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bluesbassman

(19,361 posts)
6. And the crushing continues...
Sat Feb 23, 2013, 07:07 PM
Feb 2013

We are in the midst of the most egregious transfer of wealth and power in history. Companies like Cablevision can account for record profits of the magnitude to pay their executive teams the kind of salary and compensation packages they do, all the while pressing employees for reduction in pay and benefits, reduce their workforces but not their workloads (read employees who remain do more work for less pay), and continuously complain how the government is somehow hampering their business.

We need a fundamental change in our economic system before it collapses under it's own weight.

The oligarchs are laughing at this. Why should they take the rhett o rick Feb 2013 #1
...and the oligarchs control how many jobs are opened......... lastlib Feb 2013 #2
Exactly. We must get more progressive people in Congress. Support PCCC. nm rhett o rick Feb 2013 #11
contact your state and federal labor departments pasto76 Feb 2013 #3
Good luck getting any sympathy from Jim Dolan dorkzilla Feb 2013 #4
Heard about this on Malloy's show a few weeks ago. Chakab Feb 2013 #5
And the crushing continues... bluesbassman Feb 2013 #6
Signed, kicked to facebook and twitter. Good luck. Hope they do the right thing by hiring you back judesedit Feb 2013 #7
Perhaps Cablevision customers can do something to support the workers. Do they have alternatives? kelliekat44 Feb 2013 #8
To all Cablevision customers - xtraxritical Feb 2013 #15
Illegal Yes - Repercussions No - All Thanks To Ronald Reagan And The Radical Right cantbeserious Feb 2013 #9
Has anyone filed a complaint? And if so when do you expect to be heard? lonestarnot Feb 2013 #10
K & R for solidarity (n/t) bread_and_roses Feb 2013 #12
I'm sure a few hundred applied for your jobs. They got us where they want us.. mountain grammy Feb 2013 #13
Done, k&r, tweeted & faced. annabanana Feb 2013 #14
Latest news on this (Battle Intensifies Between Fired Workers, CWA and Cablevision) Omaha Steve Feb 2013 #16
Signed - good luck. Smilo Feb 2013 #17
Signed and rec. hay rick Feb 2013 #18
Information from CWA chriscalabrese Feb 2013 #19
Thanks for updating us! n/t Sekhmets Daughter Feb 2013 #20
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