?? Albertson's/Safeway gave a $2.00/hour increase a week or so ago, going back to 3/15. I would presume it would be all three? Including Fred's? From Wifey talking to some Fred's employees in the past, they have different structure in their contract with the UFCW than Albertway's does. And a different contract.
Wifey is getting emails from the union puffing their chest about getting them this extra pay, but she's under the impression it was the company. Being as she is a department head she just received a bonus check $$ too, that wouldn't have had anything to do with the union.
We're not fans of paying the union. They are raging liberals and want members to vote for people that would take more and more money from their paychecks. If not for the union there have been management that would have surely made life hell. If not getting her terminated It's a rippin' "Catch 22"!
I don't trust the union as far as I can fart. I don't believe these businesses have cash squirting out their butts, but the union acts like they do. The union will demand increase $$ that seem unrealistic to me. The union will be the undoing of the stores where they are in place, is my fear.
You are a brave man... I WAS a union member with CWA when I worked at the phone company... useless bastids cost me lots of money and gave me no results. The time for unions is passed. But all the union workers I know get very defensive. They love their inflated wages. I tried to talk to my brother, who retired from the phone co, about how unionizing has driven up the cost of utilities, education, lumber, etc, but he got mad. And every time I talk about unions online, I get hate mail. Stand by...
That is if you can manage to get the loan in the first place. Most banks are sitting on their borrowed cash and making it plenty hard to get money.
I keep reading the banks making excuses for not processing these biz rescue loans.... WTF????
We have already lost a few restaurants here....
Free $ for businesses = continued jobs for workers. They are one in the same.
I think MOST people are behind this rescue plan, deficit spending notwithstanding. But the pork inside the last stimulus and the proposed spending on infrastructure in a new plan, is a NOGO for me!!!
#RememberSolyndra