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<blockquote data-quote="Ricochet1a" data-source="post: 1115030" data-attributes="member: 22880"><p>And that folks, is why our hero ISN'T really sympathetic to organizing. He still sees himself as an individual when he is at work, not part of a GROUP of employees who are getting the shaft. </p><p></p><p>We're all 'individual' when we are away from work, but when subjected to an environment such as Express - having 30,000 individuals each thinking they can somehow get a fair shake by just working harder is delusional. </p><p></p><p>He's been screwed so exceptionally hard, for so exceptionally long, that he is in a class by himself...</p><p></p><p>He just can't figure out why those who are in unions and talk about becoming unionized - talk about "brotherhood" and "solidarity" within the context of employment, and never think of "individual" as it deals with the employer. </p><p></p><p>In a blue collar work environment within a multi-billion dollar corporation, there is either a union which speaks for the WHOLE, or thousands of individuals each thinking they can somehow beat the system by just working hard. Hasn't worked out too well for our hero...</p><p></p><p>Our hero is all about himself, and can't quite figure out why in the hell he has been getting that screwing for so long and so hard. After all, he has determined that he has worked so hard (compared to all of those 'slackers') and so long - that he should be rewarded on the basis of his PERSONAL merit (and to hell with the rest of you). </p><p></p><p>If the Couriers are EVER to organize, they will have to give up the notion of being an individual while at work, and think of themselves as a collective WHOLE. </p><p></p><p>Our hero is incapable of ever doing that - he just wants the extra pay that being in a union shop would bring to HIM (God forbid that he'd actually have to work to achieve that though).</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="Ricochet1a, post: 1115030, member: 22880"] And that folks, is why our hero ISN'T really sympathetic to organizing. He still sees himself as an individual when he is at work, not part of a GROUP of employees who are getting the shaft. We're all 'individual' when we are away from work, but when subjected to an environment such as Express - having 30,000 individuals each thinking they can somehow get a fair shake by just working harder is delusional. He's been screwed so exceptionally hard, for so exceptionally long, that he is in a class by himself... He just can't figure out why those who are in unions and talk about becoming unionized - talk about "brotherhood" and "solidarity" within the context of employment, and never think of "individual" as it deals with the employer. In a blue collar work environment within a multi-billion dollar corporation, there is either a union which speaks for the WHOLE, or thousands of individuals each thinking they can somehow beat the system by just working hard. Hasn't worked out too well for our hero... Our hero is all about himself, and can't quite figure out why in the hell he has been getting that screwing for so long and so hard. After all, he has determined that he has worked so hard (compared to all of those 'slackers') and so long - that he should be rewarded on the basis of his PERSONAL merit (and to hell with the rest of you). If the Couriers are EVER to organize, they will have to give up the notion of being an individual while at work, and think of themselves as a collective WHOLE. Our hero is incapable of ever doing that - he just wants the extra pay that being in a union shop would bring to HIM (God forbid that he'd actually have to work to achieve that though). [/QUOTE]
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