NF CUPE leader urges unionizing sex workers
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ROFLMAO...... unionize sex workers... too funny
I guess union leaders need a new source of income...
Perhaps for union dues....the prez gets a free bee..
And do we call them Pimps...
Sorry, just in a silly mood as I use to be a union member and know about a lot of the crap that a union does/don't do!!!
I guess union leaders need a new source of income...
Perhaps for union dues....the prez gets a free bee..
And do we call them Pimps...
Sorry, just in a silly mood as I use to be a union member and know about a lot of the crap that a union does/don't do!!!
Unions outlived their usefulness 20 or so years ago. How many unions actually saves jobs, let alone create them.
That reminds me of the old joke where the union shopsteward goes to a unionized brothel and demands a union discount. The madam says ok to shut him up, he eyes all the beautiful young ladies, makes his selection, and goes off to his room, strips naked, and in walks this old withered hag.
He storms down to the front desk to complain....sorry, says the Madam, this is a union shop, she has seniority.
He storms down to the front desk to complain....sorry, says the Madam, this is a union shop, she has seniority.
Union leaders like the spot lights especially comes election time. I work with (and against) enough union leaders to know that behind the "union leadership" facade, many of them are just bunch of thugs (and sometimes criminals) who live off people's union dues. However, there is a minority out there who genuinely fights for worker's right.
But in this case ... organizing sex workers?? Gimme a break. It won't work unless he's talking about forming an organization to advocate for sex workers' rights. In that case, I'm all for it.
But in this case ... organizing sex workers?? Gimme a break. It won't work unless he's talking about forming an organization to advocate for sex workers' rights. In that case, I'm all for it.
They do exist.realslimshady said:
http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/business/3818713.stm
http://www.lacoalitionmontreal.com/eng_coalition.htm
http://www.iusw.org/start/
So they become unionized, does that mean we have to pay union prices as comapre to non-union prices? Ha Ha
or
They end up as part of another sponsorship scandal or get sold out by a union boss like the HEU.
Sometimes unions have their good points and sometimes they have their bad.
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They end up as part of another sponsorship scandal or get sold out by a union boss like the HEU.
Sometimes unions have their good points and sometimes they have their bad.
I have had the pleasure of working at 2 companies which were unionized at a vulnerable time. (During a busy period when there were a lot of new, young and gullible employees.)
The first time, I remember my boss coming out of the 1st day of negotiations laughing his ass off. The nimrod from the union had come to the table demanding apx. 2/3 of the benefits already being extended to the workers. Because of the timing of the negotiations the company was legally barred from handing out their normally generous year end bonus to the employees. Net result, a wage increase which did not cover the cost of union dues.
The second instance had nearly identical results for the employees. The negotiations for the second contract dragged on forever because the union negotiator was nearly always on vacation to some exotic locale.
In both cases within 2 years, the employees banded together and threw the union out.
The first time, I remember my boss coming out of the 1st day of negotiations laughing his ass off. The nimrod from the union had come to the table demanding apx. 2/3 of the benefits already being extended to the workers. Because of the timing of the negotiations the company was legally barred from handing out their normally generous year end bonus to the employees. Net result, a wage increase which did not cover the cost of union dues.
The second instance had nearly identical results for the employees. The negotiations for the second contract dragged on forever because the union negotiator was nearly always on vacation to some exotic locale.
In both cases within 2 years, the employees banded together and threw the union out.
:| I'm part of a union.
I've worked both union and non union... both suck equally. At least, the union I'm with now is actually trying to help me rather than screw me (although I pay exoribitant union dues and apparently the secretaries at the union HQ make $24-28/ hour... double what I make and no dues.)
I've worked both union and non union... both suck equally. At least, the union I'm with now is actually trying to help me rather than screw me (although I pay exoribitant union dues and apparently the secretaries at the union HQ make $24-28/ hour... double what I make and no dues.)
Fuck the Unions. That's what this guy from Winnipeg did last week.
"Web Posted | Sep 3 2004 02:39 PM CDT
Business closes, blames unionization
WINNIPEG - A nearly century-old electrical business in Winnipeg shut down Friday when its owners made good on a warning that they would close up shop if their employees joined a union.
Jim Gamble, co-owner of the business that has been in his family for three generations, is bitter about the workers' unionizing, and he directs his anger at the NDP government that passed the law allowing the unionization to take place.
Seven of the company's 11 electricians signed cards in support of joining the International Brotherhood of Electrical Workers. Under provincial legislation passed in 2000, if 65 per cent of employees sign a union card, no vote need to be taken to unionize the entire shop.
Seven of 11 is only 63 per cent, but the Manitoba Labour Board was satisfied that enough employees wanted the union. Provincial officials say the company did not challenge that ruling.
Gamble says he wasn't prepared to start dealing with a union at this point in his company's existence, and he heard the union was going to ask for a large wage increase, which he says he couldn't afford.
The International Brotherhood of Electrical Workers has not commented on the situation. The president of the Manitoba Federation of Labour called the decision regrettable and irresponsible.
Under Manitoba law, the company's owners will not be allowed to open up another electrical business without a union. "
http://winnipeg.cbc.ca/regional/servlet/View?filename=mb_unionbiz20040903
"Web Posted | Sep 3 2004 02:39 PM CDT
Business closes, blames unionization
WINNIPEG - A nearly century-old electrical business in Winnipeg shut down Friday when its owners made good on a warning that they would close up shop if their employees joined a union.
Jim Gamble, co-owner of the business that has been in his family for three generations, is bitter about the workers' unionizing, and he directs his anger at the NDP government that passed the law allowing the unionization to take place.
Seven of the company's 11 electricians signed cards in support of joining the International Brotherhood of Electrical Workers. Under provincial legislation passed in 2000, if 65 per cent of employees sign a union card, no vote need to be taken to unionize the entire shop.
Seven of 11 is only 63 per cent, but the Manitoba Labour Board was satisfied that enough employees wanted the union. Provincial officials say the company did not challenge that ruling.
Gamble says he wasn't prepared to start dealing with a union at this point in his company's existence, and he heard the union was going to ask for a large wage increase, which he says he couldn't afford.
The International Brotherhood of Electrical Workers has not commented on the situation. The president of the Manitoba Federation of Labour called the decision regrettable and irresponsible.
Under Manitoba law, the company's owners will not be allowed to open up another electrical business without a union. "
http://winnipeg.cbc.ca/regional/servlet/View?filename=mb_unionbiz20040903
