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KC

On 4/18/2014 6:50 PM, wrote:
On Friday, April 18, 2014 5:31:01 PM UTC-4, Mr. Luddite wrote:
On 4/18/2014 4:34 PM, F*O*A*D wrote:

On 4/18/14, 3:59 PM, wrote:

On Fri, 18 Apr 2014 13:22:19 -0400, F*O*A*D wrote:

Funny stuff. Railroads pay living wages to their employees, and that

really, truly ****es off right-wing assholes.

Actually what ****es us off is paying premium wages to "fire proof"

employees who fall asleep in the cab and crash their trains, derail

with hazardous cargo and put us all in danger..

I'd bet far more rail accidents and fatalities are the result of

corporate decisions, such as deferred maintenance, shorting of crews,

working of crews too many hours.

You righties are funny guys, in that you will readily dismiss all manner

of corporate misbehavior, but if you can pin a rap on a working stiff,

you're all for it.

Small sampling and just my observation from working with and knowing

many fellow "working stiffs", it seems to me that the ones who

complain most about their working conditions, pay and overall job

satisfaction have been those who belonged to unions. Maybe it's because

there is always that "management versus worker" mentality going on.

Always something to bitch about.

My son's father-in-law was union all his working career. He's a great

guy but we groan when the subject of work comes with him because it

ignites a half hour round of complaining and bitching about his former

employer. He's been retired for over 2 years and still can't get it out

of his system.

The union operatives implant it into them. I sat in on a union meeting years ago (IBEW) where a union suit came in to give a talk. He literally told the workers that management was out to get them any way they can, so they'd better build a file on management "misconduct" so they could use that info to try save their jobs when management "came after them". Turning the workers against the company that feeds them. That's some way to build a successful company, eh? Any wonder nearly all unionized companies are poor performers, and fail?

Fear mongering. Intimidation. Lies. Deceit. The tools of unions.

Absolutely, I saw it all from my seat in the Teamsters with my dad...