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Monte L Fullmer
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From: Nampa, Idaho, USA
Registered: Nov 2004
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posted 07-19-2010 05:20 PM
..and it's kinda funny that some of those work conditions prior to the MPMO organization have returned to us.
1-sometimes, a theatre employee has to head either to the plane terminal, or some drop off point to retrieve prints that comes in late .. and some employees were not re-imbursed for mileage-it was expected and part of their jobs. "Wow, let's put print circuiting between company locations in this topic here: Do any employee member that is circuiting a print from one location to another, get any sort of re-imbursement, or mileage for such tasks??"
2-working in non-air conditioned work areas.
3-work rules to where the floor staff literally hates the occupation.
but..at least, no cranking of Powers, Simplex Standards and a host of other machines and dealing with life threatening film dangers ..now just covering yourself due to mishandling of xenon bulbs.
And if any mention of organizing, that employee is dismissed quickly so not to disturb the workforce.
Boy, did this come full-circle here: First, it was doing favors with your boss/employer who gave you no respect, then union organizations ceased that practice to protect these employees, and now, it has gone back to doing the same favors as it was in the beginning..
-Monte
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Greg Anderson
Jedi Master Film Handler
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From: Ogden Valley, Utah
Registered: Nov 1999
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posted 07-20-2010 11:20 AM
quote:
"History is more or less bunk. It's tradition. We don't want tradition. We want to live in the present, and the only history that is worth a tinker's damn is the history that we make today." (Chicago Tribune, 1916).
So, in Ford's defense, his life was about creating new products, a new industry and new techniques about which history had little to say. Other quotes attributed to Ford include...
quote:
"You can't build a reputation on what you are going to do."
"If you think you can, you can. And if you think you can't, you're right."
We can use the "History is bunk" quote out of context and decide that Ford was a fool. That would be an ill-informed assessment and, ironically, would require us to ignore the history of Henry Ford.
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Frank Angel
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From: Brooklyn NY USA
Registered: Dec 1999
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posted 07-21-2010 08:11 AM
Yes, BUT....there is always a fine line between trying to keep the paying field even, which the union needs to do and supressing initiative.
For example, let's say an employer needs extra work done that is outside a worker's job description. One worker says, "Sure I'll paint the booth and the stairwell." He figures he's got the time, in fact, he might even enjoy doing a little painting, and what's the harm, he is only improving his own workspace so he is more than willing. But this, of course, would be strenuously objected to by the union, both against the employer for asking and the worker for objecting.
Some would see this as the union just being obstructionist, after all, if the employee is just going the extra mile and it's his choice and the employer hasn't demanding it, why make a major issue of it? One could say that it's all in the spirit of working together and cooperation. BUT still the union strenuously objects and might even take punitive action against the union member. Why? Because even though that member is taking on this extra task willingly, how does his action impact the member who says, "No, thank you, I am not a painter and I want to go home to my family; I would rather not paint, thank you very much."
He certainly would be within his rights to say no to the employer's request. The problem is that the worker who "goes that extra mile" will put the one who fulfills his job obligations 100% professionally but declines other work outside his job descrition will be made to somehow look less of a "team player" in the eyes of the employer. It's human nature. When it comes time for a promotion, who do you think will have that extra advantage in the eyes of the employer? Who will be seen in a more favorable light. And it will be an unfair advantage generated by an employee against another employee.
When the union insist that ALL employees follow the work restrictions, they do so in order to simply keep the playing field level; many however see this as the union just being obstructionist. But it's a fine line which many times easily turns into a shop steward coming down on a worker because he's working at full capacity and is told to "slow down" because he's making the sloths "look bad."
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Jonathan Smith
Expert Film Handler
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From: Youngstown, OH
Registered: Jan 2010
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posted 07-21-2010 06:10 PM
Frank, Louis, if anything, the Union is opposite of what Frank portrays it to be.
I get paid 6 hrs. at a certain chain not to be named, and if it takes me twice that much, it is still only my 6 hrs. pay, unless the work is legitimately double of what I normally get on a Thursday.
This brings my pay, sometimes, BELOW minimum wage.
That's the way the contract is worked out, to gurantee hours every week for the Union.
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