Let’s get real boys and girls—this is happening because it needs to. You can’t treat your employees like shit and expect no repercussions. Running a “family” business can backfire when you give all your other employees little to no trust. Remember: all those “untrustworthy,” underpaid employees are all highly educated and well-organized young people, with a social support backing out of this world—so what’s next? Choose wisely; the public is watching and word of mouth can be a cruel son of a bitch. -Stand Up
This article appears in Jun 5-11, 2014.
It can also have repercussions when said family business goes bust six months down the road because of too many fingers in the till. And for every progressive who will boycott said establishment for not being unionized, there are probably three long-time customers who will switch their business to chains that are prepared to provide inexpensive go-go juice minus the pretentious “philosophy” if it does go that route.
Maybe if these shittily treated employees were constantly quitting, resulting in a high turnover and the profit loss that would ensue due to an inconsistent staff, the ‘family’ would either learn their lesson and fix that shit, or go out of business. Dreaming, I know. Most employees are bent over and have to suck it long and hard. So, um, go team.
Is this about Chicken Burger?, cause i like Chicken burgers… or… i’m not caught up on the news because of new brunswick rambo.
Don’t get me started!
All the union is interested in are the dues. Just remember union heads get full pay while their members are out on strike.
We don’t hate unions, we hate public sector unions with monopolies on the services they provide. You wanna unionize and give 2-5% of your minimum/slightly higher than minimum wage to some organization that doesn’t even have to provide you with any info on how they spend your money, all the power to ya!!!
I like unionized gay lumberjacks!
Unionized gay lumberjacks – they’ve always got wood, but the wait times will kill ya!
LOLOLOL!^^^^^
SHITTY’s right– public sector unions are GARBAGE.
It’s basically a system of over reward for underperformance. Public sector unions are wholly unnecessary.
I haven’t seen Wheels lately, is he hiding in shame because the union finally kicked him out?
Maybe he’s sitting somewhere far far away on an empty bus?
Ob, it sounds like you are still stuck in a “I have an education, so therefore pay me more money” self entitled attitude. Yes, unions can indeed improve you salary, but there is something you can learn that will raise your salary even faster…replace your sense of entitlement with a sense of what your value is to your employer. Employers don’t give a shit about how great your education is, your education doesn’t make them money. When you figure out what you can do to consistantly make money for your employer, your value to him will improve significantly. In short, stop being so full of yourself, and do your fcking job.
SOLIDARITY FOREVER!
“Let’s get real boys and girls – this is happening because it needs to.” Stand Up
What is the underlying principle here? That’s right, it’s worker solidarity. Workers have only one bargaining chip to counter exploitation where it occurs, their labour. In the absence of unions, management may (will?) drive wages down to little more than more subsistence level in the interests of profit. It doesn’t matter whether the business is privately or publicly owned, the principle underlying unions remains the same – to combat worker exploitation.
Underlying the principle of worker solidarity, of course, is that of social justice. Yes, that’s right, I know it’s a “philosophical” concept but nevertheless that’s the underlying principle – social justice. The fact is that owners do not hire workers as a special favour and can then treat them as they will. Businesses are, or should be, mutual partnerships, existing for the benefit of both owner and worker. In the same way that there can be no business without management, there can be none without labour. It is in both their interests to work together for benefit of all. However, it appears that this is a very difficult lesson for many to grasp.
The real struggle is not so much between management and labour although that is what hits the headlines but rather between labour and capital, the owners of controlling shares in publicly traded companies. Capital is driven by one motive only – profit. There’s nothing wrong with that except when it becomes obscene as, in fact, it has done at the present time. In addition to the coupon-clippers – “Don’t Invade Capital!” – the current annual salaries of the CEO’s of large companies runs into the hundreds of millions of dollars, also hundreds of times more than a worker on the shop floor, and the gap is increasing. So there you have the conflict. What is it to be, profit or social justice?
It is interesting to observe some of the comments on this thread, comments which reveal the class affiliation of their authors. First, you will not find any from those at the top, from the coupon-clippers and the CEOs – they don’t bother with this sort of shit. With the exception of this comment, there doesn’t seem to be any in favour of the unions. Why is this so? Who are these commenters? That’s right, they’re all members of the Halifax Underclass.
In effect, the Underclass, probably unknowingly, has thrown in its lot with management and capital. Reading their comments reveals the “depth” of their understanding. One claims that the unions are just interested in their dues, that they get full pay while the members are out on strike. That is false. The reps get their dues from paycheck deductions but, no paychecks, no dues. That’s not too hard to understand, is it? Like everyone else, they survive on reduced strike pay (and thank God for the unions for that!).
Another claims that public sector unions provide a monopoly on their services and another claims that they are just “garbage.” Okay Mr. Free-Enterprise, go find a private hospital or a private school. Pay their rates and then just shut up. Then there’s “Ms. Garbage” who claims that public sector unions over-reward for under-performance. Any chance of proving that assertion? Any chance of demonstrating its truth? Any idea what you’re talking about? No, I didn’t think so.
One can only wonder why the union-bashing Underclass lines up with management. It can only be some muddled allegiance to a misconceived Darwnian understanding of free-enterprise capitalism. The coupon-clippers and managers, being economically “fit,” will survive the great Darwinian struggle for survival while the “unfit,” in effect everybody else, will fall by the wayside. The irony, of course, is that non-unionized workers like the members of the Halifax Underclass, those in the fast-food and pink-collar industries to name but two are, whether they realize it or not, at the low end of the “unfit” category. In proper Darwinian fashion, they themselves will fall by the wayside. Do they see this? Of course not. Driven by their illusory understanding of the operating principles of their misconceived Darwinism, they have blinded themselves to who their real friends really are.
Solidarity forever!
A pleasure as always.
Cheerio!
Correction!
Paragraph 1, line 5: “mere” for “more.” Damn!
A pleasure as always.
Cheerio!
Solid Bowel Movements Forever?
At your age, MM, that’s a bit of a Utopian fantasy, no?
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The Weasel (06/07 10:00AM)
Is that the best you could do? Impressive, very impressive.
By the way, would you happen to have a smallish portrait photo of yourself suitable for taping to the bottom of my toilet bowl? Thanks.
A pleasure as always.
Cheerio!
I’ve got one from my retirement ceremony where I’m dancing the frug with a buxom young lovely, but it’s decidedly NSFW.
N.S.F.W. = Not Suitable For Wanking
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The Weasel (06/08, 9:57AM & 10:00AM)
No, I wasn’t thinking of wanking, just shitting. Your smallish portrait picture – eyes and mouth open – suitable for taping to the bottom of my toilet bowl would fill the bill admirably.
A pleasure as always.
Cheerio!
At your age, the one is about as unlikely as the other. When the moment arrives, one mustn’t be picky – carpe diem.
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The Weasel (12:16PM)
Do you know why I call you “The Weasel?” Can you guess why? Why do you think I call you “The Weasel”?
A pleasure as always.
Cheerio!
“Why do you think I call you “The Weasel”?
Because the T-Rex on my avatar is obviously older than 6,000 years and therefore confused you?
Or perhaps you were attending a command performance of “The Death of Gonzago” at Castle Elsinore and someone poured a vial of poison in your ear.
Whatever your reasons, you must be sure to explain why, with appropriate sources and footnotes.
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The Weasel (3:38PM)
You must reflect on the usual connotation of the word “weasel.” You may use a dictionary if you like but the reference will probably not be helpful as it deals only in denotation and not connotation.
This might be a pedagogical moment. Read your posts to me carefully over again. Do you see a common theme in them all? Failing that, can you list two or possibly three connotations of the word “weasel” as used in common parlance? For example, do you think it is usually meant in a flattering or critical sense? If so, in what manner?
I will discuss each of your examples with you upon receipt of your reply. Marks will be awarded based on the depth of analysis for each of your selections. Take your time. I must run along now as other matters are pressing. I shall return tomorrow. I trust your reply will be awaiting my scrutiny at that time.
A pleasure as always.
Cheerio!
Er, mine is not to reason why, MM. You otter know me better by now. If there is a fisher (sic) between us, it doesn’t marder (Ger. tr. – marten) what I say. If you think me a polecat, I’m not about to badger you for details. It’s my burden and I’S toat dat bale myself. You may believe that you’ve ferreted out some dark side to my character
But, someone musta lied, eh?
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The Fascist Uke (06/08, 6:01PM)
Hey bud, I see you still don’t get it so there’s no point in going on. All I want to ask is that you pass along my best to all your anti-Semitic buds on guard at Triblinka, or whoever remains. They did a great job.
I hope I’m not being too personal, bud. I hope you’re not offended since only weasels do something like that to their buds. They use personal information to mock their buds. They do this, bud, by putting on an act of false bonhomie – that’s a bit of French there, bud – just like I’m doing now.
So bud, I guess all that remains is to tell you to go fuck yourself. Have a great day, bud.
A pleasure as always.
Cheerio!
Numbers 32:23
I really can’t tell if you two are fighting or “having a friendly heated discussion” And no, MM i don’t need fifteen paragraphs of useless bullshit I won’t read so you can prove to the internetz that you like english and typing a whole lot.
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The Fascist Uke (10:44AM)
Hey bud, is that what the guards read at Treblinka? Why was that, bud? Did they have a guilty conscience? I can’t believe that, bud. We all know they loved their work.
Anyway bud, have a great day and don’t forget, go fuck yourself.
A pleasure as always.
Cheerio!
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Hazardous (06/09, 11:44AM)
“And no MM, I don’t need fifteen paragraphs of useless bullshit I won’t read, etc. etc.”
Hey bud, how’s it going? Sorry for overlooking you but you’ve got to admit, you’re pretty overlookable.
Anyway bud, I know you’re challenged but there were less than half that number of paragraphs. Maybe you ran out of fingers and toes. And bud, how did you know it was “useless bullshit” if you didn’t read it? Do you see a problem there, bud? No, probably not. Do you know why that is, bud? Can you guess? Here’s a hint. The word begins with “S”. Put on your thinking cap, bud. Don’t strain too hard.
Anyway bud, have a great day and don’t forget, go fuck yourself.
A pleasure as always.
Cheerio!
Haz, my guess is it’s a heavy flow day in Lachine.
I haven’t been called a fascist uke since the halcyon days of the epic “Going Hunting On Friday” bitch. Perhaps senile demetia has taken MM back to his glory days. Perhaps he will return to showing us pictures of his antique spontoons, and octaroons, and spittoons and macaroons.
So, when they’re making $17/hour you’re not going to be expected to tip anymore, right?
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The Fascist Uke (12:16PM)
“Perhaps senile dementia has taken MM back to his glory days.”
A nice weasel comment, bud, but the reference to the ancient “Going Hunting on Friday” bitch makes it sound like you’re pretty senile yourself.
Another nice weasel comment about my antique spontoons and so on, bud, but don’t worry, I won’t be showing any more, particularly to weasels like you.
Anyway, bud, give my best to the boys in Treblinka and, of course, don’t forget to go fuck yourself.
A pleasure as always.
Cheerio!
So, you ARE coming to the next summit, then?
Hat Dang, MM’s coming to a Summit.
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: The Fascist Uke (06/09, 4:11PM)
I wouldn’t miss it for the world!
: Klyde (8:35PM)
Save me a seat next to The Fascist Uke!
A pleasure as always.
Cheerio!
Excellent, MM. I’ll serenade you with “Die Wacht Am Rhein” on my bandura. It’s kin of like a Ukrainian ukelele.
Or maybe, “Die Gedanken Sind Frie”
You remember that one, don’t you. I quoted it to you once, on the epic “Going Hunting On Friday” bitch, if I recall correctly. You responded by calling me a “bloody nazi”
Never have I been handed so easy a win.
Danke schoen.
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:MontrealMan (06/10, 9.38AM)
Written word is the most powerful tool in language…. you aren’t saying that to pacify Fascist Uke and Klyde having a retired academic gracing our presence at the all hallowed table of noble bitchers. Speaking for myself, I would be honored to sit next to Montrealman.
I promise to keep magnificent labia comments to a minimum.
You will find Col. Ivan aka Fascist Uke is very intelligent, I look forward to coffees with him.
Is it Friday yet?
Hey, Klyde, you do know the only difference between a brown-noser and a shithead is depth perception, right?
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:SHITMFD (06/10, 10.43)
That may very well be your perception which has no depth. It’s called respect and admiration in my books for Col. Ivan and MontrealMan. Maybe MontrealMan can give you a tutorial on what respect and admiration means.
No coffee for you.
Did you say something, Klyde? All I heard was “lmmnnnmmmmmnnnmmmm slurp, slurp, mmmlnnnmmmnnnmmm slurp”.
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The Fascist Uke (9:44AM)
Do you breathe heavily in the face of your auditor when you sing along with your bandura? Do you eat a lot of borscht causing excessive flatulence? I’m beginning to have second thoughts.
(10:00AM)
You never won anything, you bloody Nazi!
: Klyde (10:08AM)
Was your first sentence a question or an assertion? In any case, protect your valuables when having coffee with The Fascist Uke. People of that ilk are shameless when an opportunity presents itself so you must avoid vodka at all costs. Their capacity for strong drink is legendary, second only to their capacity for sadistic brutality.
I don’t want to trouble you unnecessarily but would it be possible to give an example of The Fascist Uke’s “intelligence”? It seems to me that being fascist on the one hand and a Uke on the other would preclude all possibility of any identifiable cognitive attainment which, as far as I can determine, has been amply borne out by his unceasing yet trivial brain farts.
Does your question about Friday simply imply some yearning for the end of the week or is the reference to the day of the summit? If the latter is the case, are tin helmets provided on entry?
A pleasure as always.
Cheerio!
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:Montrealman (06/10, 4.04PM)
My first sentence was only an assertion as well as a hypothesis as to your sincerity. It doesn’t matter for the venue, food, or grog with Col. Ivan (Fascist Uke is the name you gave him verbatim). At any rate, having coffee with Ivan is interesting for topics such as history, politics, current news, etc. He is a learned man such as yourself and if you were to venture outside your comfort zone to find out, you would realize that as well. We also throw in a whopping dollop of laughter to spice up the conversation.
We reserve Friday for our coffee as one needs to unwind after a hectic week of work as I’m sure you will agree is a healthy thing to do. No tin helmets required, only optional.
:SHITMFD (06/10, 2.59PM)
The more I read from you the more you reaffirm and add credence to Montrealman”s assertion when he summed you up perfectly with one word “Blowhard”. Better go find Wheels, he misses you.
For the record – Klyde is my friend. He is no sycophant. In fact, I’m the one who looks up to him. His curiosity and willingness to engage with strangers that he only knows from posts on this board make him a lot braver and infinitely less judgmental than I can ever be. So when he expresses his wish to meet MM at a summit, (or Mr. Meaty, or Hoist or even HarperD) he’s being true to himself. Not brown-nosing. And like a certain brand of suds – those who like him, like him a lot.
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Klyde (06/11, 5:17AM)
Well, in respect to your hypothesis regarding my sincerity – I assume you mean my comments regarding The Fascist Uke – all I can say is that they are, as with my comments generally, layered. What does that mean? It means that while he may have his positive points, I find his proclivity for using my personal information as ammunition grating and so I respond in kind, caricaturing his national characteristics in the form of “The Fascist Uke.” My reference to him being “The Weasel” had the same origins. So my comments are, at the same time, both intentional yet cariatured.
I think that comments on this board should address the issues contained in the bitches rather than attempting snide references to personalities but, if someone wants to play that sort of game, I’ll play too. The same sort of thing happened when The Blowhard posted a picture revealing my identity on what is supposed to be an anonymous site but it really said more about him than it did about me which, if memory serves, I made clear.
I was puzzled by your reference to my “comfort zone” which I take to mean some kind of impregnable position from which I can attack others with impunity. However, you may have noticed that I never engage individuals unless directly attacked myself. Rather, I confine myself to my intentionally lengthy attempts at interpreting the philosophical aspects of the particular bitch under review. Such attempts are themselves layered. They are intentionally lengthy for two reasons: (1) I actually like to engage those questions seriously as far as I am able but also because (2) I know that the redneck anti-intellectuals on this site will become enraged in their regular incoherent fashion and either respond “TLDR” – an unwitting comment on their own lack of intelligence – or, when they do comment, I can then point out the self-contradictions which such comments invariably contain. In other words, it’s just my way of saying, “Go fuck yourself.”
Your comments, on the contrary, always ring true and I hope that my “layerings” haven’t muddied the waters where you are concerned. However, to offer praise on a site like this – one devoted to unrelieved criticism of the bitches and other commenters – does lay you open to the stupid boo-birds as does, of course, my so-called “intellectual posturing” – I have been called “affected” by the moderator no less, can you believe it? – but the difference between us is that while your comments are undilutedly honest mine are, um, layered.
If I’m ever in Halifax it would be a pleasure to drop by for morning coffee.
A pleasure as always.
Cheerio!
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:MontrealMan (06/11, 9.00AM)
The sincerity was meant more for your comment about coming to a Summit and saving a seat next to Col. Ivan.
Your “layering” as you call it, gives a person a wholly different perspective to the subject or topic at hand that which left to themselves wouldn’t have been able to be give any thought beyond their own reasoning, sometimes even me. It would never muddy the waters of my reasoning.
It’s a shame that some people try to stomp on people’s view point by trying to act smart or mock that person. A few posts above this illustrates that. The point that they miss is that respect and admiration is not a given… It has to be earned. It really shows maturity level on their part.
I welcome constructive criticism but if that’s the best they can spew, they’d have better luck trying to hurt Black Rock at PPP by pounding their heads against it.
I look forward to your posts as I gain a better understanding of a particular subject that I may not fully grasp.
A coffee and a tete a tete with MontrealMan would be welcome anytime.