My brother's ex-wife was union, as if she had a choice if she wanted
to keep her job. Neat thing about it was they always managed to raise
their union dues at the same time and amount as when she got a raise..
.wow! In return they performed many services for her like...ummmm...
wait a sec. Ummm, yeah!
And don't get me started on United Way. At JPL they rotate each year
whom has to serve as the UW cheerleader and it is considered
"team-spirited" to give and give good. They track donations by org
section and heaven forbid if your section is under 100%. Well,
whatever section I'm in is always under 100% because I've let it known
loud and far that I do not donate through United Way. I donate
directly - that way the charities receive more funding. And I remind
people about this thing called overhead and to search out how much the
UW executives get paid. Why should UW get paid for giving money to
some charity when you can always donate directly? I can't think of a
single charity that doesn't accept direct money and only accepts
through UW.
--H.G.
--- In OliveStarlightOrchestra_at_yahoogroups.com, "debadger"
<debadger_at_p...> wrote:
> Unions exist to keep management reasonably honest. Sorta. At least
they
> work as a threat to non-union shops. Except that having worked for
a union
> shop I know I could look forward to getting screwed by two entities:
the
> union and the management.
>
> Elena
>
> -----Original Message-----
> ...
> As I recall there was a 10-minute break after each 4-hour shift.
This
> was the time that management would talk to the employees about
> important issues of the day. Some break! ...
> Later on the same day one of the managers apologized that I had to
> witness that event. They told me that the employee with the
contrary
> attitude was "a trouble maker, a union guy, always questioning
> management and reminding the other employees of their rights".
>
>
> John
Received on 2004-08-05 19:53:20
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