Publix Supermarket has all the benefits you post except
the right to strike ...plus they give employees stock, 4 bonus's a year, dividend pay out twice a year, and bereavement pay. The largest and fastest-growing employee-owned supermarket chain in the United States. Employees can retire a millionaire and they don't even have to go into management. NO unions.
“We the people are the rightful masters of bothCongress and the courts, not to overthrow the Constitution but to overthrow the men who pervert the Constitution.” Abraham Lincoln
I don't think anyone is arguing that unions didn't have their time and place. And done CEO compensation is certainly out of whack. But, giving the current version of the union credit for all of that is like giving the Republican Party credit for current environmental efforts....Nixon started the EPA.
What is the purpose of a union today? To ensure their members aren't paid by merit? I doubt that unions ever thought they'd become another bureaucracy. But they have. And far too often it's more about protecting the union an it's leaders than the members. And in my personal experience, they have been all over the place, from actually helping safety to actively fighting against it, because they don't understand but are never willing to admit that.
I don't think anyone is arguing that unions didn't have their time and place. And done CEO compensation is certainly out of whack. But, giving the current version of the union credit for all of that is like giving the Republican Party credit for current environmental efforts....Nixon started the EPA.
What is the purpose of a union today? To ensure their members aren't paid by merit? I doubt that unions ever thought they'd become another bureaucracy. But they have. And far too often it's more about protecting the union an it's leaders than the members. And in my personal experience, they have been all over the place, from actually helping safety to actively fighting against it, because they don't understand but are never willing to admit that.
I agree with what you are saying. I am under no illusions that unions are perfect, with any organization that has become old and comfortable there will be corruption. I have heard many terrible stories about unions. But, I believe that if you take away unions today we will go back to the practices of yesterday. With most companies you are are number and the bottom line is all that matters. I believe that some of the last lines of defense are the unions. I think we would be far worse off without them. Sometimes we have to take the good with the bad....for now at least.
And I do think some here would like to pretend that unions have done nothing to help......I thought I would lay out some of the good, it's sometimes easy to forget.
Publix Supermarket has all the benefits you post except
the right to strike ...plus they give employees stock, 4 bonus's a year, dividend pay out twice a year, and bereavement pay. The largest and fastest-growing employee-owned supermarket chain in the United States. Employees can retire a millionaire and they don't even have to go into management. NO unions.
That's good to hear. If Wal-Mart were willing to give these benefits to their employees they would have no reason to walk out. They are only asking for the same. Left with no other options they only have one option left, to organize.
What is the purpose of a union today? To ensure their members aren't paid by merit? I doubt that unions ever thought they'd become another bureaucracy.
Yup. That's all they have become. I liken them to another level of government.
That's good to hear. If Wal-Mart were willing to give these benefits to their employees they would have no reason to walk out. They are only asking for the same. Left with no other options they only have one option left, to organize.
They should consider just not working for Wal-Mart.
Publix Supermarket has all the benefits you post except
the right to strike ...plus they give employees stock, 4 bonus's a year, dividend pay out twice a year, and bereavement pay. The largest and fastest-growing employee-owned supermarket chain in the United States. Employees can retire a millionaire and they don't even have to go into management. NO unions.
That's good to hear. If Wal-Mart were willing to give these benefits to their employees they would have no reason to walk out. They are only asking for the same. Left with no other options they only have one option left, to organize.
My wife works for Wal-Mart and receives the same benefits listed for Publix.
Publix Supermarket has all the benefits you post except
the right to strike ...plus they give employees stock, 4 bonus's a year, dividend pay out twice a year, and bereavement pay. The largest and fastest-growing employee-owned supermarket chain in the United States. Employees can retire a millionaire and they don't even have to go into management. NO unions.
That's good to hear. If Wal-Mart were willing to give these benefits to their employees they would have no reason to walk out. They are only asking for the same. Left with no other options they only have one option left, to organize.
My wife works for Wal-Mart and receives the same benefits listed for Publix.
Interesting, I also worked at Wal-Mart while I was going to school, and we had no where near those benefits. But that was a while ago so maybe things have changed. Is she in a management position?
I don't shop at Walmart, something bad always happens to me there
I like target'
it would be wonderful if business would appreciate their workers.
I'd like to think most do.
I have learned in business to put myself in our employees shoes,
to think what I would want and need. To do little things like
birthday treats and bonuses. Ask how someone feels about something in the shop
but most of all listen, often they want to just talk about the family or stuff
going on in their lives.
Right now to bring everyone together,
we are decorating the shop and each employee will have their favorite
musician photos in the area they work.
Don't forget Las Vegas, Without unions illegally funneling their pension money to the mob Las Vegas wouldn't exist,
Damn it. One reason I actually like unions.
Well that was more to show that unions aren't just all about helping the common worker. I imagine as part of those scams that the unions heads who helped get the mob that money made a ton of cash. I also read a book about the 5 crime families in NYC a few years ago. It was interesting to see how much of a hold they have on unions to the point where things like construction, laundry services and trash pick up in New York are significantly higher in New York compared to other similar sized cities. They mob has such a strong hold on the Fulton Fish market that restaurants would come and buy fresh fish, and if you weren't paying kickbacks to the family they made sure you didn't get fresh fish, and in turn fish prices in new york were like 20-30% higher than the rest of the US east coast.
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Thank you for your support
Weekends without work
All breaks at work, including your lunch breaks
Paid vacation
Family & Medical Leave Act (FMLA)
Sick leave
Social Security
Minimum wage
Civil Rights Act/Title VII - prohibits employer discrimination
8-hour work day
Overtime pay
Child labor laws
Occupational Safety & Health Act (OSHA)
40-hour work week
Workers’ compensation (workers’ comp)
Unemployment insurance
Pensions
Workplace safety standards and regulations
Employer health care insurance
Collective bargaining rights for employees
Wrongful termination laws
Age Discrimination in Employment Act of 1967 (ADEA)
Whistleblower protection laws
Employee Polygraph Protection Act (EPPA) - prohibits employers from using a lie detector test on an employee
Veteran's Employment and Training Services (VETS)
Compensation increases and evaluations (i.e. raises)
Sexual harassment laws
Americans With Disabilities Act (ADA)
Holiday pay
Employer dental, life, and vision insurance
Privacy rights
Pregnancy and parental leave
Military leave
The right to strike
Public education for children
Equal Pay Acts of 1963 & 2011 - requires employers pay men and women equally for the same amount of work
Laws ending sweatshops in the United States
http://www.unionplus.org/about/labor-un ... hank-union
Will you also list the at least 36 reasons to not thank a union as well?
Publix Supermarket has all the benefits you post except
the right to strike ...plus they give employees stock, 4 bonus's a year, dividend pay out twice a year, and bereavement pay. The largest and fastest-growing employee-owned supermarket chain in the United States. Employees can retire a millionaire and they don't even have to go into management. NO unions.
What is the purpose of a union today? To ensure their members aren't paid by merit? I doubt that unions ever thought they'd become another bureaucracy. But they have. And far too often it's more about protecting the union an it's leaders than the members. And in my personal experience, they have been all over the place, from actually helping safety to actively fighting against it, because they don't understand but are never willing to admit that.
Can you?
I agree with what you are saying. I am under no illusions that unions are perfect, with any organization that has become old and comfortable there will be corruption. I have heard many terrible stories about unions. But, I believe that if you take away unions today we will go back to the practices of yesterday. With most companies you are are number and the bottom line is all that matters. I believe that some of the last lines of defense are the unions. I think we would be far worse off without them. Sometimes we have to take the good with the bad....for now at least.
And I do think some here would like to pretend that unions have done nothing to help......I thought I would lay out some of the good, it's sometimes easy to forget.
That's good to hear. If Wal-Mart were willing to give these benefits to their employees they would have no reason to walk out. They are only asking for the same. Left with no other options they only have one option left, to organize.
Where would you like me to start?
Yup. That's all they have become. I liken them to another level of government.
Don't forget Las Vegas, Without unions illegally funneling their pension money to the mob Las Vegas wouldn't exist,
Damn it. One reason I actually like unions.
They should consider just not working for Wal-Mart.
Interesting, I also worked at Wal-Mart while I was going to school, and we had no where near those benefits. But that was a while ago so maybe things have changed. Is she in a management position?
I like target'
it would be wonderful if business would appreciate their workers.
I'd like to think most do.
I have learned in business to put myself in our employees shoes,
to think what I would want and need. To do little things like
birthday treats and bonuses. Ask how someone feels about something in the shop
but most of all listen, often they want to just talk about the family or stuff
going on in their lives.
Right now to bring everyone together,
we are decorating the shop and each employee will have their favorite
musician photos in the area they work.
I bet ya'll can guess mine
Well that was more to show that unions aren't just all about helping the common worker. I imagine as part of those scams that the unions heads who helped get the mob that money made a ton of cash. I also read a book about the 5 crime families in NYC a few years ago. It was interesting to see how much of a hold they have on unions to the point where things like construction, laundry services and trash pick up in New York are significantly higher in New York compared to other similar sized cities. They mob has such a strong hold on the Fulton Fish market that restaurants would come and buy fresh fish, and if you weren't paying kickbacks to the family they made sure you didn't get fresh fish, and in turn fish prices in new york were like 20-30% higher than the rest of the US east coast.