Hearing that a big aerospace union is preparing card campaigns at Tulsa and Waco. All of the long time employees who have been laid off would probably tell those left the importance of seniority protection that unions provide. Last in, first out. Sign me up!
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My past experience with unions is it is only as good as you, the workers, make it. Participate, complain to your steward, attend all meetings. Run for office , if so inclined. By doing this you can have a great Union.
Yes to unionize
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What’s management saying about the push for a union?
Bring on the union to Waco, I don’t see it getting any worse! Pay raises have su-ked for years, no capital being put back into the facility or its employees. It is strictly about profit for shareholders now. So much (in the form of benefits) has been taken away since the merger with Harris. Its like the old saying of taking one chain link a day from a dog and he won’t notice when there is no chain left, I suppose they think of us as dogs! Horrible employees get to stay and some of the best are being let go! So I say again “surely a union can’t make it any worse “!
I worked at Clifton for the last 20 years as a union member. first with itt. then when the sector was spun off to excelis we kept our jobs and the same union. then we were acquired by Harris and still the Union remained. after the merger in 2019 we were still unionized. don't for one minute think that being unionized protects you from being discriminated against. the union and its representation was in the company's pocket all those years. they didn't even try to hide it. I left the company a year ago, I retired. so, even now with these layoffs happening, the union turns a blind eye while the company Cherry picked who they laid off. not even the national Labor relations board gives a sh-t. if you're approached by some goomba union representative who wants you to pay dues, man up and tell him to go fu-k himself.
I would love to see Chris go in front of congress and explain how he sc--wed over so many good people so he can comfortably retire. I hope Karma finds him and our judiciary system punishes him to the fullest extent. Taking away all that money he acquired by insider trading and putting him behind bars for many years.
LOL at the person who thinks long-term employees are lazy. Nothing like the arrogance of someone who thinks they're too good to get layed off. These people work their azzes off and have more institutional memory than the new grads and flunkees they hire for low dollar. The company has promoted them for a reason and given them raises for years because they do great work and have a strong work ethic and now when things are tight, their path to savings is to jettison the old hands who've survived through hard work. The number of people with more than 20 years being walked out one after another is morally wrong. Enjoy your career while you can because your day will come and it won't be a retirement party. It will be a swift kick in the ar-e with no thank you. Seniority doesn't give anyone a pass for not performing. If people aren't working hard, they'll get knocked out for non-performance. So the idea that long service employees are lazy is just naive. Guess your happy letting company have their way with your fate.
The problem with unions is this: you should NOT get to keep your job just because you have been around for years. A lot of people with that attitude have a tendency to stop working very hard. Why should they, they are safe. Hard work and lower errors should be the only criteria for keeping a job. I have worked with too many lazy a$$es who think their seniority entitles them to sit on their cans and do nothing...and they get paid more for it. And of course, this is not everybody, and is just a generalization, but personal experience nonetheless.
I've never been part of a union but think I would enjoy the he-l out of representing the employees and womdered about bringing a union to my location and being an active part of it. As the Kube said, "we're the front line" or something like that? Guess he forgot too. I've watched the company decline steadily for years. The company has taken too much. Did they take your 4/10s, too? I find it astounding how much they've risked by declining employee relations. Can someone please speak to how a union can be brought in, what it realistically takes, and if it's actually beneficial?
Lol chris kubasik sold 9.8 million in stock in the two weeks prior to this, let's see some insider trading punishment