"Frank Boettcher" wrote in message
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This the infamous wildcat strike company? Passed over a wildcat
strike without reaction, then the Union committee passed over an
unfair labor practice without comment. When was this. Had to be
between 76 and sometime in the eighties, because I think this company
moved manufacturing to my area of the country sometime in the
eighties. And I'm not surprised they did, if what you say is true.
Incompetent management and incompetent union committe.

That certainly seems right, but I don't know anything beyond my experience.
76/77 seems about right. They had terrible management. I was originally
running a paper folding machine... huge beast on which I was originally very
poorly trained because they didn't want to take someone off one for very
long to train me. I got pretty good at it... to the point of being able to
climb off the small ladder and have a seat while listening to the rhythmic
beat of the machine. When it started to get out of sync, I'd get busy. One
time some guy in a suit came by while I was sitting and started bitching at
me for sitting. I told him to f*ck off, so he got all in a huff and walked
off, saying he was going to have me fired. Apparently he was a senior VP or
something (fat jerk). But, that was the one time (literally) when the forman
told him to stuff it, as the other two operators were either on sick or had
quit. Eventually, I had to take them to the labor relations board to get my
last few paychecks. They kept saying the "check was in the mail" after I
finally quit, but never did send it.


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