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SBC CWA Strike Imminent
Tmack writes "SBC union workers are preparing (again) to strike after negotiations have broken down between CWA and SBC. What this means to the average person? As long as the strike is taking place, orders for new service and repair of existing services with SBC will be delayed as only non-union workers and temps will be around to complete the work. Latest word is the strike is now planned for Friday night through next Tuesday. Check here(1),
here(2), and here(3)
for more info."
Hehe, spoken like a union rep. Have fun not collecting a paycheck.
-- C Younger ceyounger@taius.com
Wow. All you have to do is start your post with a bold declaration that it's not a troll and you get modded "interesting" rather than "troll"? I'm amazed.
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As a matter of fact, I am a lawyer. But I play an actor on TV.
All you have to do is start your post with a bold declaration that it's not a troll and you get modded "interesting" rather than "troll"?
[Let's try out your theory:]
NOT A TROLL
Don't forget to pay your $699 licensing fee you cock-smoking teabaggers.
Trolling is a art,
Libertarians tend to not like unions. Slashdot (and Wired) has a heavily libertarian slant.
-I am an elective eunuch.
I'm not a big fan of unions, but your logic is faulty.
First off, you cannot simply blame a union for the problems caused by a strike. The strike is a last-resort tool used in negotiating with management. When you point out that the strike hurt UPS so badly that FedEx gained ground against them, think about the fact that the company COULD have just agreed to the union's terms and ended the strike.
Now, the other side of that coin is that the union might have been unrealistic in their demands. In this case, the union kills the business either way, and it's a HUGE problem that unions have to constantly fight with -- how far can you really push? They also have to be concerned about how much productivity they are taking away from the company, and since their well being is tied to the company's, you bet they care about it!
Unions have done a lot of good in this country (US), and continue to do so. They have also concentrated power in the hands of those who would most readily abuse it, so it's not all roses. Still, I'd rather have union looking out for me than have my job shipped over-seas. Usually the people who say they don't need that because "these union people are morons who can't get good work on their own" are one lay-off away from changing their minds.
No unions means you get paid the same amount whether you work 8 hours a day or 12 hours a day. I will take my chances with the union, than you, I actually have a life.
I had one job where we sat around talking for more than half the day, the company gives us more stuff do and some of the people I work with are furiously mad and nearly ready to quit. Sometimes people need to lean to suck it up and drive on.
SBC should take the time they skip from their sick days. If they don't have enough sick days left, terminate them and hire someone more productive.
Saying Java is nice because it works on all OS's is like saying that anal sex is nice because it works on all genders.
The above story is offtopic. Dial-up and Phreaking are obsolete, thus I fail to see how this in any way relates to Nerds.
Last I checked the overall topic was "News for Nerds", can someone please moderate the story offtopic please?