Hold on... you're saying that a bus driver makes more per year than yourself? In NYC, I can see that. It costs a lot of money to live there.
- Matt ----- Original Message ----- From: "Jerry Johnson" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: "CF-Community" <[email protected]> Sent: Wednesday, December 21, 2005 8:48 PM Subject: Re: Whos been walking to work past 2 days? > This might be co vered below (I am coming in late), but they are > PUBLIC workers, working on the public dime. They provide what have > been designated as vital services. > > Those are the only workers who cannot strike. Public employees in > vital service jobs. > > They know this when they take the job. It has been the law for decades. > > But, they cannot be fired for striking. Also in the law it is illegal > for the government to "lock them out". > > According to the law, the only remedy for the government is fines, and > the only remedy for the workers is quitting. > > So, I say fine the crap out of them, and process their resignation > letters as fast as you get them. > > They are very well paid, most making more a year than I do, and they > have been offered (IIRC) a 5% per year raise over the next three > years. > > On the public dime. > > Good riddance I say. > > 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. > > ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~| Purchase Studio MX from House of Fusion, a Macromedia Authorized Affiliate and support the CF community. http://www.houseoffusion.com/banners/view.cfm?bannerid=50 Message: http://www.houseoffusion.com/lists.cfm/link=i:5:189322 Archives: http://www.houseoffusion.com/cf_lists/threads.cfm/5 Subscription: http://www.houseoffusion.com/lists.cfm/link=s:5 Unsubscribe: http://www.houseoffusion.com/cf_lists/unsubscribe.cfm?user=89.70.5 Donations & Support: http://www.houseoffusion.com/tiny.cfm/54
