Well, well, i've just browsed through the archive section, 2007, and it seems then that 40.000 folks didn't vote--All too familiar stokesy - something in the state of Denmark etc etc - at least they won't be getting any more of my money after next week! There are at least 30,000 employees in RM who are not members of the union - probably more after this debacle - do they ever come to any harm? - in fact it could be argued that they prosper without paying a dime - I mean if prosper is the right word, because they are still subject to the muppets agreements subs or no.stokes11eg wrote:
many did not recveive ballot papers, Most of those who went out on strike seemed not to vote, or voted for the opposite of what thay said--does it sound familiar?.
Yes, better of without this Union--most folks have enough intelligence now to represent themselves, or can get an outside agency involved, if I count up all my union subs over the years, I'd have had quite a nest egg now if I had kept it for myself! And you are right about non-members benefitting------
Thank you for your input tman - I am hanging on your every word, such insight - I am not worthyTman wrote:So you keep saying in just about every post since the result was announced.
Why keep on shouting on about it? Just do it, if you think it's in any way a smart thing to do.
Or is it that you feel the need to have others do it too, just to "confirm" to yourself that it was a sensible move, and you're a little unsure about it?
Still seems the dumbest of dumb course of action to me with all the changes imminent, but as with the lemming, some will always follow self-destructive paths in fits of adolescent-like pique...
It may surprise you to know Tman: But someone pulling out of anything (including a Union) alone, without looking for solidarity, will achieve nothing.Tman wrote:So you keep saying in just about every post since the result was announced.
Why keep on shouting on about it? Just do it, if you think it's in any way a smart thing to do.
Or is it that you feel the need to have others do it too, just to "confirm" to yourself that it was a sensible move, and you're a little unsure about it?
Still seems the dumbest of dumb course of action to me with all the changes imminent, but as with the lemming, some will always follow self-destructive paths in fits of adolescent-like pique...
Now, I personally disagree with Dvbuk. But he has just as much right to try to encourage others to follow suit, to further his campaign, as anyone else. Now why would it "surprise me" when I've already said it's a dumb course of action?It may surprise you to know Tman: But someone pulling out of anything (including a Union) alone, without looking for solidarity, will achieve nothing.
Sure he has. Still pointless and ultimately futile though. As someone else said recently, how people like to bang on on RMC isn't reflected in "real life", and many of those making a real big show of leaving the CWU either won't, or will rejoin soon enough. Just show-boating really....Now, I personally disagree with Dvbuk. But he has just as much right to try to encourage others to follow suit, to further his campaign, as anyone else.
I did?Now what you need to ask yourself, is why you need to resort to name calling?
As someone else said recently, how people like to bang on on RMC isn't reflected in "real life"
Thanks for that TBT, ever since tmans post I have been wondering which cliff I was about to plunge fromTrueBlueTerrier wrote:Perhaps the Lemming reference although that is an Urban Legend of huge proportions. Lemming Suicide Myth Disney Film Faked Bogus Behavior
Or perhaps you meant the computer game, but they don't "follow self-destructive paths in fits of adolescent-like pique." do they, as being computer generated images/characters I don't think they can have "pique", adolescent or otherwise.
Whether it's a myth or not, "lemming" conveys the meaning of a blind nonsensical rush to get to a negative situation, and which is entirely appropriate in the circumstances.TrueBlueTerrier wrote:Perhaps the Lemming reference although that is an Urban Legend of huge proportions. Lemming Suicide Myth Disney Film Faked Bogus Behavior
Or perhaps you meant the computer game, but they don't "follow self-destructive paths in fits of adolescent-like pique." do they, as being computer generated images/characters I don't think they can have "pique", adolescent or otherwise.
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