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<blockquote data-quote="Ricochet1a" data-source="post: 998422" data-attributes="member: 22880"><p>Nope. What gets employees motivated to organize is when they are being dumped on - and dumped on to an excessive degree. A large profit margin is what gets union organizers interested, but employees are only motivated when they are being dumped on. I thought that the taking of the pension back in 2008 was the "last straw" (it was for me) - I was wrong. Since then, the employees have seen their pay stagnate, their hours slowly reduced, working conditions deteriorate and their health insurance premiums increase. The writing is on the wall for the rest to come. Are the employees of Express starting a "grass roots movement" to organize now? No. </p><p></p><p>The majority are sheep, just keeping their head down hoping that they don't get taken to the slaughter house and only end up being sheered a little bit. </p><p></p><p></p><p></p><p>Nothing really needs to be coordinated - the employees just need to get pissed off enough to do some research and sign representation cards. The fact is, if you handed out union rep cards to every employee in your station (outside the knowledge of management), one-third would throw it away, one-third would be too damn scared to sign it, and another third would want some "guarantee" in writing that they'd get something in exchange for signing it. "Sheep" is the correct term - I've been there, done that, know what I'm talking about. </p><p></p><p>It is a waste of time dealing with the multitude of "what ifs". Dealing with reality is all that is important. </p><p></p><p>The IBT ISN'T going to spend their resources on a losing battle. If the employees of Express want their services bad enough, they'll have to do the legwork themselves in obtaining it. Realistically speaking, it won't happen, so there isn't much use in engaging in a series of "what ifs" regarding organizing.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="Ricochet1a, post: 998422, member: 22880"] Nope. What gets employees motivated to organize is when they are being dumped on - and dumped on to an excessive degree. A large profit margin is what gets union organizers interested, but employees are only motivated when they are being dumped on. I thought that the taking of the pension back in 2008 was the "last straw" (it was for me) - I was wrong. Since then, the employees have seen their pay stagnate, their hours slowly reduced, working conditions deteriorate and their health insurance premiums increase. The writing is on the wall for the rest to come. Are the employees of Express starting a "grass roots movement" to organize now? No. The majority are sheep, just keeping their head down hoping that they don't get taken to the slaughter house and only end up being sheered a little bit. Nothing really needs to be coordinated - the employees just need to get pissed off enough to do some research and sign representation cards. The fact is, if you handed out union rep cards to every employee in your station (outside the knowledge of management), one-third would throw it away, one-third would be too damn scared to sign it, and another third would want some "guarantee" in writing that they'd get something in exchange for signing it. "Sheep" is the correct term - I've been there, done that, know what I'm talking about. It is a waste of time dealing with the multitude of "what ifs". Dealing with reality is all that is important. The IBT ISN'T going to spend their resources on a losing battle. If the employees of Express want their services bad enough, they'll have to do the legwork themselves in obtaining it. Realistically speaking, it won't happen, so there isn't much use in engaging in a series of "what ifs" regarding organizing. [/QUOTE]
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