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vicarzWriter's block: Have you ever given a friend or partner a second chance? What were the consequences? Any regrets?
No, I killed him. No regrets as while I may have been wrong after all, I took that action with the best of intentions at the time I did. It's not my fault that the facts turned out another way and I'd do it again if I had another friend.
Here is today's reason why I hate Unions, or our Union: They fight to fight.
Our Agency agreed ages ago to require plants to have running water sinks next to certain types of inspectors so they could dip their knives and gloves into the water without much of an interruption to their work. Well, now that we are more aware of water waste, states and the private businesses within those states are reducing water consumption. As a result, some plants have changed the water stations so that you have to activate the water to run it rather than just leave it on all day - as required both by law and by common sense (which was not present in the US prior to 2008).
The Union is grieving the removal of constant-running water as a change of working conditions. Understand - no Agency personnel made the change, and it may be required by several state laws. However, the Union has a legal claim that they were subject to the working conditions change without notice and an opportunity to bargain.
What the hell could they want? Why do they want the Agency to tell a private plant what to do? What gives them the right to ignore state and federal laws regarding water? How fucking hard is it to press a lever to turn on water? Do Union employees leave their sinks running at home so that when they want to brush their teeth they don't need to take the extra step of turning on and off the water?
Maybe next week they'll protest not being allowed to smoke indoors?
No, I killed him. No regrets as while I may have been wrong after all, I took that action with the best of intentions at the time I did. It's not my fault that the facts turned out another way and I'd do it again if I had another friend.
Here is today's reason why I hate Unions, or our Union: They fight to fight.
Our Agency agreed ages ago to require plants to have running water sinks next to certain types of inspectors so they could dip their knives and gloves into the water without much of an interruption to their work. Well, now that we are more aware of water waste, states and the private businesses within those states are reducing water consumption. As a result, some plants have changed the water stations so that you have to activate the water to run it rather than just leave it on all day - as required both by law and by common sense (which was not present in the US prior to 2008).
The Union is grieving the removal of constant-running water as a change of working conditions. Understand - no Agency personnel made the change, and it may be required by several state laws. However, the Union has a legal claim that they were subject to the working conditions change without notice and an opportunity to bargain.
What the hell could they want? Why do they want the Agency to tell a private plant what to do? What gives them the right to ignore state and federal laws regarding water? How fucking hard is it to press a lever to turn on water? Do Union employees leave their sinks running at home so that when they want to brush their teeth they don't need to take the extra step of turning on and off the water?
Maybe next week they'll protest not being allowed to smoke indoors?
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Date: 2010-08-09 01:34 am (UTC)no subject
Date: 2010-08-09 01:57 am (UTC)I don't mean to come off as knee-jerk anti-union but for FFS people get a goddamn sense of perspective.