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Sat Sep-04-10 06:56 AM
Response to Reply #73 |
| -Flight Attendant fired for admitting she qualifies for food stamps. |
TalkingDog |
Sep-03-10 03:02 PM |
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Many pilots do, too |
LostinVA |
Sep-03-10 03:03 PM |
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You know what's also awful? 35 yrs ago being a flight attendant |
Nay |
Sep-03-10 03:33 PM |
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35 yrs ago a LOT of jobs paid a living wage. |
progressoid |
Sep-03-10 03:38 PM |
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& that's because they pay the same amount as they did 35 years ago. |
elehhhhna |
Sep-03-10 07:38 PM |
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+1000 |
Danger Mouse |
Sep-03-10 10:57 PM |
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30 yrs ago at minimum wage I had an apartment, phone, cable |
brewens |
Sep-03-10 08:27 PM |
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The 1970s were livable, weren't they? n/t |
Mimosa |
Sep-04-10 06:00 AM |
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THIS IS A DIRECT RESULT OF REPUBLICANS & CORPORATIONS BUSTING UP UNIONS! |
GreenTea |
Sep-03-10 10:08 PM |
#73 |
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He decimated Federal Workers when he cut the SS portion of their retirement... |
Historic NY |
Sep-03-10 10:26 PM |
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Plus fucking one! |
Enthusiast |
Sep-04-10 04:08 AM |
#100 |
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Oh , don't hold back on account of politeness! |
BlancheSplanchnik |
Sep-04-10 08:59 AM |
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THIS IS WHY THERE'S A MARCH ON WASHINGTON ON OCT. 2.....WE ALL NEED TO GO! |
secondwind |
Sep-04-10 04:15 AM |
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And I'm sure the "liberal" media these fucks are always crying |
indy legend |
Sep-04-10 09:30 AM |
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well put and sadly true |
Swagman |
Sep-04-10 06:34 AM |
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+1 |
DeeDeeNY |
Sep-04-10 06:56 AM |
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Most people dont understand that these corporate Republicans |
INdemo |
Sep-04-10 08:20 AM |
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The fault of some unions too |
DissedByBush |
Sep-04-10 10:23 AM |
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It started before Reagan, |
freebrew |
Sep-04-10 11:23 AM |
#129 |
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Race to the bottom. |
Enthusiast |
Sep-04-10 04:03 AM |
#98 |
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Profits before people. |
dotymed |
Sep-04-10 11:02 AM |
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I know |
LostinVA |
Sep-03-10 06:01 PM |
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35 years ago the airline industry was very profitable and very regulated |
SlipperySlope |
Sep-04-10 12:26 AM |
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and had one-tenth as many employees ...nt |
Kringle |
Sep-04-10 03:07 AM |
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Very good points. |
Enthusiast |
Sep-04-10 04:10 AM |
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DEREGULATION-another result of OF THE REPUKES |
iamforobama |
Sep-04-10 06:48 AM |
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I hope that SOB Reagan is roasting in hell for what his policies have done |
indy legend |
Sep-04-10 09:36 AM |
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I know |
HoraceX |
Sep-04-10 11:24 AM |
#130 |
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Thank Reaganomics |
liberal N proud |
Sep-04-10 02:32 PM |
#136 |
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Sick and wrong. What has America become? |
Danger Mouse |
Sep-03-10 11:00 PM |
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America has become the Republican's wet dream they always envisioned |
indy legend |
Sep-04-10 09:38 AM |
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Soldiers yes, Pilots you must be kidding! |
jonathan_seer |
Sep-04-10 01:08 AM |
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Maybe the US Dept. of Labor needs to update |
Starry Messenger |
Sep-04-10 02:42 AM |
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Step up to the plate.. Let's see how far that $50 K gets you. |
Grinchie |
Sep-04-10 01:45 PM |
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Serves her right! |
RUMMYisFROSTED |
Sep-03-10 03:03 PM |
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I can't see a jury agreeing with this. I hope she sues and gets a big settlement...nt |
CTyankee |
Sep-03-10 03:04 PM |
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Sad thing is depending on the state the company may be legally allowed to fire her |
Statistical |
Sep-03-10 03:07 PM |
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g) being gay or lesbian |
KamaAina |
Sep-03-10 04:11 PM |
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Even SUSPECTED of being gay or lesbian... |
Wednesdays |
Sep-03-10 05:12 PM |
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It could come to that. |
Enthusiast |
Sep-04-10 04:42 AM |
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I believe you're referring to "at will" employment states |
KamaAina |
Sep-03-10 04:23 PM |
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Just another example of Amerimemes. Right to work = fired for no reason. |
Raster |
Sep-03-10 08:26 PM |
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Amerimemes--I like that. |
classof56 |
Sep-04-10 09:52 AM |
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Texas, my friend, is a whole different almost country. |
Raster |
Sep-04-10 11:08 AM |
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I hear ya! My late mother was born there, and several relatives still call Texas home. |
classof56 |
Sep-05-10 05:36 PM |
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yes, but only absent any specific contract or employee handbook that says otherwise |
unblock |
Sep-03-10 08:43 PM |
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I've never seen such a provision in a CBA |
Sanity Claws |
Sep-03-10 09:49 PM |
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The phrase you want is "employment at will". "Right to work" |
marybourg |
Sep-03-10 09:08 PM |
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Probably is easier than that. |
liberation |
Sep-03-10 11:02 PM |
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Actually, it is called "At Will" employment.. |
Grinchie |
Sep-04-10 01:55 PM |
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Some jobs come with a clause forbidding you to discuss anything about your job with the press |
TalkingDog |
Sep-03-10 03:09 PM |
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Not only with the press. |
AngryOldDem |
Sep-04-10 07:04 AM |
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Don't want others to know how much they are being underpaid, do we? |
Grinchie |
Sep-04-10 01:58 PM |
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I was on one such jury |
DBoon |
Sep-03-10 04:01 PM |
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Thank you for that. We have indeed become a very mean nation, and justice is |
bobbolink |
Sep-03-10 04:10 PM |
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Kicked and recommended. |
Uncle Joe |
Sep-03-10 03:04 PM |
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If they don't like it... |
daleanime |
Sep-03-10 03:05 PM |
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+100 |
Hannah Bell |
Sep-03-10 03:07 PM |
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How much more of this shit are we going to take? |
EmeraldCityGrl |
Sep-03-10 06:41 PM |
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I'll be there.... |
daleanime |
Sep-03-10 07:38 PM |
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Please do! |
RainDog |
Sep-03-10 09:05 PM |
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Another greedy airline employee |
BlueCollar |
Sep-03-10 04:03 PM |
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The injustices pile up. :( Thanks for posting this! |
bobbolink |
Sep-03-10 04:09 PM |
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FauxNews viewers will never hear a word about this! |
Bozita |
Sep-03-10 04:11 PM |
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In case you're wondering, Compass operates as Delta Connection |
KamaAina |
Sep-03-10 04:17 PM |
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Now that Delta has it, it flies from Atlanta and JFK too. |
marmar |
Sep-03-10 05:58 PM |
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Oh, ducky. |
KamaAina |
Sep-03-10 06:04 PM |
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I believe I heard that Compass... |
EXneoCON |
Sep-03-10 06:53 PM |
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Northwest had its labor problems but at least it was a union shop |
dflprincess |
Sep-03-10 10:12 PM |
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Per Wiki, you're correct about the sale |
KamaAina |
Sep-03-10 10:26 PM |
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Really makes passenger feel safe |
RamboLiberal |
Sep-03-10 04:19 PM |
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I was shocked at how little those Colgan pilots made a year. |
Vinca |
Sep-03-10 04:34 PM |
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Despicable capitalist swine. k&r |
blindpig |
Sep-03-10 04:33 PM |
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+10 |
JanMichael |
Sep-03-10 05:14 PM |
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Olbermann needs to have her on |
DeltaLitProf |
Sep-03-10 04:37 PM |
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Or Big Ed or Rachel need to get her on |
RamboLiberal |
Sep-03-10 05:40 PM |
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Agreed! |
indimuse |
Sep-04-10 06:00 AM |
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Worst Person in the World |
iamjoy |
Sep-03-10 05:53 PM |
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The public still has the image of the "Swinging Sixties" , when it comes to airline employees |
SoCalDem |
Sep-03-10 04:39 PM |
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They used to make good money. n/t |
Mimosa |
Sep-03-10 05:11 PM |
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Not since deregulation & the corporate cannibalism |
SoCalDem |
Sep-03-10 05:19 PM |
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Me too |
Caretha |
Sep-03-10 08:18 PM |
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Many of them have to pay for their own hotels during layovers now! |
dmr |
Sep-03-10 08:23 PM |
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Happy labor day |
Mnpaul |
Sep-03-10 04:55 PM |
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Compass appears to be in the running |
xxqqqzme |
Sep-03-10 05:37 PM |
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Fuckers - that is all eom |
GCP |
Sep-03-10 05:57 PM |
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the republican dream... low wages for everyone, even themselves right? |
fascisthunter |
Sep-03-10 05:59 PM |
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If the airline is so embarassed about it they should raise their employees' salaries |
eShirl |
Sep-03-10 06:00 PM |
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This is disgraceful |
malaise |
Sep-03-10 06:03 PM |
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That's some bullshit. |
Freetradesucks |
Sep-03-10 06:15 PM |
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We're a |
femrap |
Sep-03-10 06:20 PM |
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If only curses actually worked. |
FiveGoodMen |
Sep-03-10 06:21 PM |
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Maybe the FAA will look into Compass Air maintainance practices. Maybe they skimp there, too. |
Octafish |
Sep-03-10 06:31 PM |
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Naw. |
quakerboy |
Sep-03-10 10:30 PM |
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This is why we need Unions, for those who are too young to remember them. |
TBF |
Sep-03-10 06:38 PM |
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if she was in illinois.. |
madrchsod |
Sep-03-10 06:38 PM |
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think about this...... |
madrchsod |
Sep-03-10 06:42 PM |
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Planes are maintained now mostly in third world countries. |
James48 |
Sep-03-10 06:54 PM |
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just checked and that is lower than the per capita income in El Salvador |
dsc |
Sep-03-10 09:21 PM |
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Ooh. That Makes Me Feel So Confident About Flying! +1 For Flying. |
Anakin Skywalker |
Sep-03-10 10:01 PM |
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People always ask me if I hate flying because of 9-11 |
OnionPatch |
Sep-03-10 10:05 PM |
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this is exactly the source of my "irrational" fear of flying. |
nashville_brook |
Sep-03-10 09:40 PM |
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None of their damn business |
mike r |
Sep-03-10 06:56 PM |
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America! Proud to be an American? Compass, care to comment? |
HCE SuiGeneris |
Sep-03-10 07:29 PM |
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Michael Moore talked about this in one of his books |
Proud Liberal Dem |
Sep-03-10 07:33 PM |
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he also covered it in his dvd "Capitalism, a love story" |
bbgrunt |
Sep-03-10 10:48 PM |
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Oh you're right |
Proud Liberal Dem |
Sep-03-10 11:58 PM |
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If your place of work doesn't allow you to discuss your pay, it isn't enough. |
JVS |
Sep-03-10 07:34 PM |
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Rec and kick. nt |
bertman |
Sep-03-10 07:35 PM |
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See what happens when you bite the hand that doesn't feed you. |
Stevenmarc |
Sep-03-10 08:05 PM |
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A woman should starve before the corporate image suffers |
Nikki Stone1 |
Sep-03-10 08:07 PM |
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I will definitely be fired if I discussed my pay or my company with the press. |
Lucky Luciano |
Sep-03-10 08:12 PM |
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K&R |
DeSwiss |
Sep-03-10 08:14 PM |
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I hope the person who fired her dies a horrific death |
RainDog |
Sep-03-10 08:28 PM |
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I've always thought it was messed up that talking about income was SUCH a taboo. |
Withywindle |
Sep-03-10 10:34 PM |
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K&R n/t |
myrna minx |
Sep-03-10 10:37 PM |
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This is the practical and sensible thing to do, naturally. |
Forkboy |
Sep-03-10 10:49 PM |
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God bless America, home of the Corporation, land of the bloated plutocrat. |
Danger Mouse |
Sep-03-10 11:05 PM |
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I've worked for companies that considered the disclosure of one's salary to be a termination offense |
Orrex |
Sep-03-10 11:43 PM |
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I'm sure you're right. |
Toucano |
Sep-04-10 12:33 AM |
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Companies do that so you don't realize that people are being paid differently for the same job. |
Brickbat |
Sep-04-10 09:56 AM |
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I didn't know that about contract=public knowledge. Is that standard? |
Orrex |
Sep-04-10 10:26 AM |
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Meh, I made an error. |
Brickbat |
Sep-04-10 10:48 AM |
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Anyway, your more important point was correct and bears (paraphrased) repeating |
Orrex |
Sep-04-10 10:55 AM |
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Now that corporations have all rights of personhood, real people are just wage slaves. |
countmyvote4real |
Sep-03-10 11:54 PM |
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So are poor people really that lazy like Glenn Beck says? |
alp227 |
Sep-04-10 12:10 AM |
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Happy Labor Day! |
Starry Messenger |
Sep-04-10 12:35 AM |
#92 |
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When does it end? |
KillCapitalism |
Sep-04-10 12:43 AM |
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give that girl her job back and increase those wages dude. |
earcandle |
Sep-04-10 01:09 AM |
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Do away with food stamps, problem solved. |
Enthusiast |
Sep-04-10 04:04 AM |
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disgraceful! |
indimuse |
Sep-04-10 05:58 AM |
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Poverty is NOT a crime and I'm so tired... |
a la izquierda |
Sep-04-10 06:05 AM |
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Man, I remember when |
BEZERKO |
Sep-04-10 06:34 AM |
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Private sector cost-shifting to states has been going on for |
WestSeattle2 |
Sep-04-10 08:07 AM |
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here is the Dirty Little Secret of the Recession and low wages... >Link>> |
sam sarrha |
Sep-04-10 11:05 AM |
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It's happened before...America West Airlines and Pan Am to name two... |
SoapBox |
Sep-04-10 11:12 AM |
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If a working flight attendant qualifies, I wonder if I could? |
Paper Roses |
Sep-04-10 11:47 AM |
#131 |
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Why didn't Compass give her a raise is they are so ashamed of what they pay? |
Omaha Steve |
Sep-04-10 12:07 PM |
#132 |
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