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500 people over a relatively short period is noteworthy, even if one of those events only had twenty people in it. Also those twenty people likely weren't in a
by albinofrenchy 10y ago
500 people over a relatively short period is noteworthy, even if one of those events only had twenty people in it.
Also those twenty people likely weren't in a union so I doubt they had service jobs like running the coffee shop.
- JBReefer 10y agoCoffee shop workers/service workers are rarely unionized, even in the union-obsessed NYC/NJ area
- mempko 10y agowhat the hell does "union" obsessed mean?
- jsprogrammer 10y agoA union is a group of people who unite for a particular purpose, often contract negotiation.
- garrettgrimsley 10y agoThey meant to ask about "union-obsessed."
- jsprogrammer 10y agoYes, I thought the meaning of obsessed was clear. The poster was referring to people who are preoccupied with (presumably, `others'`) community contract negotiations.
- jpiasetz 10y agoNew York has the highest union rate amount states[1]. [1] http://www.bls.gov/news.release/pdf/union2.pdf http://www.bls.gov/news.release/pdf/union2.pdf
- saalweachter 10y ago... which is approximately the same as the union rate for the United States as a whole, 1950-1970.
- JBReefer 10y agoYour point? That's more than 40 years ago. The Unionist movement in the rest of the US is essentially dead (outside of government).
- kafkaesq 10y agoBy that the commenter means (I guess) that to be pro-union in the United States of 2016 (where obviously things work swimmingly well for wage earners, without the union-enforced wage and job protections commonplace in other countries) is sufficient grounds to have one's psychological well-being questioned. Indeed, it may be a sign that one is suffering from a bona-fide psychiatric disorder.
- qwrusz 10y agoThis is Goldman Sachs. I can tell you with certainty those 20 people were not part of a union. The real number is also not 500. It's closer to +1000. Many layoffs at places like Goldman are handled in a way that they do not appear to be a layoff to outsiders nor are they disclosed in that way. The coffee shop comment was a bit of sarcasm but who do you think is getting laid off here? Millionaire VPs? MDs? Goldman is struggling to hire and keep younger managers right now.
- NotSammyHagar 10y agowhy are they struggling to hire and keep younger managers?