I agree On 12/21/05, Chesty Puller <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > I think right to strike is fundamental. > > A worker/employee transaction is nothing more than a basic supply/demand > relationship. If you don't want to pay X dollars for the good and/or > service, you don't get it. When there are a ton of workers competing for > the same job, wages go down. When there aren't any workers for a job, the > wages go up. The company will not pay you one red cent more than they > think > you're worth. What if you know you're worth more? Either find a > different > job, or force the company to pay you what you think you're worth. What if > you can't force them to pay you more? You leave. That's it. It's very > simple, no one entity controls all of the power, and disallowing the right > to strike gives all authority to the company. Think about Walmart > employees. Whether or not you think their jobs are menial, somebody needs > to do them, and that people must to be paid. If it's so easy to replace > these people, then they should be fired and replaced immediately. If not, > then you pay more. I think you get the picture here. > > - Matt > > > ----- Original Message ----- > From: "Jillian Koskie" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > To: "CF-Community" <[email protected]> > Sent: Wednesday, December 21, 2005 10:12 AM > Subject: Re: Whos been walking to work past 2 days? > > > >i think anyone should have the right to walk off their job if they aren't > >happy with it. But the right to strike? I'm not convinced. > > > > The truth depends on the job function, the union and what the employee > did > > wrong. > > > > Unions are often silly... you can't get fired for doing -nothing- all > > day... but if you're 2 minutes late to work, that's it. > > > >>I think anyone should have the right to strike at any time, but I think > >>one > >>of the problems with unions in general is that a worker almost cannot be > >>fired. I've never been a union member, so I don't know for sure, but I > >>hear > >>of cases where a worker continually goofs off but the company is > powerless > >>to fire that worker because of union and/or legal pressure. > >> > >>So does anybody know the truth on the matter? > >> > >>- Matt > >> > >> > >>----- Original Message ----- > >>From: "Jillian Koskie" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > >>To: "CF-Community" <[email protected]> > >>Sent: Wednesday, December 21, 2005 8:56 AM > >>Subject: Re: Whos been walking to work past 2 days? > >> > >> > >>> > > > > > >
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