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On Fri, 25 Feb 2005 15:50:36 -0500, Harry Krause
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John H wrote:
On Fri, 25 Feb 2005 18:59:47 GMT, "Don White"
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"Harry Krause" wrote in message
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John H wrote:

Wal-Mart's Colorado Unit Rejects Union

3 minutes ago

NEW YORK (Reuters) - Wal-Mart Stores Inc. (NYSE:WMT - news) on Friday

said

workers at its Colorado tire shop have voted to reject union

representation, a

step which deals another blow to efforts to unionize at the world's

largest

retailer.

A Wal-Mart statement said tire and lube express associates at its

Loveland

supercenter voted 17-1 to reject representation by the United Food &

Commercial

Workers Union.
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What a shame. Wow, seventeen to one.


John H


Wal-Crap's been closing its stores after employees vote for a union.

BTW, Herring, as a sub teacher, aren't you drawing the benefits
negotiated by a labor union?

Are you paying your dues, or are you the typical Republican freeloader?


Just last month in Quebec, Wal-Mart said it was closing a store after the
workers unionized. What a piece of **** company. They should be run out of
the country on a rail.


What a piece of **** union!

Tell Harry to do some rope climbing. Seems like you're the only one who answers
him.

The few teachers who actually join a union do so primarily for the legal
representation supposedly offered by the union. I opted for an umbrella policy
with a 'corporal punishment' rider that cost about $25 per year. Once I spread
the word around, several of the few who were in the union quit and did the same
thing.


Nice try, liar.

More than three million classroom teachers are members of the nation's
two largest teacher's unions.


Um...John's approach is pretty much the way it is in states that allow
for this instead of a closed shop approach.

The simple truth is that the NEA/AFT leadership is so out of touch
with the everyday teacher that these same teachers see little value in
contributing. Small locals don't receive the same amount of attention
as the larger locals in the state organizations and when it comes to
state representation at the national level it is pretty much
controlled by those states that have larger delegations - notably CA,
NY, PA and NJ. This overweight towards national issues rather than
grass roots issues is hurting both unions in a way they are just
beginning to perceive. The problems that teachers face in CA aren't
the same as those in IA or ME. The problems that beset Bridgeport
aren't the same as those faced by teachers in Norwich or Ashford.

The face of the state/national unions is that presented by the larger
union locals or states. In CT, if you banded all the small locals,
meaning 100 or less, into one voting block, you would still not reach
the representation of four cities - Bridgeport, Greenwich, New
London/Groton and Danbury. The reason it's so disproportionate is
because of the rules regarding local representation. One delegate per
so many teachers (I forget which). The smaller locals are outgunned
at the state level. It's the same at the national level.

It may soon become an issue of can I get the same benefits by applying
and paying for insurance and negotiating my own contract, as is done
in the business world, than I can by joining an organization that
doesn't care about me unless I belong to a local with some state level
authority.

It's that simple.

Later,

Tom