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Posted: Oct. 10 2003,4:56 pm |
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HD, good luck if you end up striking. Â Our union put the word out that we are to honor your picket lines. Â I hope for your sake that it does not last long, and that it comes to a satisfactory resolution.
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Posted: Oct. 10 2003,6:34 pm |
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They were saying Saturday morning, if last minute negotiations failed.
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Posted: Oct. 12 2003,6:24 am |
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Good luck Doug, I'm sure everything will work out.  Be glad you're not here where the only choice you have is to fkn starve!.. 
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Posted: Oct. 12 2003,4:29 pm |
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| Quote (MissHBjet @ Oct. 12 2003,4:03 pm) | Theres a Vons across the street and there were a few people out there with signs today.
Good luck to ya Doug...hope it gets resolved soon. Does this mean you have to find a new job, or wait til there is an agreement?
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Thanks Windy.  Megan says "Hi" back! 
My union actually has a fund to pay us from if we picket. I will start picketing after Megan leaves this evening. It's a nominal amount, but it's something. I will not actively seek other employment yet, but wouldn't turn down a good offer if the opportunity came. There is some good news though. Up until the strike began, the employers keep reminding us how competitive the industry is in SoCal. That's exactly why THEY can't survive a long term strike/lockout. They have survived long strikes in markets where customers have had no where else to shop. In SoCal, there are many options. They KNOW that, but just can't admit it. They have used scare tactics and warned of a 4 month dipute. They can't survive that long. It should end much sooner than that.
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Posted: Oct. 12 2003,6:03 pm |
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| Quote (looky_lou @ Oct. 12 2003,5:33 pm) | Doug:
Good luck with the strike. I hope you will be OK. I am sure you will be.
I am flying the strike image in my sig until there is a settlement. |
Thanks Matt.
I just hope this is a hard, but quick hit. The quicker the companies see lost sales, the quicker they will reconsider. I wish this didn't have to be inconvenient for anyone. The union decided to strike just one chain to minimize the inconvience to the customers. The other 2 employers "locked out" their employees to pay the union back. If no one shopped at the involved stores, this will be over quickly. If people cross the picket lines, it will prolong the inconvenience for everyone. There are MANY issues on the table, but the net result is less money for the same work. Since the cost of living is not going down, the current offer is unacceptable.
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Posted: Oct. 12 2003,7:25 pm |
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Doug, I know what you're going through. My union (Local 1173 of the Automotive Machinists) struck 9 dealerships here in the San Francisco East Bay. Spent the entire month of July walking the picket line 6 days/week. Like you, we got a minimal weekly check from the Union's strike fund. Just about enough to pay the small bills and buy food.
It's amazing the nerve the owners can have in offering a contract. We voted 275-0 against the joke presented to us. It contained no mention of our pay, instead referring to that as "to be discussed". They obviously expected us to continue working without a contract while negotiations continued. In the end we got back most of what we had in the previous contract, with the key being the retention of our health and pension benefits.
Best of luck to you and your union brothers and sisters.
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Posted: Oct. 12 2003,8:06 pm |
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| Quote (Kim Hanson @ Oct. 12 2003,5:33 pm) | | I myself think Unions SUCK |
You think so huh!, why don't you come down to this fkn cesspool and see what it's like, you'll change your mind in a big hurry!..
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Posted: Oct. 12 2003,8:44 pm |
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Sorry, but I still have to get all the groceries and beer. I will have to walk through as will every other American that depends on food for survival. Unless of course we should go buy at a chain who doesn't support the Union at all. The union is the end of many US based jobs, go back to work and be glad in this economy you have a job. The only ones that win in Union partnership are those at the top of the Union; compare where you live to where they live. Why is there 'digs' nicer than yours?
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Posted: Oct. 12 2003,9:08 pm |
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| Quote (Kim Hanson @ Oct. 12 2003,8:20 pm) | | Quote (GoFastRacer @ Oct. 12 2003,8:06 pm) | | Quote (Kim Hanson @ Oct. 12 2003,5:33 pm) | | I myself think Unions SUCK |
You think so huh!, why don't you come down to this fkn cesspool and see what it's like, you'll change your mind in a big hurry!.. |
You couldn't pay me enough  ring a bell...j/k ease up before you have a heart attack  |
Ain't having no heart attack son, you just have a hell of a lot to learn!!..
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Posted: Oct. 12 2003,9:54 pm |
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| Quote (linuxman @ Oct. 12 2003,8:44 pm) | | Sorry, but I still have to get all the groceries and beer. Â I will have to walk through as will every other American that depends on food for survival. Â Unless of course we should go buy at a chain who doesn't support the Union at all. Â The union is the end of many US based jobs, go back to work and be glad in this economy you have a job. |
You think they should allow management to cut their pay and benefits, and just return to work happy just to have their jobs! Â What happens next time their contract is up, take further cuts.
I think not. Â Make them come to the table and negotiate a fair and equitable contract.
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11-24-2024 Three Word Post.....The Next Generation.... (Rep.#19,435) from: BigDog
 It only takes 2/3 to authorize a strike.  The initial union plan was to target and picket 1 chain (Albertson's, Ralph's, or Vons).  The other 2 chains promised to "lock out" their employees if that happened.  They have to wait 48 hours after the strike begins to do that though.  It was announced by the union Friday night that the targeted chain would be Albertson's.  The good news is a federal mediator has stepped in to help with the negotiations and progress is being made.  Through out most of Friday, we were anticipating a midnight strike.  We were at "Defcon 4", but the progress made in the negotiations Friday evening looked encouraging.  That dropped us down to "Defcon 3" and the salary managers got to go home rather than spend the night.  I'm a union manager which really means that I am NOT a real manager.  I had to turn in my keys.  Now we will have to wait and see what the employers are willing to offer.  It's too bad there's not a Stater Brothers in our neighborhood because the dispute is not affecting them.  They are not negotiating.  They have agreed to honor whatever the other employers offer. 
I know that my Alberstons is picketing and I will not cross that line. Â 
