"Stan de SD" > wrote in message
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>
> "Dan Clore" > wrote in message
> ...
> > G*rd*n wrote:
> > > "rebelguy" >:
> >
> > >>I FEEL SORRY FOR THESE STUPID PEOPLE, THEY WERE DUPED BY A MAXIST
LABOUR
> > >>UNION AND NOW WILL BE TURNING OVER LARGE PARTS OF WHAT THEY MAKE TO A
> BUNCH
> > >>OF FAT,LAZY WHITE HAIRED UNION BOSS'S WHO SIT ON THEIR ASS'S ALL DAY
> MAKING
> > >>50-60,000 A YEAR
> > >>
> > > Your cliché key is stuck.
> >
> > Not only cliché, but also untrue. In fact, I would hardly
> > know where to begin to untangle all the falsehoods in this
> > single sentence. It might make a fun challenge to see who
> > can point out the most.
>
> OK, Clore, tell us what they will get out of those union dues they will
soon
> be forced to pay as a condition of working there. Retirement pensions? How
> many people are going to make a career of working at Starbucks? Health
> benefits? How long will they have to work to obtain those?
>
> Once again, the unions are trying to find a way of financing their Ponzi
> scheme retirement plans by looking for new sources of union dues.
Suckering
> in workers who won't even be around next year to collect any "benefits",
> much less 20 years from now, is a racket that any neophyte hustler can
> play... :O|

Hmmmm......what do I get out my union...? Let me think: regular raises not
based on favortism, recognized seniority for schedule picks and vacations,
overtime (no, it not all covered by the Federal law), better working
conditions, paid holidays,
health benefits (after I finished my probationary period of 90 days), jury
duty pay, bereavement pay, a grievance procedure for when the boss screws me
over (and he will), meal periods (no, the state and federal law don't really
touch that, either), report pay (so they don't call me in for 20 minutes of
work after a 30 minute drive), premium pay for certain jobs, transfer
guidelines, protection against managers doing my work and taking my hours,
guidelines for drug testing.......

and I never even had to mention "pension".

I admit to not knowing much about IWW, but where I work, I'm damn glad there
is a union that helps me out. Let's hope Starbucks employees choose a good
union.