Re: the downfall of IH

Posted by dave from MN on December 02, 2005 at 06:32:54 from (67.2.202.90):

In Reply to: Re: the downfall of IH posted by Sam Hagar on December 02, 2005 at 05:22:33:

I do have to agree with Sam, there was a need for unions in this country at on time, not any more. I was in a union for7 years, then became a a manager in the same plant for the next 7. I as a manager was at times held back for making things better in the deptarments due to "shop rules". Trying to reward your hardest worker, that had been there 30 years, never missed a day, was not possible because the -abusing FMLA, had to sit down cause of "restrictions" lazy 2 year employee would file a greivance for un-equel recognition and compensation. As a union member I seen my dues go up yearly, my benifits stay the same or go up and when it came to progressing to a better job it some how worked out that the "freinds" of the shop commitee were some how either more qualified or had more seniority, depending on what "I" have more of, but yet I seen the shop commitee always getting off the line for "union business" while the others had to double up on jobs and work harder while the commitee would do everything to drag out the issue, go out and have long BS and smoke sessions. On the company side I had been in negotiation for contracts and was amazed at how each union negotiating commitee member had there own agenda of what they wanted, even bickering amonst them selves. remember I was a union member and had 100's of feinds and some family in the union, and what was being fought for was not what they wanted or needed, and when I would ask they shop memebers about getting back to the line so they can get back on the job and give there "union brother " a break from doing 2 jobs the rest of the day, I ussually got the answer "why would I wanna be on the line any more than i have to" geez thats looking out for the majority. I do think union leaders need to start unions in other countrie though, and make a stand over there. That way, maybe some day the jobs will come back before the only employment in the US is working for a corperate farm, Fast food chain, retail store selling absolutly nothing made in the us, or working at an import unloading what you used to make a living on making in your hometown. Venting a little here but little is far from the truth

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• Re: the downfall of IH NDS 07:16:24 12/02/05 (3)
  • Re: the downfall of IH NDS 16:03:01 12/02/05 (0)
  • Re: the downfall of IH dave from MN 07:28:11 12/02/05 (1)
    • Re: the downfall of IH texasoldiron 10:08:53 12/02/05 (0)

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