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KOIN Votes To Unionize! |
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06/13/2005 |
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humps. yes. I dislike union reps immensely. they don' t understand our business, and have their best interests in mind. Not yours. And they follow the same procedure everywhere they go, riling up the people with a bunch of rhetoric so they can get the vote. then, they go back on all their empty promises.
they are worse then politicans. No one needs them.
As I see it, the only time to actually vote in a union would be when the current management is likely to be their a long time, and they have been unfair with wages and benefits.
I left a top ten market because the boss was an ass, and I have a family. No one OWES you a job at their station. You like the city so much? Go work somewhere else. change careers. go back to school. Stop blaming the crappy managers who are on the way out the door anyway.
If Emmis was not selling the station, and the current managers were staying put, I could see this being a need.
But again, for the third time at least,
they are leaving! they are selling! there is no one for the union to bargain with!
you have been screwed and you will lose money in the deal.
My sugestion: Tell the union reps they have 90 days to bring in an agreement, or the deals off.
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how your respective situation turned out, and it left you bitter. You say that there is no one to negotiate with, but that is simply a cop out on your part. I WOULD negotiate with whomever is across the table from me.
The reason is simple: Most incoming owners aren't going to come in and blow everything up. ie. contracts, working situations, etc. If they did, they'd risk imploding the very thing that they wanted to profit by. Granted, there wil always be the crazy manager who wants to reinvent the wheel with square blocks, but most coorporate types are a heck of a lot more conservative.
Delaying negotiations while waiting for the company to sell is a waste of time, energy, and patience. It could be years before that station sells, and all the while the employees would be getting screwed. By doing something, they may well improve their lot, and atleast nip at their masters' heels.
Telling the union guys that they have 90 days? By doing so, you'd be telling the company just how long they have to wait until the Bargaining Unit self-implodes. People need to be ready for the loooooonnnnngggg haul!
I would rather be a union hump than screwed over by the money grabbing company as one of their sheep.
GO UNION KOIN!!!
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