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In reply to the discussion: I Am Surprised That Michigan Defeated The Pro Union Amendment. [View all]erinlough
(2,176 posts)80. Generally, it is about following the contract, not how hard you work. Let me explain.
When you are working under a contract both sides are given specific rules and conditions that are to be followed, this is due process and this is what unions and employers set up. Each side is responsible for following these rules. When a worker has a grievance it has to be connected to the fact that they believe the employer did not follow the contract. Likewise when a worker gets in trouble the employer is saying the worker did not follow the rules. Someone can be a "hard worker" but still have trouble following the rules.
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I Am Surprised That Michigan Defeated The Pro Union Amendment. [View all]
TheMastersNemesis
Dec 2012
OP
I want to watch the channel you watch. It was intensely anti-Prop 2 here.
Barack_America
Dec 2012
#11
I don't blame the unions. I blame the Supreme Court for allowing endless $...
Barack_America
Dec 2012
#24
Endless SECRET $. So one wonders what kind of deals have been bought with the $$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$
patrice
Dec 2012
#28
Please see #32. I'm not sure the WHOLE thing can be explained as ir-rational hate. & It does NO
patrice
Dec 2012
#33
I was one of the first ones to point that out in the original thread; you're missing the point
Recursion
Dec 2012
#44
LOL, just checked out Candice Miller on Wikipedia, her daughter is a member of thr
Fla Dem
Dec 2012
#6
Absafreakinglutely!!! I am sick and tired of scaredy-cat Dems!!! In our state they're so WEAK
patrice
Dec 2012
#35
It was a huge mistake to push for collective bargaining in the Michigan Constitution.
Romulox
Dec 2012
#15
The result was sort of an "anti-referendum", imo. It gave the Repubs the cover needed.
Romulox
Dec 2012
#17
if you haven't noticed the 40-year-anti-union campaign, you've been in a hole somewhere.
HiPointDem
Dec 2012
#67
it is. 30-second google: wsj 2012: "Overpaid Public Workers: The Evidence Mounts"
HiPointDem
Dec 2012
#70
No, I seriously and sincerely don't think there's been any sort of propaganda campaign
Recursion
Dec 2012
#77
disingenuous -- you yourself passed along a piece of anti-union propaganda in this very thread.
HiPointDem
Dec 2012
#64
Generally, it is about following the contract, not how hard you work. Let me explain.
erinlough
Dec 2012
#80
so its still up to the business and its workers to decide if they want to unionize, right?
underoath
Dec 2012
#93
There are big companies with partial organization, plus there are some "two-tier" industries
Recursion
Dec 2012
#95
The people they should be persuading but insist on calling "freeloaders" and "scabs"
Recursion
Dec 2012
#84
Free loaders might not be the right term. "Free riders" is a real economic term for people who
Squinch
Dec 2012
#106
wont this let the business and its workers decide if they want to be Union or no?
underoath
Dec 2012
#61
It means that union workers who pay thier dues, subsidize scabs who go to work there
SoCalDem
Dec 2012
#78
but the business and its workers still have the right to decide to unionize if they want to, right?
underoath
Dec 2012
#91
Yes, this is an attack on already-existing unions. The attack on forming new unions...
Recursion
Dec 2012
#97
Where is the EFCA? They never voted, right? Is it still somewhere in Congress? Killed in committee?
patrice
Dec 2012
#100
Citizens' United. It can fund unions too, so as all of this crap about jobs works itself through
patrice
Dec 2012
#98
The Amendment was a classic case of having a good idea, but dramatically over-reaching.
bluestate10
Dec 2012
#109