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Originally posted by Don Ro
Didn't President Reagan fire 11,000 air traffic controllers? ...
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Air Traffic Controllers are Federal employees, and as such are prohibited from striking under a 1955 law.
I don't think NY transit workers are Federal... probably state.
Maybe there's something in those 700 pages of the Patriot Act...
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Let there be no doubt in anyone's mind: it's no accident that the prime target of the terrorist attack was both the symbolic and actual center of the financial economy of the United States. As citizens, employees, and managers we can't be naïve. Realize that no terrorists group is strong enough to hurt us militarily. They wouldn't even try. The terrorists specifically targeted the New York area, not just with the goal of destroying buildings, but with a much more dastardly objective: to disrupt our economy and financial markets.
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Originally posted by Superman
You guys are brilliant social architects. Great idea. In fact, let's remove the collective bargaining rights of all Americans and get rid of unions completely. Let the employers dictate wages, benefits and working conditions. Think of the societal joy.
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Unlike when unions first formed, there are now agencies and laws that regulate working conditions and safety. That is no longer the domain of the union. Unions now exist solely for the monetary gain of themselves and their members.
No employee needs a union to enable him to ask for a raise. He only needs a union if his intent is to strongarm the employer into giving that raise.