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Hollywoodz said:
All I can say is we had more "we" than "me" right from the beginning. The company and the union busters turned many with their lies and misrepresentations. Hence, the multitude of ULP charges, some resolved and some still pending. The "me's" become "we's" when they understand what can be accomplished when we stand together. A little success changes attitudes and I'll accept anyone into the fold regardless of their original intent.
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Yes. When things are going well, they’ll be on board.
 
whip1 said:
Besides talk, what have they done?
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https://www.govtrack.us/congress/bills/subjects/labor_and_employment/6235#current_status[]=4

This website tracks bills introduced into Congress. All are recent. Many of them are superficial, but if you look to the right, you'll see how many cosponsors the bill has and a prognosis on how likely the bill is to pass. Very few are over 25%. That's because the Republican Speaker of the House gets to choose what bills the House will vote on. Paul Ryan will not put a pro labor bill up for a vote. His members will vote it down and that will look very bad around election time, especially in the swing states where people might actually pay attention to these things. Keep Republicans in power and this is what we can expect.

One I noticed from Richard Neal, Democrat from Massachusetts. It's HR4444, an attempt to repair Multi employer pension plans. It has 163 co-sponsors. It also has a 2% chance of passing. Honest politicians are out there. This November, we have a chance to put them in the seats that can help us. You just have to pay attention.
 
whip1 said:
Yes. When things are going well, they’ll be on board.
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We had guys on board from day one, when things weren't going so well. Our guys have stayed on board, through the raise and back pay issue, through all the delays and through everything this company has thrown at us since certification. As small victories are won, the guys who were not on board began to see what CAN be done and have come on board. And we welcome them. Trusting your future to the whims of people who don't care about you is against your own self interest. The company has shown you how they intend to run this business and you are either ignoring it or buying into the false narrative that you are lucky to have a job. When HR said that to me a few years ago, I told him "You're lucky to have me working for you".
 
Hollywoodz said:
The choice is to support organizations and politicians who support labor. There are solutions to these problems that will never be implemented by the companies who create them. We are overworked and underpaid. CEO's and executive management deserve their fair share as well. They worked for it. But no one man should be able to amass a 2.3 billion dollar personal fortune while the people who actually do the work remain in difficult financial situations.
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That’s socialism. Not exactly an American idea. I’m quite surprised.
 
Hollywoodz said:
https://www.govtrack.us/congress/bills/subjects/labor_and_employment/6235#current_status[]=4

This website tracks bills introduced into Congress. All are recent. Many of them are superficial, but if you look to the right, you'll see how many cosponsors the bill has and a prognosis on how likely the bill is to pass. Very few are over 25%. That's because the Republican Speaker of the House gets to choose what bills the House will vote on. Paul Ryan will not put a pro labor bill up for a vote. His members will vote it down and that will look very bad around election time, especially in the swing states where people might actually pay attention to these things. Keep Republicans in power and this is what we can expect.

One I noticed from Richard Neal, Democrat from Massachusetts. It's HR4444, an attempt to repair Multi employer pension plans. It has 163 co-sponsors. It also has a 2% chance of passing. Honest politicians are out there. This November, we have a chance to put them in the seats that can help us. You just have to pay attention.
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Democrats had control a few years back. They passed Obama care. Did they pass any labor bills?
 
whip1 said:
Democrats had control a few years back. They passed Obama care. Did they pass any labor bills?
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Democrats had filibuster proof control of the Senate for about 2 months. For the remaining 7 years and 10 months they did not have the 60 votes required to override a Republican filibuster. I'm not sure what was passed but I'd bet my life that anything to do with supporting labor was filibustered by the Republicans. Therefore, no vote.
 
Hollywoodz said:
I'm listing my monthly personal expenses, living in a small, 1100 square house in Miami.
Mortgage - 1500.00
Property Taxes - 200.00
Homeowners Insurance - 400.00
Food - 800.00
Auto Payment - 360.00
Auto Insurance (2 cars) - 250.00
Electric - 300.00
Water and Sewer - 100.00
Cellphone (2) - 120.00
Pet Care - 60.00
Medicare Advantage (2) - 268.00
Internet and Cable TV - 195.00
Gas - 100.00
Prescriptions - 90.00

That's 4743.00 per month on permanent recurring expenses. It does not include entertainment (dinner and a movie, an occasional concert, scuba diving, home repair, automotive repair, clothing, shoes and a dozen other expenses that pop up at any given moment. IT DOES NOT INCLUDE ANY EXPENSES FOR CHILDREN, AS MINE ARE GROWN AND ON THEIR OWN. For those who have children living at home, add their food, school, clothing, after school activities and for working moms...child care. I'll accept your correction on the 1000.00 check. My wife and I spend 57K per year on permanent recurring expenses. Add another 8K on the items I mentioned above. Got 2 kids...add another 6K! A weeks vacation at Disney could cost up to 5K. So, roughly speaking, a family of 4 needs to TAKE HOME 71K to break even. My numbers may be off some, but Dave Ramsey ain't talking to me. His ideas and his advice are sound for people making just a bit more than most of us. Well, unless your Line Haul. Then, you may have savings, but you have no life. I'm sure I could cut back on some things, but what would I have to look forward to.
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Well we see you did not understand Dave's quote. What you fail to see is my wife and I for years lived like no one else. For years we didn't have cable tv and only dial up internet. We haven't had a car loan in the last 12yrs. You have a loan which you pay $4320 per year and over 4 years you pay $17280. So for 4 years you paid interest to a bank were in my case a bank paid me interest. I finally got cable/internet from Comcast only 8years ago. So for years I been making money on what you spend just to watch TV.
Now I get to live like no one else. I pay cash and when you pay cash you have more buying power. I have cash in the bank which means I have a higher deductible on our auto/home insurance. You pay more in one month for 2 car then I do for 6 months for my Truck and SUV and yes it is full coverage on both.
We have run a budget for years, got out of debt and stayed out. Doing that has given us the free to do thing other put on as credit card. I budget $5400 a month for ALL our expenses including most of the item you put down as not included. For those so call pop up expenses we have a nice 6 figure saving account for those.
This is why a union strike would not last that long because people do plan and budget there lives. How many of you on this board could keep you save standard of living for 6 month if both you and you wife lost your job? And you wonder why strikes last about 2 weeks
 
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Hollywoodz said:
There are many more of us living in places with an equally high cost of living. It seemed to me that the post implied that the path to a decent retirement was simply to save more money. I just wanted to point out that it's not usually that easy to do. There are some who could make better choices but many have no choice at all. Maybe I just read too much into it. Companies used to have a social conscience and cared about their employees. No longer the case.
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You could make better choices you would have an extra $360 a month if you didn't have a car payment
 
Hollywoodz said:
There are many in the Democratic Progressive Caucus. Bernie Sanders, Elizabeth Warren, Kamala Harris, Ro Khanna, Tom Pocan and others. With the current make up of Congress, all they can do is talk. Republicans won't bring any bills to the floor for a vote that supports labor. On the contrary, they are doing all they can to destroy us. When people like us start listening and voting, things can change. Think back in history of all the social and economic change that has happened. ALL of it happened when folks like us stood up and said enough is enough.
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This is the party that said years ago that Venezuela govt should be the model for the world. What shapes isthis oil rich country in now. This is the same party that runs Chicago, Baltimore, and San Francisco and many other citys and states that either have high crime or very high taxes
 
Hollywoodz said:
Democrats had filibuster proof control of the Senate for about 2 months. For the remaining 7 years and 10 months they did not have the 60 votes required to override a Republican filibuster. I'm not sure what was passed but I'd bet my life that anything to do with supporting labor was filibustered by the Republicans. Therefore, no vote.
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but we were told that Obozocare was going to save all of us money on insurance and low healthcare cost. We see how that worked
 
Hollywoodz said:
But no one man should be able to amass a 2.3 billion dollar personal fortune while the people who actually do the work remain in difficult financial situations.
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Are we jealous. You had every right to do the same thing he has done but you choice your own path stop blaming your or other financial short coming on other people success
 
Hollywoodz said:
I'm listing my monthly personal expenses, living in a small, 1100 square house in Miami.
Mortgage - 1500.00
Property Taxes - 200.00
Homeowners Insurance - 400.00
Food - 800.00
Auto Payment - 360.00
Auto Insurance (2 cars) - 250.00
Electric - 300.00
Water and Sewer - 100.00
Cellphone (2) - 120.00
Pet Care - 60.00
Medicare Advantage (2) - 268.00
Internet and Cable TV - 195.00
Gas - 100.00
Prescriptions - 90.00

That's 4743.00 per month on permanent recurring expenses. It does not include entertainment (dinner and a movie, an occasional concert, scuba diving, home repair, automotive repair, clothing, shoes and a dozen other expenses that pop up at any given moment. IT DOES NOT INCLUDE ANY EXPENSES FOR CHILDREN, AS MINE ARE GROWN AND ON THEIR OWN. For those who have children living at home, add their food, school, clothing, after school activities and for working moms...child care. I'll accept your correction on the 1000.00 check. My wife and I spend 57K per year on permanent recurring expenses. Add another 8K on the items I mentioned above. Got 2 kids...add another 6K! A weeks vacation at Disney could cost up to 5K. So, roughly speaking, a family of 4 needs to TAKE HOME 71K to break even. My numbers may be off some, but Dave Ramsey ain't talking to me. His ideas and his advice are sound for people making just a bit more than most of us. Well, unless your Line Haul. Then, you may have savings, but you have no life. I'm sure I could cut back on some things, but what would I have to look forward to.
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Oh and one last thing. I know many will hate me for saying this, but. Having kids is a life choice not a requirement. So kid expenses wont fly with me and yes I have one and been living on there own since 19. Not like some at my barn making 55k+ a year and living with mommy and daddy
 
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Hollywoodz said:
I'm listing my monthly personal expenses, living in a small, 1100 square house in Miami.
Mortgage - 1500.00
Property Taxes - 200.00
Homeowners Insurance - 400.00
Food - 800.00
Auto Payment - 360.00
Auto Insurance (2 cars) - 250.00
Electric - 300.00
Water and Sewer - 100.00
Cellphone (2) - 120.00
Pet Care - 60.00
Medicare Advantage (2) - 268.00
Internet and Cable TV - 195.00
Gas - 100.00
Prescriptions - 90.00

That's 4743.00 per month on permanent recurring expenses. It does not include entertainment (dinner and a movie, an occasional concert, scuba diving, home repair, automotive repair, clothing, shoes and a dozen other expenses that pop up at any given moment. IT DOES NOT INCLUDE ANY EXPENSES FOR CHILDREN, AS MINE ARE GROWN AND ON THEIR OWN. For those who have children living at home, add their food, school, clothing, after school activities and for working moms...child care. I'll accept your correction on the 1000.00 check. My wife and I spend 57K per year on permanent recurring expenses. Add another 8K on the items I mentioned above. Got 2 kids...add another 6K! A weeks vacation at Disney could cost up to 5K. So, roughly speaking, a family of 4 needs to TAKE HOME 71K to break even. My numbers may be off some, but Dave Ramsey ain't talking to me. His ideas and his advice are sound for people making just a bit more than most of us. Well, unless your Line Haul. Then, you may have savings, but you have no life. I'm sure I could cut back on some things, but what would I have to look forward to.
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Some people need other people to tell them how to run there life when it only takes common sense. I don't need some joker who's trying to sell something to tell me what's right or wrong. Please.
 
smokin'joe said:
I wonder if anyone else feels it was the company's intent to harm you guys when they witheld your raises, I sure do.
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Their intent was to discourage the workers to bring them to the point that they would vote the union out. It's as simple as that. If it wasn't that they wouldn't drag the negotiations for a contract out so far.
 
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