Originally posted by Dude
They have not been locked out, so now is not the time to walk out. Negotiate in good faith, then strike when the current deal runs out.
Can anyone tell me how it is fair (except for the fact that it is written in the current agreement) that a worker will be paid for a full hour of overtime even if they only work one minute of OT? How ludicrous is that?
Besides Balls: even if the impossible happened, and the corp. was able to negotiate in a pay reduction from $20.00 an hour cashier's wages to $12.50, who's to say that's not in line with reality? For fcuks sakes...they are cashiers! It isn't a job that should command $20.00 / hour, in any circumstance. It is because these people earn $20.00 per hour ringing in ice cream cones and newspapers that they don't better themselves with post secondary schooling or trades training to get work that actually validates being paid $20.00 / hour.
Rant #1 over.
Well I have a rant to do on this issue too, but I'll save it for the weekend. I don't have time yet.
Point # 1 - Dude you are out to lunch. But thats to be expected
#2 - The CBA has expired between the two parties and the union is legally in a strike position. Essential service and crew usage was the issue and that was hammered out with the LRB before the idiots in Victoria decided to make it worse. LRB reached an agreement with both sides and then the gov steps in to inflame the union with a cooling off period. Yeah election is coming up, lets fire up the public against the labour movement.
#3 - Your wrong on OT...its if you work 1 min of OT then you are entitled to 1/2 hour OT pay....of course they have the media report that it is 1 hour but missing the point one hour straight time = 1/2 hour OT. OT is double time. A lot of union contracts are like that. So they are not the only ones.
#4) 20.00 bucks an hour for a cashier ?? Well did you see the PRIVATE sector cashier pay for lets say safeway ??? $20 bucks /hour Save-on $20 bucks/hour . it seems like the market is dictating the wage, so why should they be penalized ??? Simple economics my friend.
#5) Has anyone thought about getting rid of all the unions and making us work for minimum wage ?? Who does that benefit ?? Not you cuz the ONLY fcuking people paying TAXES in this FCUKING country are the labour workers. Yeah you heard me, the whole business community pays SHITE !! Go figure...lets take out the union and see who pays for your schools, roads and health care. There is no way in hell it will be a business owner, they ALL FCUKING scam the system. I know a lot of them, and thats what they tell me.
Honest working people will always have to bend over.