Edit after looking it up, looks like a labor violation lawsuit. I may dig further on a real computer.what is this i do not get it
It is a death sentence that store is going to close nowwhat is this i do not get it
Generally speaking, I agree with this and I don't want to work at a union shop. However, I've seen a lot of unfair and retaliatory practices at my store. Probably a union wouldn't make it better, just not great in different ways. (I know people who work at a unionized competitor in my area and they say it's definitely not better.) If corporate were to feel a bit threatened by union activity, that might not be such a bad thing."U" are in it to make money. Its not about protecting the rights of workers. There are so laws on the books that there isn't a need for them. IMO
"U" are in it to make money. Its not about protecting the rights of workers. There are so laws on the books that there isn't a need for them. IMO
When my father and grandfather were working they were part of a union. The union and the company everyone worked for squabbled back and forth but in general peacefully co-existed. The company was a family enterprise but there were shareholders on the east coast. Manual labor, but most of the families in the area needed either only one income or a part time second worker to stay afloat. Health and dental benefits were great. There was always money for us to take a few days' vacation to the coast most years.Laws unions fought hard to get created in the first place and with the current administration how well are those laws going to be enforced or even stay in existence?
Unless you live in a state with strong worker protection laws you will be screwed without someone backing you up.
For folks talking about how the union doesn't do a good job of making work better, they have to get involved in the process of writing and negotiating the contract.
Unions get bad only when the rank and file don't stay involved.
And if Spot shuts down the store, that is on their evil asses not the union.
Fuck them.
The current administration is proving to be very anti-union. Civil service workers are having their legal negotiated union-rights removed due to the Executive Orders put in place by President Drumpf. Until the circuit court rules on a lawsuit brought against the administration (13 different unions banding together), our stewards have no official time they can use - and federal agencies are taking advantage of that by firing workers without due process guaranteed by master agreements. If the judge upholds those EOs, it spells out a bad situation for American workers overall.
THIS. yes it’s illegal to prevent a union from forming but target has big time lawyers who will find ways to prevent it without “preventing” it like shutting down a store for renovations. Bottom line is if you try to unionize at Target, you’re not only putting your own job at risk but also the others in your store who want no part of it (by forcing them to transfer when the store is closed) and I don’t think that’s fair.My question is why would anyone bother to unionize given how radioactive unions are and the 100% likelihood of corporate retaliating by dynamiting the store? You can argue from principle all you want but at the end of the day they have the deepest pockets and all the lawyers and you lose the game and your job
Our delightful president is a multibillionaire businessman so of course he would be anti-union. Don't forget Kavanagh will be confirmed in october. Reminder, anytime that was passed during the previous administrations EOs is subject to being removed and any regulations that slow down the speed of business as well.The current administration is proving to be very anti-union. Civil service workers are having their legal negotiated union-rights removed due to the Executive Orders put in place by President Drumpf. Until the circuit court rules on a lawsuit brought against the administration (13 different unions banding together), our stewards have no official time they can use - and federal agencies are taking advantage of that by firing workers without due process guaranteed by master agreements. If the judge upholds those EOs, it spells out a bad situation for American workers overall.
You mean the one where the entire store is closed for two weeks and only a few are transferred to other locations?Looks like this store is getting a remodel very soon Target Huntington Store, Huntington Station, NY - https://www.target.com/sl/huntington/2844
I say this in every union thread but it would be baller if American unions worked similarly to unions in Europe (one of the few things that Europoors got right). In Europe the unions are company-specific and tailored to the specific conditions of a single firm, which makes collective bargaining a lot easier.
American unions are too big, too overextended and too political for starters. They may have done some cool stuff a few generations ago but they all suck ass now, basically a bunch of old boy networks that waste money and hector their members about divisive political nonsense. "Just vote the bad people out" is a non-solution when the bad people have their homies counting the ballots.