Workers at a Sitel call center in Asheville, N.C., are attempting to organize a union under the banner of the International Brotherhood of Electrical Workers to fight unfair conditions.
The workers, mostly female, complained that they were being unfairly disciplined for bathroom breaks when the facility doesn't have enough restrooms to accommodate the size of the workforce, with one bathroom serving nearly 200 women. Women waiting in line too long to use the bathroom were being punished, including a system where the cumulative punishments harmed their chances of obtaining promotions and pay raises.
Their company handbook informs workers that they are employed “at will,” that Sitel is a “union-free” company and “desires to stay that way.”
The modern conservative is engaged in one of man's oldest exercises in moral philosophy; that is, the search for a superior moral justification for selfishness. John Kenneth Galbraith
Workers at a Sitel call center in Asheville, N.C., are attempting to organize a union under the banner of the International Brotherhood of Electrical Workers to fight unfair conditions.
The workers, mostly female, complained that they were being unfairly disciplined for bathroom breaks when the facility doesn't have enough restrooms to accommodate the size of the workforce, with one bathroom serving nearly 200 women. Women waiting in line too long to use the bathroom were being punished, including a system where the cumulative punishments harmed their chances of obtaining promotions and pay raises.
Their company handbook informs workers that they are employed “at will,” that Sitel is a “union-free” company and “desires to stay that way.”
If NC had stronger building codes and labor laws, a union would not be needed for this. Manufacturers migrated from the north to the south because of bloated union overhead and Benes. Will they now migrate from the South to offshore?
"Arguing with liberals is like playing chess with a pigeon; no matter how good I am at chess, the pigeon is just going to knock out the pieces, crap on the board, and strut around like it is victorious." - Author Unknown
If NC had stronger building codes and labor laws, a union would not be needed for this. Manufacturers migrated from the north to the south because of bloated union overhead and Benes. Will they now migrate from the South to offshore?
HUH! You seem to be describing the desired results of unregulated capitalism.
The modern conservative is engaged in one of man's oldest exercises in moral philosophy; that is, the search for a superior moral justification for selfishness. John Kenneth Galbraith
Unions have done much to improve working conditions in America -- but obviously the nayboobs never studied American history and the POSITIVE role of labor unions. It just ceases to amaze me that these folks claim to be such wonderful Americans but they don't know squat about American history*.
* and i mean REAL, FACTUAL American history .. not the stuff that Ron Paul and Sarah Palin and the other right wing kooks made up while at some libertarian pot-smoking, moose-jerky eating fundraiser to elect some bizarre fringe candidate
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"For this is what America is all about. It is the uncrossed desert and the unclimbed ridge. It is the star that is not reached and the harvest that is sleeping in the unplowed ground." Lyndon Baines Johnson
HUH! You seem to be describing the desired results of unregulated capitalism.
Businesses are in business to make money. If they can make more money by going offshore, they will do it. How will regulation help that? Unless regulation really means isolation. When this started happening, you could have instituted import tariffs, but that horse as left the barn. Most American manufacturers that are left, rely heavily on imports. Even Harley-Davidson, the all-american brand, assembles bikes with electronics and forks made in Japan, and coming soon, wheels made in China.
"Arguing with liberals is like playing chess with a pigeon; no matter how good I am at chess, the pigeon is just going to knock out the pieces, crap on the board, and strut around like it is victorious." - Author Unknown
Unions have done much to improve working conditions in America -- but obviously the nayboobs never studied American history and the POSITIVE role of labor unions. It just ceases to amaze me that these folks claim to be such wonderful Americans but they don't know squat about American history.
PAST TENSE... for the most part today, they are nothing more than bloated shadows of their past. They spend of most of their time making sure people that should be fired, aren't.
"Arguing with liberals is like playing chess with a pigeon; no matter how good I am at chess, the pigeon is just going to knock out the pieces, crap on the board, and strut around like it is victorious." - Author Unknown
PAST TENSE... for the most part today, they are nothing more than bloated shadows of their past. They spend of most of their time making sure people that should be fired, aren't.
Amazing how little some people know about the things that directly benefit them.
They won't know what they've got, until they lose it.
The modern conservative is engaged in one of man's oldest exercises in moral philosophy; that is, the search for a superior moral justification for selfishness. John Kenneth Galbraith
OMG I just clicked that link and what's the first paragraph in bold type right in your face....
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On Thanksgiving, as thousands of citizens in the Occupy movement gathered in cities across the U.S. to turn public attention to the deep chasm between the 99 percent and the 1 percent, a group of workers at a call center in North Carolina operated by a highly-profitable global corporation summoned the courage to launch their own struggle for dignity and fairness
Box just loves propaganda
"Approval ratings go up and down for various reasons... An example is the high post 911 support for GWB even though he could be said to be responsible for the event." --- Box A Rox '9/11 Truther'
Melania is a bimbo... she is there to look at, not to listen to. --- Box A Rox and his 'War on Women'
Amazing how little some people know about the things that directly benefit them.
They won't know what they've got, until they lose it.
I acknowledge what unions have done in the past and thank them for it. But Unions today, especially public unions, are a hindrance to progress as the number of members of a specific union is of primary importance and trumps anything else.
"Arguing with liberals is like playing chess with a pigeon; no matter how good I am at chess, the pigeon is just going to knock out the pieces, crap on the board, and strut around like it is victorious." - Author Unknown
Unions had their day when america was actually and industrialized nation. Now it is now nothing more than a third world service nation! There is very little opportunity to 'get rich' off the land since there are no more good paying industrial jobs since the unions over priced themselves!!!
So now the unions are trying to unionize anything that will receive a paycheck!
If anyone knows folks that are in the 'upper level' of unions will honestly tell you that the unions are CORRUPT!! Stories that would make your toes curl!!
When the INSANE are running the ASYLUM In individuals, insanity is rare; but in groups, parties, nations and epochs, it is the rule. -- Friedrich Nietzsche
“How fortunate for those in power that people never think.” Adolph Hitler
If anyone knows folks that are in the 'upper level' of unions will honestly tell you that the unions are CORRUPT!! Stories that would make your toes curl!!
Mertzie -- a lot of people said the same thing about you and the administration that you were a part of, too
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"For this is what America is all about. It is the uncrossed desert and the unclimbed ridge. It is the star that is not reached and the harvest that is sleeping in the unplowed ground." Lyndon Baines Johnson
OMG I just clicked that link and what's the first paragraph in bold type right in your face....
You should have read the rest... you may have learned something.
The modern conservative is engaged in one of man's oldest exercises in moral philosophy; that is, the search for a superior moral justification for selfishness. John Kenneth Galbraith
So a business is purposely limiting the number of bathrooms for their employees causing their employees to stand in line outside of the production area and lose productivity? This is the most ridiculous thing I've ever heard. I wonder what else this employer does to purposely make their labor less productive. This is less of a labor issue and more of an efficiency issue.
So a business is purposely limiting the number of bathrooms for their employees causing their employees to stand in line outside of the production area and lose productivity? This is the most ridiculous thing I've ever heard. I wonder what else this employer does to purposely make their labor less productive. This is less of a labor issue and more of an efficiency issue.
poorly run companies as do well run companies trickle down from the top.....how ever if labor is given respect to perform to the best of their ability(maybe also finding not the job for them) then NO UNION NEEDED.....I certainly dont want to work with sandbaggers....it's hard to toss them over the side of the ship when the union is in house....
...you are a product of your environment, your environment is a product of your priorities, your priorities are a product of you......
The replacement of morality and conscience with law produces a deadly paradox.
STOP BEING GOOD DEMOCRATS---STOP BEING GOOD REPUBLICANS--START BEING GOOD AMERICANS
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