or one of Peanuts 3 accounts
- H_H_F

no i think it needs to be a Habs fan

no i think it needs to be a Habs fan
- DoubleDown

eklund?

heard its its second favorite team

In my experience, the union negotiates a contract and perhaps gets you more money (though not really in my case), but I have yet to see a union actually "help" anybody with anything else. The company I am with now until April 1st anyhow is unionized.

Any time my wife has gone to the union about anything their response has always been "sorry nothing we can do to help you there"

I fail to see any bang for our buck in paying union dues for no service, and besides, the unions and the companies are all in bed with one another and anybody who doesn't realize that is just fooling themselves.
- Rayven

In Quebec they're really useful at allowing incompetents to keep their jobs.

hab's top 3 picks that year : McDonnagh, Patches, PK.
- Fredobbface

FIRE TIMMINS

-jillian

In Quebec they're really useful at allowing incompetents to keep their jobs.
- BashCH

I assure you this is not a funtion that is unique to Quebec.

FIRE TIMMINS

-jillian
- Habsody

en retard.

I assure you this is not a funtion that is unique to Quebec.
- 3M

or a function of unions

or a function of unions
- H_H_F

No, but all Unions have mechanisms in place that make it virtually impossible to fire anybody, regardless of how incompetent they are.

In Quebec they're really useful at allowing incompetents to keep their jobs.
- BashCH

I used to work in an place where they manufacturing aerospace components.

shop folks were union, office staff weren't.

during negotiations they would leave boxes of poop all over the place so you couldn't get to the water fountains or bathroom doors.

if you moved a box out of the way, one of them would pop out and file a grievance saying non-union staff was moving boxes.

I used to work in an place where they manufacturing aerospace components.

shop folks were union, office staff weren't.

during negotiations they would leave boxes of poop all over the place so you couldn't get to the water fountains or bathroom doors.

if you moved a box out of the way, one of them would pop out and file a grievance saying non-union staff was moving boxes.
- dt99999

How were you able to sweep?

I used to work in an place where they manufacturing aerospace components.

shop folks were union, office staff weren't.

during negotiations they would leave boxes of poop all over the place so you couldn't get to the water fountains or bathroom doors.

if you moved a box out of the way, one of them would pop out and file a grievance saying non-union staff was moving boxes.
- dt99999

How were you able to sweep?
- hscesq

Didn't know DT was Mexican

How were you able to sweep?
- hscesq

you laugh but I got a grievance filed against me becasue after a year of working there I got tired of seeing that coffee stain on the tiles next to the fax machine.

you laugh but I got a grievance filed against me becasue after a year of working there I got tired of seeing that coffee stain on the tiles next to the fax machine.
- dt99999

I'm not laughing.

you laugh but I got a grievance filed against me becasue after a year of working there I got tired of seeing that coffee stain on the tiles next to the fax machine.
- dt99999

I work at a place thats half union and half non so I know what your saying is not BS at all

I used to work in an place where they manufacturing aerospace components.

shop folks were union, office staff weren't.

during negotiations they would leave boxes of poop all over the place so you couldn't get to the water fountains or bathroom doors.

if you moved a box out of the way, one of them would pop out and file a grievance saying non-union staff was moving boxes.
- dt99999

I always thought it was ironic that they'd complain when it was shown that someone else could do their job(s), when they're likely negotiating on the premise that ONLY they can do their job(s). Seems it would make more sense to shut the (frank) up about that stuff.

I'm not laughing.
- hscesq

Write a Habs blog please.

- BingoLady

HALAQUE!

Write a Habs blog please.
- WaterBoy

agreed, a Ref should step up and filling in for a fallen blogger

Un autre crissssse de débat se soir a TVA ?

...
- WaterBoy

I work at a place thats half union and half non so I know what your saying is not BS at all
- H_H_F

I worked at a telecom company that had unionized techs. If I wanted to reserve a 1-800 number for a client, I couldn't just go into the database and reserve it. I had to call a unionized technician, tell him the number I wanted to reserve, fill out a form, email it to him, and then HE would go into the database and reserve it. Money. Well. Spent.

HALAQUE!
- stinger67

What, no Stéphane Fiset?

I worked at a telecom company that had unionized techs. If I wanted to reserve a 1-800 number for a client, I couldn't just go into the database and reserve it. I had to call a unionized technician, tell him the number I wanted to reserve, fill out a form, email it to him, and then HE would go into the database and reserve it. Money. Well. Spent.
- 3M

I couldn't plug my mouse in a different USB port while working at TVA. Needed to contact IT for that serious operation.

What, no Stéphane Fiset?
- 3M

Ron Tugnutt.

I worked at a telecom company that had unionized techs. If I wanted to reserve a 1-800 number for a client, I couldn't just go into the database and reserve it. I had to call a unionized technician, tell him the number I wanted to reserve, fill out a form, email it to him, and then HE would go into the database and reserve it. Money. Well. Spent.
- 3M

I get why unions first came to light, in the 20's and 30's when people were dying by the dozens making things like the empire state building and hover dam but do you really need a union to deliver mail?