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KOIN Votes To Unionize! |
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they didn't vote to "unionize" |
| Date Posted: |
06/10/2005 |
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I don't know which side of the to-be-union or not-to-be-union you lie on, but we all benefit from they're being players in the company-employee relations game. If it wasn't for unions, we'd all still be working in sweat shops (literally) for meager pay and for long hours. If you don't have to pay for union dues, count yourself lucky, as you get the benefits of your company keeping pace with unionized shops,...and you don't even have to pay for it.
If they voted to unionize, then things were probably already pretty bad. Who are you to call them or the leaders of the union "humps"?
Way to go KOIN employees! |
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they voted to allow the "union" (we still don't know which one) to represent them in collective bargaining.
MY POINT IS:
collective bargaining with who? station for sale, no management in place and newsroom employees sending out resumes at lightning speed. Under those circumstances, it will take at least 18 months to reach an agreement. By then, 20 of those who voted yes, will be working in other shops.
in the meantime, everyone's wages are frozen and they get to pay dues. the station looks even worse to buyers now, with this hanging over it, so the chance of being bought by a decent owner gets even more remote.
But the union humps, the district reps, didn't tell that side of the story, did they. No, they rallied the troops with cries of "unionize! fight back! stand up to the man!"
and now they get to crow about another 40 suckers paying dues.
As I stated last week. I believe in unions, they have a place and a purpose. But blindly voting to "unionize" under these circumstances was stupid.
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