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Mount Airy, MD | Fire Them quote:
Following last week's vote, roughly 120 contracted Bronx technicians briefly walked off their jobs in a "wildcat" strike Thursday protesting a 30% reduction in wages (to $35) for triple play installations.
Wildcat strikes are not legally protected job actions. If Cablevision is smart it would quickly fire every one of these strikers before they cause the company even more grief.
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| I'm not sure of the conditions these workers have to endure while doing installations but I'm sure it isn't easy. Tight spaces due to overcrowding and compartmentalization along with bug and rodent infestations due to unsanitary conditions. Sitting in a nice office where you can breath clean air and drink filtered water from the water cooler is a lot better than going through a crawl space and having words with a defiant rat. LOL
I say don't fire them but talk with them and see what went wrong here. This must have been brewing for some time now since strikes like these don't just come out of the blue like that. Remember the amount of money these companies make off their customer's. All this is off the back of the employees that get paid just enough to get by in NYC.
Also, they are not Cablevision employees. |
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Agreed. Let them find work elsewhere while they bite the hand that fed them. |
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Pompano Beach, FL | Then Cablevision will have to pay market, (100 to 200$ per), rates for triple play installations. |
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pnh102Reptiles Are Cuddly And PrettyPremium
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Mount Airy, MD | reply to megatron266
said by megatron266:I say don't fire them but talk with them and see what went wrong here. No, in the case of a wildcat strike, the employer must act swiftly and forcefully. These kinds of strikes are not like conventional strikes in which there is no contract between labor and management. If the management tolerates one wildcat strike, there will be more.
The other funny thing is that by engaging in a wildcat strike, this newly formed union just made it that much easier for the company to get rid of it once and for all because there is no legal recourse that can be taken against an employer that fires a worker who engaged in a wildcat strike. That's why most labor unions frown upon them.
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said by tkdslr:Then Cablevision will have to pay market, (100 to 200$ per), rates for triple play installations.
Nope, there are plenty of techs out there looking for work and will work for peanuts since jobs are hard to come by now. |
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Portage, IN | reply to pnh102
Exactly. Can't have the proles standing up for themselves, you know, demanding a living wage and getting all uppity. It's almost like they think they should be able to hold a card or two in our deck. Ha! Lazy money-hungry bastards. I wish we had some decent robots so we didn't have to use these sub-human pieces of trash for our installations at all.
We've worked hard over the years to break up this kind of collusion between the unwashed masses, and it's high time to start letting them know that we learned from those mistakes and won't be letting the pendulum swing back their way, ever.
So damn right, set that batch of slaves free and find a new bunch that will work for $25 or $30 per installation instead of $35. That's how to be a real job creator. |
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Mount Airy, MD | Do you even know what a wildcat strike is? |
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said by moonpuppy:said by tkdslr:Then Cablevision will have to pay market, (100 to 200$ per), rates for triple play installations.
Nope, there are plenty of techs out there looking for work and will work for peanuts since jobs are hard to come by now. Not techs with any experience, or who aren't drunks, or who actually care about quality or the customer.
I have just recently been forced to deal with contractor installations in my area, installations that used to be done by company employees. They had no experience, did bad work, much of which had to be completely re-done, ended up costing the company much more, yet that anti-employee agenda just won't let the powers that be realize this. Contractors only care about getting paid for the piece they are doing. Employees tend to care much more about the company they work for and the customers they serve. But there is an agenda out there, 'Get rid of employees, contract it all out'! Then a company with 50,000 employees can pretend they are a small business. |
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| said by viperlmw:Not techs with any experience, or who aren't drunks, or who actually care about quality or the customer.
I have just recently been forced to deal with contractor installations in my area, installations that used to be done by company employees. They had no experience, did bad work, much of which had to be completely re-done, ended up costing the company much more, yet that anti-employee agenda just won't let the powers that be realize this. Contractors only care about getting paid for the piece they are doing. Employees tend to care much more about the company they work for and the customers they serve. But there is an agenda out there, 'Get rid of employees, contract it all out'! Then a company with 50,000 employees can pretend they are a small business.
And I had the same experience with company techs who didn't know their rear end from a hole in the ground.
Face facts, the wildcat strike was a form of union intimidation against the company and meant to send a message. All that was sent was a big "screw you" to Cablevision and the message back should be "since you care so much, you can find jobs elsewhere."
Unions are going to have to realize their old tactics don't work anymore. Keep doing them and no one will be on their sides. |
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Portage, IN | reply to pnh102
Yes, and thanks for asking. Obviously you don't. This was NOT a wildcat strike. These workers are not the ones that unionized. A wildcat strike is one where union workers walk off the job without the approval of their union leaders. But thanks for the cup of smug, anyway, I needed one this morning.
Anyway, these are another group of workers who wish to unionize, so this would just be a work stoppage (and an extremely minimal one at that). Not to say that you can't be fired for that, but I am wholly on their side. It's about time workers started standing together again, instead of being run over slipshod by your precious "job creators". |
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Its amazing to me that you jerks actually side with a greedy giant corporation, rather than your fellow HUMAN BEING trying to make a better life for his/her families.
You should all be ashamed, really. |
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Omar Hutchinson, one of the technicians who went on strike, said that workers were moved to act by the Cablevision vote in Brooklyn. He said he earns about $600, before taxes and without health insurance, for a seven-day week that can stretch to 50 or 60 hours.
Seriously, you people bashing these workers disgust me ! Afraid of a $10 increase on your TV bill or something? Bunch of losers on this site ! |
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Mount Airy, MD | reply to clone
said by clone:This was NOT a wildcat strike. Only in the technical sense that there is no legally recognized union. It is still an absence without authorization, and thus a fireable offense.
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Mount Airy, MD | reply to ITALIAN926
said by ITALIAN926:Its amazing to me that you jerks actually side with a greedy giant corporation, rather than your fellow HUMAN BEING trying to make a better life for his/her families.
How is the person any less greedy for wanting more money? Why is that person's greed worse than the collective greed of a business?
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united state | reply to ITALIAN926
said by ITALIAN926:Its amazing to me that you jerks actually side with a greedy giant corporation, rather than your fellow HUMAN BEING trying to make a better life for his/her families.
You should all be ashamed, really.
I agree, but you don't understand...many folks will defend the very same people who rob them blind.
these are not rational thinking people. I know corporations have a place, im not anti-corp...im pro-common sense.
the fact is, if you look a CableVision's Balace sheet, you will find they are not hurting...they can afford to pay their employees a decent salary and still have plenty of money left over to show very good profits for their CEO, shareholders, etc...but they don't want to do that. it is what it is. However, i don't think morality should be legislated...so really..the best they could do is refuse to work under such conditions or form a union. |
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| said by Woody79_00:the fact is, if you look a CableVision's Balace sheet, you will find they are not hurting...they can afford to pay their employees a decent salary and still have plenty of money left over to show very good profits for their CEO, shareholders, etc...but they don't want to do that. it is what it is. However, i don't think morality should be legislated...so really..the best they could do is refuse to work under such conditions or form a union.
These aren't cablevision employees. They are contractors. The contracting company pays them a salary, and like most body shops they are cut rate. |
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clone
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Portage, IN | reply to pnh102
That's what I said.
However, calling it a "wildcat strike" is used by pro-corporate top 10% of the top 1% loving zealots just to be sensational. You are not part of their club, trust me, you're not. Stop defending them. It makes all of you look foolish.
Any balanced media would call it exactly what it is, a bunch of workers got rightfully pissed about the continuous shafting they get from megacorporations, and failed to show up for work on the same day. |
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said by pnh102:said by ITALIAN926:Its amazing to me that you jerks actually side with a greedy giant corporation, rather than your fellow HUMAN BEING trying to make a better life for his/her families.
How is the person any less greedy for wanting more money? Why is that person's greed worse than the collective greed of a business? Did you read the article? They didn't ask for more money. Their company cut their pay by 30%.
I guess you would sit there and smile if your boss came in and told you "Stating next week we're cutting your salary 30%"
Oh thank you sir. I'm just glad I got a job. |
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| said by Pathfinder:I guess you would sit there and smile if your boss came in and told you "Stating next week we're cutting your salary 30%"
Oh thank you sir. I'm just glad I got a job.
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