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NNN0LHI (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Nov-23-11 07:07 AM Original message |
Ever see a union become involved in a workers problem that wasn't really union related? |
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ingac70 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Nov-23-11 07:15 AM Response to Original message |
1. Of course they did the right thing.... |
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roguevalley (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Nov-23-11 04:56 PM Original message |
absolutely. unions work for families as well as workers. GOOD on |
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Darth_Kitten (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Nov-23-11 07:38 AM Response to Original message |
2. Maybe he should go to AA.... |
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HereSince1628 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Nov-23-11 07:56 AM Response to Reply #2 |
6. Maybe he should...but maybe |
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GoCubsGo (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Nov-23-11 07:59 AM Response to Reply #6 |
7. Yep. |
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Darth_Kitten (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Nov-23-11 04:36 PM Response to Reply #6 |
10. Well, he does need help, not a bandaid solution. |
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NNN0LHI (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Nov-23-11 05:48 PM Response to Reply #10 |
19. You may be right but it worked for over 25 years until he retired |
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Darth_Kitten (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Nov-23-11 08:40 PM Response to Reply #19 |
24. What worked? Tossing away his entire paycheque? |
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NNN0LHI (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Nov-24-11 10:35 AM Response to Reply #24 |
29. Think you misunderstood me? |
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Gman (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Nov-23-11 07:49 AM Response to Original message |
3. You betcha they did |
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Brickbat (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Nov-23-11 07:52 AM Response to Original message |
4. Yes, and yes. |
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GoCubsGo (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Nov-23-11 07:55 AM Response to Original message |
5. I live in a "Right to Work" state. |
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mistertrickster (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Nov-23-11 10:28 AM Response to Original message |
8. Hell, yes. People working together to solve problems. The binge drinker knew |
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Tatiana (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Nov-23-11 10:30 AM Response to Original message |
9. We get involved and mediate non-union, non-contractual issues all the time. |
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GentryDixon (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Nov-23-11 05:04 PM Response to Reply #9 |
16. Thank you. |
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dems_rightnow (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Nov-23-11 04:38 PM Response to Original message |
11. I think the Deprtment of Labor would disagree. |
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Iggo (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Nov-23-11 04:53 PM Response to Reply #11 |
13. The Dept of Labor would disagree, but I wouldn't. |
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dems_rightnow (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Nov-23-11 04:56 PM Response to Reply #13 |
15. It's possible the guy agreed to it. Perhaps likely. |
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Iggo (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Nov-24-11 09:52 AM Response to Reply #15 |
28. If she got more than one of his paychecks, then yes... |
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NNN0LHI (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Nov-23-11 05:42 PM Response to Reply #11 |
18. Need to exhaust all union remedies before the Department of Labor will get involved |
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Broderick (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Nov-23-11 07:24 PM Response to Reply #11 |
22. No kidding |
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Tierra_y_Libertad (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Nov-23-11 04:42 PM Response to Original message |
12. Union referrals were common when I was an EAP counselor for USPS. |
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mmonk (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Nov-23-11 04:53 PM Response to Original message |
14. Yes to both questions. |
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ellisonz (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Nov-23-11 05:12 PM Response to Original message |
17. Absolutely. |
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NNN0LHI (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Nov-23-11 06:46 PM Response to Reply #17 |
20. He never did quit drinking |
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ellisonz (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Nov-23-11 07:29 PM Response to Reply #20 |
23. Both. |
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surrealAmerican (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Nov-23-11 07:20 PM Response to Original message |
21. Was this rather a long time ago? |
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JVS (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Nov-23-11 08:42 PM Response to Original message |
25. How is something involving the procedure for payment not the union's business? |
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Omaha Steve (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Nov-23-11 09:24 PM Response to Original message |
26. Collecting for the food pantry, volunteering to erect the tree of lights, refurbishing a park,... |
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Fokker Trip (222 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Nov-23-11 10:03 PM Response to Original message |
27. All addictions are an attempt to dull some kind of internal pain. |
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