Finkeren Posted May 1, 2015 Posted May 1, 2015 As the title says: Happy 1st of May to all of you, whether you're out celebrating spring or fighting to unite the Proletariat. 4
Mastermariner Posted May 1, 2015 Posted May 1, 2015 Same to You. As an ex union representative this day means a lot to me. Master 4
BMA_FlyingShark Posted May 1, 2015 Posted May 1, 2015 Happy 1st of May. I thank all those who have fought for the rights we now have and I encourage all those who are still fighting for more rights in our and other societies. Unfortunately, as being member of a contractor company, I can't do much myselve in that strive. 1
BMA_FlyingShark Posted May 1, 2015 Posted May 1, 2015 socialists...no thanks :D Working for 5€/hour...no thanks :D 1
C-Bag Posted May 1, 2015 Posted May 1, 2015 If you like the weekend, thank a union member. And the 8hr day. It's sad that the country that May Day started in doesn't celebrate it and it's citizens have forgotten it's significance. And they wonder why their wages have stagnated since the 70's with the corresponding decline in Union membership <sigh>. 4
J2_Trupobaw Posted May 1, 2015 Posted May 1, 2015 (edited) Happy no-more-mandatory-presence-at-labour-day-celebrations day! After 50 years of soviet-installed taskmasters using this day to remind citizens of Warsaw Pact states how powerless they are in their own countries, there is little left to celebrate.(The racketeers who either get your money by membership fee if you are union member, or get the same money from you by blackmailing your employer to cut your fee to give union members a rise, are unrelated subject). Edited May 1, 2015 by Trupobaw 1
361fundahl Posted May 1, 2015 Posted May 1, 2015 I spend 5/7 of my awake time working.... Still broke... Doesn't make for a very fun life most of the time.
C-Bag Posted May 2, 2015 Posted May 2, 2015 I truly acknowledge everybody's experience. Mine was growing up with my Da being a Teamster for 40yrs. We had something none of our neighbors had, healthcare for the family. And every time the company he worked for was bought out by another corporation they were forced to go on strike because the first thing the corp wanted was not pay retirement or healthcare benefits. And unlike today you didn't give in because you cared enough about the younger guys to not throw them under the bus and cut their benefits so you could keep yours. So Da literally dug ditches and whatever he could to keep the family going while on strike. And because he was true to the union and was involved he got to retire with a pension. Something that has has gone the way of the dodo here. I regret the IWW got involved with the ideolology of communism and socialism and strayed from their original quest to stay away from politics and just keep it about empowering the worker to organize and have a say in how their labor is used as bargaining power against those that exploit them. Ultimately their drive to want one Union for all made them to scary to the powers that be. Not all unions are good, especially today. But the idea is still sound. Like my Da always said, your Union is only as good as your shop steward.
Jaws2002 Posted May 6, 2015 Posted May 6, 2015 (edited) Unions were good when they were not involves with politics and "managing"money. Unions this days are just paid storm troopers of the left wing parties. Since our town is "managed" by ex union leaders, the unemployment is one of the highest in the country, the property taxes the highest and businesses are running out of town in droves. Between my experience with unions back in Romania, during communism and my current experience, here in Canada, I consider unions nothing but a cancer this days. Edited May 6, 2015 by Jaws2002
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