< Not a fan of unions. Last edited by Bankbb1, PITA; 12/04/12 10:53 PM. _________________________ Run like the wind, but never forget gravity.
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#1763883 - 12/04/12 11:09 PM Re: Another example of the Union growing the economy HappyGilmore
califgirl Diamond Poster Joined: Mar 2002 Posts: 2,355 The O.C., California	The workers, paid $41 an hour, want assurances their positions won’t be sent elsewhere when they get sick or retire, according to Craig Merrilees, a spokesman for the union. Well, the ships with perishables are being sent to Ensenada - I'll bet they don't have clerks making $41 an hour. _________________________ I can explain it to you. I can't understand it for you.
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#1763911 - 12/05/12 11:28 AM Re: Another example of the Union growing the economy HappyGilmore
Retired DQ 10K Club Joined: Dec 2002 Posts: 40,766 Turnpike Exit 10	Unions should be disbanded, they've outlived their purposes. _________________________ Get your facts first, then you can distort them as you please. - Mark Twain
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#1763912 - 12/05/12 12:48 PM Re: Another example of the Union growing the economy HappyGilmore
edAudit Power Poster Joined: Jul 2008 Posts: 4,796 You are here	$41 an hour for a clerk even if there is no work? _________________________ Opinions can be considered as coming from anywhere but my employer. CAMS
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#1763922 - 12/05/12 01:58 PM Re: Another example of the Union growing the economy califgirl
B_F Power Poster Joined: Nov 2006 Posts: 7,228 Cincinnati, OH	Originally Posted By: califgirl want assurances their positions won’t be sent elsewhere when they retire ?????? huh?
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#1763927 - 12/05/12 02:00 PM Re: Another example of the Union growing the economy HappyGilmore
edAudit Power Poster Joined: Jul 2008 Posts: 4,796 You are here	After I retire I would like my company to continue to pay me my regular salary with bonus and raises in addition to my retirement package. _________________________ Opinions can be considered as coming from anywhere but my employer. CAMS
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#1763936 - 12/05/12 02:25 PM Re: Another example of the Union growing the economy HappyGilmore
waldensouth Power Poster Joined: Nov 2001 Posts: 7,984 FINALLY ABOVE the gnat line	Sweet deal there Ed, I'd like the same deal.... _________________________ "Once you learn to read, you will be forever free." - Frederick Douglass My Opinion Only.
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#1763943 - 12/05/12 02:37 PM Re: Another example of the Union growing the economy HappyGilmore
Snow Bunny 10K Club Joined: Jun 2006 Posts: 14,141 In the Snow :)	Philly is a real union town. Construction unions actively block any independent contractors. The average salary for these unions...........$65/hr. _________________________ The woods are lovely dark & deep & I have promises to keep & miles to go before I sleep and miles to go before I sleep
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#1763948 - 12/05/12 02:46 PM Re: Another example of the Union growing the economy HappyGilmore
Pale Rider 10K Club Joined: Aug 2002 Posts: 34,318 under the Lone Star	the average median family income is about $55,000 a year, or less than $30 an hour....everybody can't be above average! well, unless you are in a union... _________________________ Societies that do not find work in and of itself "pleasing to God and requisite to Man," tend to be highly corrupt.
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#1763997 - 12/05/12 03:31 PM Re: Another example of the Union growing the economy B_F
HappyGilmore 10K Club Joined: Jun 2004 Posts: 19,855 Pulling people out of the ditc...	Originally Posted By: B_F Originally Posted By: califgirl want assurances their positions won’t be sent elsewhere when they retire ?????? huh? meaning that when you retire, your replacement is hired in the same location that you retired from _________________________ Providing alternative truths since the invention of time
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