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Originally posted by lt1s10
It is about more then healthcare costs. If it's fighting slavery and exploitation then how about moving on. I knew working for a company with the UFCW union wasn't for me. It may be for others. What I wanted from life I knew I wouldn't find there. I felt exploited by the union and maybe not enslaved but definitely confined. I was fine with the way management conducted themselves and company policies (I know that both of these were part of union input).
People with seniority were promoted solely on that single criteria. Performance and merit played no part in anything. There were minimum time frames before you could be considered for promotions or even lateral moves within the company. Even if you were chronically late or showed poor performance there wasn't much that could be done. On numerous occasions they simply waited it out. And hoped that eventually that person would leave or quit.
The America that my parents believe to be the best in world may or may not still exist. I think the American dream still does exist. One person working hard can obtain their dreams. I know it's what drove me then and still drives me now. To do the things that make me happy. To help those people I'm around as much as I can because they help me.
No matter what side you believe or if you don't believe any side America is a very different place today then 50 years ago. Then even 3 years ago. Change is inevitable. Some changes are good some are bad. You must adapt and continue. There are always other options.
If the union obtains some or all of their demands I don't think that is working towards the common good. Neither would it be so if the corporations obtained all of their demands/concessions from the union. What if the union obtains all they want. Then that corporation is at a disadvantage in that market. If that continues then there will be store closings or layoff in the worst case scenario. Where then do those employees go? Probably to a non-union store. Then the union and their employees lose. The corporation also loses because they were in a losing scenario while they continued to operate that store at a loss.
I don't have a solution. But I do think what's happening now is not a solution either. I'm not attacking you (Hot-About-It) or anyone. It's just that while passion is good it can also blind and I think all parties should step back forget the rhetoric and consider working together not trying to screw the other side.
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So what you are saying is:
An Employee should do what their Employer ask? They know best?
Ignorance is bliss?