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Offline midnight Target

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« Reply #30 on: October 23, 2003, 03:37:06 PM »
I've crossed the picket line to shop at Ralphs. The picketers were very nice. My wife mentioned to one that she was afraid of being harassed. The striker said that they wanted to make sure we came back to the store after the strike and that customers were to be treated with respect at all times.

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« Reply #31 on: October 23, 2003, 03:45:47 PM »
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I've crossed the picket line to shop at Ralphs. The picketers were very nice. My wife mentioned to one that she was afraid of being harassed. The striker said that they wanted to make sure we came back to the store after the strike and that customers were to be treated with respect at all times.



 I wonder what would have happened to you if you were going in to sack groceries for a living.

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« Reply #32 on: October 23, 2003, 03:51:10 PM »
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Originally posted by midnight Target
I've crossed the picket line to shop at Ralphs. The picketers were very nice. My wife mentioned to one that she was afraid of being harassed. The striker said that they wanted to make sure we came back to the store after the strike and that customers were to be treated with respect at all times.



Hmmm... AFAIK, they aren't on strike at Ralph's. They are locked out.
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« Reply #33 on: October 23, 2003, 03:59:49 PM »
thanks to a union a 20 year employee can have lower pay and seniority than some little ____ who just finished his apprenticeship...



yep onions work well nowadays dont they

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« Reply #34 on: October 24, 2003, 10:20:57 AM »
Skuzzy: Miko, the "Right to Work" laws in Texas simply mean an employer cannot force anyone to be union and they cannot use that as hiring criteria.

 I realise that. And I am against such government intervention.
 The "right to work" law allows - or forces - the businesses to violate the contracts they voluntarily signed with the unions.

 If I am stupid enough to voluntarily sign a contract with you that I only hire people that you approve of for my private business, why should the government interfere in my self-ruinous decision?

 Government should not support unions by endorcing their monopoly but it should not oppose them either by invalidating the contracts signed with the unions.

 Imagine if a man signs a prenaptual contract with his wife that forbids her to sleep around, otherwise she would have to grant him a divorce and not claim his property or support.
 Then a legislature would enact a "Righ to Fornicate" law, that absolves the wife from her obligations. If someone wants to sleep with a man's wife, they should be allowed to, right? She shouldn't be restricted from sleeping with that someone regardless of whatever she voluntarily agreed to, right?

 By the way, what does the US Constitution say about it?
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Article I, Section 10. No state shall... pass any[/b] bill of attainder, ex post facto law, or law impairing the obligation of contracts[/b],...

 You see - even if the States may pass laws forbidding certain kinds of contracts in the future, they are specifically denied the power to interfere with the existing contracts.

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« Reply #35 on: October 24, 2003, 10:32:05 AM »
It also nullifies noncompete agreements.
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« Reply #36 on: October 24, 2003, 10:32:25 AM »
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Hmmm... AFAIK, they aren't on strike at Ralph's. They are locked out.


Technically true.