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As long as google is free to hire union or non union workers, this is OK with me. What I hate are civic locked shops. There was a charity here that sold donated
by aurizon 7y ago
As long as google is free to hire union or non union workers, this is OK with me. What I hate are civic locked shops.
There was a charity here that sold donated used clothes. They were there for 15-20 years and did well for their charities. Donated space, donated used clothing - what could go wrong?
Well, the workers joined a union, the city one, and signed an agreement and carried on. Then the next time they needed a breaker reset, they had to call the union, same with fluorescent tubes and many other trivial things. Well, no problem - called breaker reset - all is well. A week later the bill came in. 2 men and a truck for a minimum of 4 hours plus time in transit - it came to over $1000. This was abetted by the union steward who found someting on a weekly basis. Patching drywall - same thing, 2 men, but there is a complication, drywallers are not painters, yep 2 painters, 4 hours etc etc. A few small drywall holes cost somewhere over $2500 to fix. Many other tasks also needed the same treatment, tap washers were real killers. In 6 months they went into a negative cash flow and all 15 of the people were laid off. Since it was a donated space with only used clothes as assets, there was no severance for these folks. They got their unemployment insurance, but that was it.