This blessed union
Well, my employer and its union are still in contract talks. The deadline has come and gone, no agreement yet, but, at least they are still talking.
As such, hooray!, I didn't have to go work at 7 am this morning. Current word is to at least plan on going to work as normal on Monday, and see where things are at then.
I did still get up at 5:45 am this morning. Why? Because the hotline they have set up to give us information was, uh, not helpful. Because, this morning, the last message was at 12:05 am, five minutes after the contract expired, and said only they were still talking. Ok, so.... does that mean we still need to report in the morning? C'mon people, let's be clear! That hotline has one and only one purpose, to tell us what to do when the deadline came and went. Argh.
Here's why I don't like unions. They are mostly a me-first group that would willingly hurt their employer. They don't seem to understand the nature of the work relationship.
The employer wants to get some work done and succeed as a business, so they hire employees. They pay the employees, and in return the employees give their time and work. A simple arrangement. The business does not exist as a welfare program for the employee.
So, if the employee doesn't like the terms of the arrangement, they can just go somewhere else and work. If enough do so, eventually the employer figures out they need to improve what they offer. The free market at work. What employer wants employees that are out for themselves, who would hurt the company? Always amazes that the law lets workers do this sort of thing. This is not the 1930s. It's a different world. Unions can be such a drag on a company.
Vox Taciturn can't figure out unions, either.
Anyway.
Sometimes when we try to figure out a book on tape or something that both John and Hanna want to listen to, we'll ask them, and pick one both can agree on. I'll ask Hanna what she wants, as I don't want her to feel she has no say. However, sometimes she realizes she has great power then. If she says no to something she knows John wants to listen to, she can irritate him, so sometimes she'll veto a choice just to poke at John, even though it's something she'd like. Ah, kids!
As such, hooray!, I didn't have to go work at 7 am this morning. Current word is to at least plan on going to work as normal on Monday, and see where things are at then.
I did still get up at 5:45 am this morning. Why? Because the hotline they have set up to give us information was, uh, not helpful. Because, this morning, the last message was at 12:05 am, five minutes after the contract expired, and said only they were still talking. Ok, so.... does that mean we still need to report in the morning? C'mon people, let's be clear! That hotline has one and only one purpose, to tell us what to do when the deadline came and went. Argh.
Here's why I don't like unions. They are mostly a me-first group that would willingly hurt their employer. They don't seem to understand the nature of the work relationship.
The employer wants to get some work done and succeed as a business, so they hire employees. They pay the employees, and in return the employees give their time and work. A simple arrangement. The business does not exist as a welfare program for the employee.
So, if the employee doesn't like the terms of the arrangement, they can just go somewhere else and work. If enough do so, eventually the employer figures out they need to improve what they offer. The free market at work. What employer wants employees that are out for themselves, who would hurt the company? Always amazes that the law lets workers do this sort of thing. This is not the 1930s. It's a different world. Unions can be such a drag on a company.
Vox Taciturn can't figure out unions, either.
Anyway.
Sometimes when we try to figure out a book on tape or something that both John and Hanna want to listen to, we'll ask them, and pick one both can agree on. I'll ask Hanna what she wants, as I don't want her to feel she has no say. However, sometimes she realizes she has great power then. If she says no to something she knows John wants to listen to, she can irritate him, so sometimes she'll veto a choice just to poke at John, even though it's something she'd like. Ah, kids!
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