Title: striking at strikes
The Carpenters Union is picketing outside of our soon-to-be bowling alley.
http://www.asc.upenn.edu/usr/cassidy/temp/strikes1.jpg
http://www.asc.upenn.edu/usr/cassidy/temp/strikes2.jpg
Nobody would talk to me, but my guess is they're hiring non-union labor
At 10:28 AM 12/7/2004, Kyle Cassidy wrote:
The Carpenters
Union is picketing outside of our soon-to-be bowling alley.
http://www.asc.upenn.edu/usr/cassidy/temp/strikes1.jpg
http://www.asc.upenn.edu/usr/cassidy/temp/strikes2.jpg
Nobody would talk to me, but my guess is they're hiring
non-u
t: Tuesday, December 07, 2004 11:48 AM
To: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Subject: Re: [UC] striking at strikes
What is your biggest issue? Scab labor?
In a message dated 12/7/2004 10:30:51 AM Eastern Standard Time, Ben Rhoades
<[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes:
>Sigh, my biggest issue with Philad
What is your biggest issue? Scab labor?
In a message dated 12/7/2004 10:30:51 AM Eastern Standard Time, Ben Rhoades
<[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes:
>Sigh, my biggest issue with Philadelphia (and Penn in general)
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>-Ben
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>At 10:28 AM 12/7/2004, Kyle Cassidy wrote:
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>The Carpenters Union is picketi
At 11:48 AM 12/7/2004, [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
What is your biggest issue? Scab labor?
Over-Unionization of the city/state which leads to everything being much
more unaffordable. It is possible to get a good wage and not be part of a
Union. Unions had their day (and a few actually do still ser
Hi,
It has been proven that unions keep the general wage rates up in an area.
Does anyone want to donate part of their wage to back-up their anti-unionism?
I think not. I don't get paid enough.
>At 11:48 AM 12/7/2004, [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
>>What is your biggest issue? Scab labor?
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>What is your biggest issue? Scab labor?
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>In a message dated 12/7/2004 10:30:51 AM Easter
Unions exist to protect the interests of workers. They are meant to check the
abuses of employers.
Here is a great example heard on TODAY's Morning Edition:
Stressed-Out Game Designers Sue Software Maker
Those amazing video games that some people spend months pl
Ben Rhoades wrote:
At 11:48 AM 12/7/2004, [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
What is your biggest issue? Scab labor?
Over-Unionization of the city/state which leads to everything being
much more unaffordable. It is possible to get a good wage and not be
part of a Union. Unions had their day (and a few a
>If they laid off all these people, they could afford to run septa and
>probably have a surplus.
SEPTAs problems are much greater than the cost of their labour. While every
Philadelphian has their stories of rude SEPTA workers, most of them do their
jobs very well in work conditions that most of
At 01:07 PM 12/7/2004, Clinton, J. Scott wrote:
>If they laid off all these people, they could afford to run septa and
>probably have a surplus.
SEPTAs problems are much greater than the cost of their labour. While every
Philadelphian has their stories of rude SEPTA workers, most of them do their
At 01:00 PM 12/7/2004, Brian Siano wrote:
And pray tell, what is _your_ salary, and can you justify it when others
are willing (and capable) of doing your job for less?
My salary is not enough but that doesn't mean I think I should Unionize my
job classification to get more money and yes I can ju
Ben Rhoades wrote:
At 01:00 PM 12/7/2004, Brian Siano wrote:
And pray tell, what is _your_ salary, and can you justify it when
others are willing (and capable) of doing your job for less?
My salary is not enough but that doesn't mean I think I should
Unionize my job classification to get more mo
y, December 07, 2004 12:38 PM
To: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Subject: RE: [UC] striking at strikes
Unionists use the epithet "scab" to refer to workers who are willing to
accept terms that union workers have rejected... and that's why you are a
civil litigator, and not a labor law attorne
ssage-
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Subject: RE: [UC] striking at strikes
Unionists use the epithet "scab" to refer to workers who are willing to
accept terms that u
At 01:38 PM 12/7/2004, Brian Siano wrote:
You're telling me that, rather than get more money, you would follow
principle and _not_ unionize your job classification? This doesn't sound
as though you're working for your own self-interest.
I'm not totally dumb, of course I'd rather have more money h
Title: Message
Yes but that is the past and I'd like to think the vast majority
of placesare past the point where they need unions and can get good labor
and pay adecent wage w/o having to have it be over the top because a mass of
peopleforce it to be.
I'd like to think that too, but do you
At 02:32 PM 12/7/2004, Clinton, J. Scott wrote:
I'd like to think that too, but
do you shop at Wal-Mart? A lot of people are starting to make a
distinction between "minimum wage" and "living
wage". Personally, I believe that my earnings
impart a responsibility upon me to use those monies wis
Ben Rhoades wrote:
At 01:38 PM 12/7/2004, Brian Siano wrote:
You're telling me that, rather than get more money, you would follow
principle and _not_ unionize your job classification? This doesn't
sound as though you're working for your own self-interest.
I'm not totally dumb, of course I'd rathe
Ben Rhoades wrote:
At 02:32 PM 12/7/2004, Clinton, J. Scott wrote:
I'd like to think that too, but do you shop at Wal-Mart? A lot of
people are starting to make a distinction between "minimum wage" and
"living wage".Personally, I believe that my earnings impart a
responsibility upon me to u
At 03:18 PM 12/7/2004, Brian Siano wrote:
So the yardstick we're using for determing pay scales is the _intent_ of
the employee to make the job a career.
As for your comment that "many of the problems are people believing that
their job at Wal-mart should be something to support their family," w
ecember 07, 2004 2:43
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Subject: Re: [UC] striking at strikes
At 02:32 PM 12/7/2004, Clinton, J. Scott wrote:
I'd like to think that too, but do you shop at Wal-Mart? A lot
of people are starting to make a distinction between "minimum wage" and
"living w
Ben Rhoades wrote:
At 03:18 PM 12/7/2004, Brian Siano wrote:
So the yardstick we're using for determing pay scales is the _intent_
of the employee to make the job a career.
As for your comment that "many of the problems are people believing
that their job at Wal-mart should be something to suppo
"Well, the Wal-mart example is a good one however, I do look at it sort of
different, and maybe I'm living in the 50s. I see most of the people
working at as a job, not as a career. I don't think of Wal-mart as a
career place other than maybe some management. I shop there with that
mindse
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"Well, the Wal-mart example is a good one however, I do look at it sort
of different, and maybe I'm living in the 50s.
In a message dated 12/7/2004 6:16:33 P.M. Eastern Standard Time,
[EMAIL PROTECTED] writes:
And why
aren't they going to school or doing something to "improve" themselves so they
can find a career? Probably because they're not working at Wal-Mart OR
McDonalds; they're working at Wal-M
In a message dated 12/7/2004 12:47:55 P.M. Eastern Standard Time,
[EMAIL PROTECTED] writes:
It has
been proven that unions keep the general wage rates up in an
area.
Citation please: OMB, CBO, Federal Reserve
PhDs currently employed by labor councils, liberal think tanks, and
munchkin
From: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Date: Tue, 7 Dec 2004 18:57:43 EST
This is a serious social problem. It can't be answered by someone
who made the sacrifices to get an education or acquire skills and a
work ethic saying that anybody can do it. For some, it's too
late. I believe we have
Union Wage Spillover Effects
Unions are likely to raise the wages of their members above market levels, and create the union-nonunion wage differential.
*The observed differential is between 10-25%.
*The observed differential doesn't fully tell us the correct story, because of a variety of fa
Charles H. Buchholtz wrote:
The French is _Qu'ils mangent de la brioche_ (not _gateau_ as
one might expect). And Queen Marie-Antoinette did *not* say this.
(When famine struck Paris, she actually took an active role in
relievi
Title: RE: [UC] striking at strikes (nickle and dimed)
at the urging of many colleagues, i read "nickle and dimed" earlier this year and found myself thinking, more than anything else "barbara ehrenreich is a snivling whiner who really ought to get a roommate and then she&
Kyle Cassidy wrote:
at the urging of many colleagues, i read "nickle and dimed" earlier
this year and found myself thinking, more than anything else "barbara
ehrenreich is a snivling whiner who really ought to get a roommate and
then she'd stop spending so much of her income on rent." having the
In a message dated 12/7/2004 12:49:11 P.M. Eastern Standard Time,
[EMAIL PROTECTED] writes:
that's
why you are a civil litigator, and not a labor law
attorney.
The Easter Egg Man shows his dark side.
If he was a "labor lawyer" how would you determine his value to society, by
which side
At 07:34 PM 12/7/2004, [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
I am a member of the IBT; is there anyone on this list who is a former or
current dues paying member of a labor union that is nationally affiliated?
Actually, I was a member of the Communications Workers of America 3xx (I
forget which, it was a whil
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Subject: Re: [UC] striking at strikes Unions & Right To Work
> At 07:34 PM 12/7/2004, [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
> >I am a member of the IBT; is there anyone on this list who is a former or
> >current dues paying member of a
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Subject: Re: [UC] striking at strikes Unions & Right To Work
Officer with the United Steel Workers Union (Financia Sec, Bargaining Unit
Charperson and Trustee (1992-1998), now with the American Federation of
Teachers (PFT Local 6, Phila)
Bruce Haskin
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In a message dated 12/7/04 8:20:57 PM, [EMAIL PROTECTED] writes:
At 07:34 PM 12/7/2004, [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
>I am a member of the IBT; is there anyone on this list who is a former or
>current dues paying member of a labor union that is nationally affiliated?
Local 668 SEIU
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