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Second Hand Meat Mouth: Sep 12, 2001

ScarecrowIntel posted:

I was a union worker for many years. I was a steward, chief steward, served on multiple committees including the bargaining committee and bargaining 2 contracts, and served on the executive board for three terms. I watched a strong national union slowly degrade and become a business. I bought into 100% of it. Unity. Solidarity. I bled red.

When union leadership says "the membership are the union" it is an absolute lie. The union leaders at the top have no issue taking your money but are stingy when it comes to spending it on things that do not include a trip for them, extra pay, milage reimbursement, and meals. If the case is not lock down win forget about arbitration.

Education is the key to improving your life and earning more money. Unions are dying and will continue to die. Union leaders live by greed which is what they are allegedly fighting. And don't think there aren't backroom deals. "We want to terminate Joe. Don't push grievances hard on his termination and we will drop our investigation against Sara" Or from the union side "Give us MLK day off with pay and we will drop our NLRB charges based on your manager punishing union members and letting everyone else do the own thing" So much wrong quid pro quo.

I started a union job with a college education. My mistake was staying there. I work a non-union job now and make much more money, great benefits, and zero drama in the workplace. No more "Us vs Them" mentality,

Get an education in a needed field if you want a better life. A NEEDED FIELD. Not what you like. Unless you can make a business that makes money from your hobbies you need an education in a field in demand. For the majority of the world the things we like to do are hobbies. That doesn't mean you can't enjoy your work but you may not love it. And thats perfectly OK! That why we have hobbies!

There will always be those who have much more and much less than everyone else. Its been that way since the beginning of time. It will always be that way. Union jobs, as a whole, have more people with stress related issues and out on FMLA. Its common sense you are not going to live large working at McDonald or Starbucks. Those jobs are for college kids and teenagers not for supporting yourself and a family.

I am not trying to sound cold or cold hearted but some people seem to think they are worth more than they are and have no real education. And these same people, many times, have bad credit and extreme debt. And typically it is not medical bills. Get an education and live responsibly and you will have everything you need and most of what you want!

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free larry

# ¿ Nov 4, 2022 15:31

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# ¿ May 9, 2024 16:22

Second Hand Meat Mouth: Sep 12, 2001

hope this happens

https://twitter.com/fuckyouiquit/status/1588292311405895680

# ¿ Nov 5, 2022 01:41

Second Hand Meat Mouth: Sep 12, 2001

gonna go to the local bank wearing sunglasses and a trenchcoat and quietly slip the teller a note (with a link to some good unionization resources)

# ¿ Nov 5, 2022 01:43

Second Hand Meat Mouth: Sep 12, 2001

Cpt_Obvious posted:

Good luck op

# ¿ Nov 8, 2022 00:33

Second Hand Meat Mouth: Sep 12, 2001

In Training posted:

Give em hell

# ¿ Nov 14, 2022 19:56

Second Hand Meat Mouth: Sep 12, 2001

kingcobweb posted:

big test of how "pro-union" biden really is

https://twitter.com/IanKullgren/status/1592258888774320129

eh midterms are over who cares

# ¿ Nov 15, 2022 07:24

Second Hand Meat Mouth: Sep 12, 2001

love seeing this stuff

https://twitter.com/TinaDesireeBerg/status/1597346414694371328

# ¿ Nov 28, 2022 22:48

Second Hand Meat Mouth: Sep 12, 2001

hell yeah the lesser evil

# ¿ Dec 5, 2022 17:04

Second Hand Meat Mouth: Sep 12, 2001

Alkydere posted:

I mean sometimes you're stuck between a merely disappointing candidate and a "literally wants to shove me and my friends into a woodchipper" candidate. It sucks.

Vote in primaries and do your best to pull the party left so you can get more actually good candidates where you're voting for something you want instead of voting to just avoid pain.

bro wtf is this

# ¿ Dec 8, 2022 04:28

Second Hand Meat Mouth: Sep 12, 2001

fdr ftw

# ¿ Feb 27, 2023 19:40

Second Hand Meat Mouth: Sep 12, 2001

JAY ZERO SUM GAME posted:

lmao

I shared that interview about Greenhouse with a group of people that includes a very well known ... official... of a very well known UAW local. I added "It's a bigger picture thing, but everyone should be excited about this"

that person's simple reply was "no"

isn't that when you reply "btw when are you up for re-election?"

# ¿ Mar 17, 2023 23:18

Second Hand Meat Mouth: Sep 12, 2001

lol so transparent

https://twitter.com/escaflonase/status/1645140952393084928

# ¿ Apr 9, 2023 20:17

Second Hand Meat Mouth: Sep 12, 2001

DeusIgnis posted:

Just learned about this.

Let�s go, IBEW.

I mean, sure, it's a win, but lol that deal only represents 4000 rail workers out of 178,000 total rail workers, and they still only got 4 days not 7

# ¿ Jun 23, 2023 20:53

Second Hand Meat Mouth: Sep 12, 2001

Al! posted:

cmon teamsters, sympathy strike and bring this nation to the ground

# ¿ Jul 14, 2023 03:07

Second Hand Meat Mouth: Sep 12, 2001

In Training posted:

Good poo poo. Power to the workers

dogshit contract and i hope they vote it down

# ¿ Jul 25, 2023 18:48

Second Hand Meat Mouth: Sep 12, 2001

HallelujahLee posted:

it seems like a very weak deal but if they're happy with it i guess if ups folded this easily then ask for way way more or just strike

yeah, that's half of my feels but also $21 vs $25 an hour is a pretty big gap

# ¿ Jul 25, 2023 20:39

Second Hand Meat Mouth: Sep 12, 2001

AnimeIsTrash posted:

dont members have to vote on this still? little premature to call it a victory lol

yeah lol maybe my friends are outliers but they're not convinced yet. maybe their colleagues will convince them though, there are good concessions included for sure

# ¿ Jul 26, 2023 00:45

Second Hand Meat Mouth: Sep 12, 2001

i will say i hate how the messaging from the teamsters is "IT'S OVER WE'VE WON!!!" instead of being more reserved pending the actual votes of its members. not sure what the benefits are here to this sort of "marketing" message

https://twitter.com/Teamsters/status/1683867683845021697

# ¿ Jul 26, 2023 01:47

Second Hand Meat Mouth: Sep 12, 2001

yeah but why would that be the message the rank and file would ever want out? I can obviously understand why leadership wants to get out there and talk about how great of a job they did etc.

# ¿ Jul 26, 2023 02:53

Second Hand Meat Mouth: Sep 12, 2001

when the strike was authorized a month ago the stock was at 178.58 now it's at 183.94 I'm sure they're all shaking in their boots

# ¿ Jul 26, 2023 14:58

Second Hand Meat Mouth: Sep 12, 2001

AnimeIsTrash posted:

A MTG shop up in this region unionized.

https://blog.cardkingdom.com/card-kingdom-excited-to-support-new-union-contract-with-ufcw-3000/

Unfortunately what they didn't say is the shop plans on moving out to Monroe soon.

https://twitter.com/CKUnion_/status/1673822105434214401

seattle politics in a nutshell:

https://twitter.com/billythefridge/status/1674332819584339972

# ¿ Jul 29, 2023 16:14

Second Hand Meat Mouth: Sep 12, 2001

In Training posted:

UAW President announces Members' Demands

this detail is cool

sinn fein ftw

# ¿ Aug 2, 2023 20:39

Second Hand Meat Mouth: Sep 12, 2001

kingcobweb posted:

lol that’s fantastic, I had no idea

wow yeah

# ¿ Aug 6, 2023 06:18

Second Hand Meat Mouth: Sep 12, 2001

lol if they cycle the strike around to different plants it's probably vastly more disruptive to the companies, AND less of a burden on the workers, AND harder for the companies to build any bank of scabs

i hope it works like im imagining

# ¿ Sep 14, 2023 00:34

Second Hand Meat Mouth: Sep 12, 2001

https://twitter.com/TRAILSANDWAYS/status/1702530710177780083

# ¿ Sep 15, 2023 04:58

Second Hand Meat Mouth: Sep 12, 2001

DAD LOST MY IPOD posted:

so apparently Trump isn’t actually addressing striking union workers tonight

he’s addressing scabs

may I say: lmao

I thought it was just a non-union shop (is that the same thing as scabs??)

# ¿ Sep 28, 2023 01:47

Second Hand Meat Mouth: Sep 12, 2001

lol they for sure planned this

https://twitter.com/cincisch/status/1708312451060523252

# ¿ Oct 1, 2023 04:33

Second Hand Meat Mouth: Sep 12, 2001

https://twitter.com/josheidelson/status/1719071337480864186

# ¿ Oct 31, 2023 03:50

Second Hand Meat Mouth: Sep 12, 2001

kingcobweb posted:

web designers local 404

# ¿ Nov 1, 2023 00:34

Second Hand Meat Mouth: Sep 12, 2001

far fewer than that walked off the job, that's just how many people are represented

# ¿ Nov 7, 2023 16:20

Second Hand Meat Mouth: Sep 12, 2001

hell yeah

# ¿ Dec 1, 2023 05:02

Second Hand Meat Mouth: Sep 12, 2001

https://twitter.com/jamieson/status/1746278621281390720

# ¿ Jan 14, 2024 02:44

Second Hand Meat Mouth: Sep 12, 2001

Al! posted:

shouldnt they endorse the guy that's gonna win instead then?

HallelujahLee posted:

if you cant take a real stand against genocide what are you even worth lol

# ¿ Jan 25, 2024 01:19

Second Hand Meat Mouth: Sep 12, 2001

In Training posted:

Biden and the Dems are materially supporting a genocide that the UAW just not two months ago called for an end to. The nlrb is a joke anyway who loving cares about one appointment he made 4 years ago. The dept is still desperately underfunded and neither bourgeois party cares about it.

They had the easiest layup in history to say "neither party represents the interests of the working class + we don't support the US imperial project in Israel".

this

# ¿ Jan 25, 2024 01:19

Second Hand Meat Mouth: Sep 12, 2001

kingcobweb posted:

this is from the book i recommended you!!

lmfao

# ¿ Feb 27, 2024 17:25

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# ¿ May 9, 2024 16:22

Second Hand Meat Mouth: Sep 12, 2001

Konstantin posted:

Their heart is in the right place, but you know the union busters will spin this as "Your UAW dues will be used to attack Israel. Do you really want to support this radical leftist organization? In TN, you have a right to not pay dues."

shut the gently caress up

# ¿ Apr 21, 2024 03:23

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