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Tilted Cat Head
Administrator
Location: Manhattan, NY
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Originally Posted by Demeter
I am a union cashier & I hate hearing this crap all the time.
The tills we work at are designed for the average man, not woman & they are uncomfortable. There is no way to get around the repetitive strain. After years of scanning items from one direction to another, for years on end take their toll eventually.
And as far as the wages go, I started at just above minimum wage. It takes years to achieve the high wages you are refering to. And considering the company I work for makes it near impossible to obtain fulltime employment (we are capped at 24 hours weekly) unless people phone in sick. Then its callins according to seniority.
It usually takes an average of 8-10 years for the average person to achieve top wage rate. I spent years working at a till for 6, 7, 8 bucks an hour.
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I'm sorry you hate hearing that it as good in the past? I'm not clear on what you hat from my post.
Because in today's environment I see the union doing little to nothing to benefit you. I see them as yet another "tax" onto your back for someone to be your "advocate" and when they decide to "advocate" for you and they don't get what they want they say strike and give you something like $14/day. Hardly enough to warrant the high dues you pay into.
As far as the RSI, my "back in the day" was when they didn't have laser scanners, flip books for the mulitiple codes of produce, 18 different ways of payments, big box GIANT items, etc.
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