need help with a protest sign..

[Tristan]

Oh, I'm 100% with you guys on the union leadership thing. They're pieces of shit, like I said earlier. I have a few scenarios in mind for them,. lol......
But I definitely have a problem with what is going on. My wife has earned her pension and her pay and her benefits. Now they are trying to take them away. That's just wrong. And the union is, at the present time, the only thing keeping them from doing that.
Unfortunately, most people are so uninformed, like the original poster. The union people don't want more-they what what they have and what was taken from them in the last contract negotiation. They are not asking "for more". I used to be in UFCW 7. Ugh. I'd like to poke Duran in the eye.
Anyways, it's like this country-the leadership is all fucked up, plain and simple. But noone should lose their job because their boss is an idiot.
And as far as pension, fuck all that you said earlier. Again, my wife has earned it, it is in writing and now they want to take it away. It is hers. That, imo, is stealing. But that would be good for new hires, I suppose.
Yeah, I've told her over and over again to look for another job. But she is more "man" than most here. She stays and fights because it's the right thing to do. It's called honor and integrity with her.
Alas, I think it's becoming stupidity, though. The union has been slowly phased out over the years, since the big strike in 98. It's just a matter of time.
But, like my wife, I'd rather go down fighting in whatever way I can than to lay there and take it in the ass. Just me, I guess.

Sorry Tristan, we just have to disagree, IMHO, unions only hold you back. They encourage you to demand MORE for the same if not less work. Pension and Benefits are nothing more than YOUR money that being managed and spent by the corporation for you. I'd rather manage my own money and destiny -- that's probably why I would never go back to the corporate world ever.

I have seen too many peers who wanted that false union security blanket, that they never moved on or exploit their best ability in the 'real' world.

Yeah, I know. It's true. It's the leadership being greedy. The more you make, the more they make. Bastards. Also, there are a lot of lazy fucks out there that just want a handout. But those who work hard and have earned it are a different story.
And don't forget about the Peter Principle.
If the original poster would like to check it out-my wife has earned more customer service awards than anyone in the history of Kroger. All she got was a twofer at a sandwich shop. Wow.
Regardless, there are indians and there are chiefs. It's what balances the economy. But that still doesn't mean that the indians should work for minimum wage for a multi-billion dollar corporation. Blah. I could go on. The whole thing is all fubared.
I guess I'm just stuck back in the old days when there was integrity among companies and individuals. That's been slowly phased out, too. Sorry for my rant.

[car-15]

better get your signs ready safeway just voted to authorize a strike.

[Tristan]

Now we will have to see if Kings locks them out. Where's the popcorn?

[ChunkyMonkey]

The Union in this case should simply file a lawsuit for its members, unfortunately, that would probably cut too deep into 'their pocket.' Sad situation!

Hang in there! Union aside, yes, I would fight for what's promised to me if it's being taken away.

[sniper7]

nevermind...im done with this one. I go to wal-mart anyways because they are cheaper and carry ammo.

[ChunkyMonkey]

nevermind...im done with this one. I go to wal-mart anyways because they are cheaper and carry ammo.

huahahahah.. that was a real quick editing! Very diplomatic!

[sniper7]

huahahahah.. that was a real quick editing! Very diplomatic!

I just decided it isn't worth it

[PsyKo]

im not gonna lie, i dont know exactly what the union workers are fighting for, but honestly i dont care.

this union has fucked us more times than i care to think about in the last 9 months, it makes me sick to my stomach.

my wife recently had a baby, when we learned she was pregnant in august she attempted to get on their insurance plan and was told she had to work there for a year to be eligible. her year was up on sept 9th, she was then told she had to wait til the end of september, inconvenient, but ok. october 1st she is told she cant sign up til the end of october, november comes and she gets the runaround from management and union reps. too much time has passed and since it is "an existing ailment" i cannot add her to my insurance, so she applies for medicaid because she NEEDS to see a doc as she is around 4 months pregnant.

we see a doc and all is well, wife talks to union and management about the leave when she has the kid and talks about the pay and gets all the paperwork in order for when the day comes. kid comes (3 months early), she takes leave, come time to get paid she was informed that they will not pay her because she is not on their insurance program.

doc releases her and says she can return to work in 5 weeks, management says they cannot put her on the schedule for 8 weeks. so 8 weeks unpaid, shit got bad here for a while. she goes back to work and the mother fuckers wont let her pump breast milk to feed my premature child.

all this time the union has been zero help, and to end it all the cock suckers sent her some hate mail demanding she pay back union dues for the 8 weeks she was out of work.

fuck the union and fuck dillon enterprises.

[Sixgun]

I am a union man, won't even think of working for my company without one. I understand some of you guys who don't like them but sometimes they are necessary. We don't stand around and do nothing, we work our asses off and most of you couldn't do what I go through. My union keeps my company walking a straight line. Take away my unions and give my job to some illegal mexican, No Thanks
Sorry your union sucks.


Union BLE(Brotherhood of Locomotive Engineers) local 202
Thanks for a great job!

[robsterclaw]

The union representing Kings and Safeway (and Albertson's) suck a huge donkey cock. Duran is scumbag, worse then some of the corprick leaders. My dad was a union steward for them, they gave him a temp business agent job until an opening came up. When one did, they gave the job to Duran's son. Fuck the guy who worked for them for all those years. A punk ass kid who dedicated NOTHING to others got the nice lucrative job. My dad was out their holding picket signs for Kings and Safeway workers, even though he worked for Albertson's.

So I couldn't care less if this union was broken and taken over by a different union. I just feel bad for my friends that work for the grocery stores.

Oh and this same union said sorry, no money in it for us when they were asked by pizza delivery drivers if they wanted to work with the drivers to get things fixed. But you can damn well bet if the drivers unionized themselves, they'd be right there to then take it over. the work would have already been done, only thing left would be to negotiate a little bit and take them union dues.

Reasonable unions have a purpose, crappy unions like this one and the teachers union need to die.