Vons strike looming

[moneymaker]

OT: Having never worked a union job why is it that the contract has been expired 3 months before strikes are done?
To me letting the contract lapse is the companies way of saying they don’t want a union. ATT is always the same way too they work for months without a contract and then finally decide to strike. I would say no contract -no work right away no sway.

[moneymaker]

By the way do you think the union would let me operate a chainsaw while drinking beer? Yeah, probably not!

[XBoxBoy]

Union/Company negotiations are often long and drawn out with both sides trying to prove they aren’t afraid to walk away from the table so things drag on and on. But in reality neither side wants a strike. Strikes cost workers lost wages and many union workers live paycheck to paycheck so a strike can really hurt the workers. Likewise strikes cause companies bad publicity and can disrupt the business in lots of ways meaning lost profits.

So the goal of both sides is to appear like you are negotiating in earnest, that you are doing your very best, while not giving in on anything that matters. That often means keep working under the old contract while the negotiations are still going on.

[scaredyclassic]

vons is my least favorite supermarket. id rank them at:

sprouts
ralphs
roots
stater bros
albertsons
vons.

[ocrenter]

[quote=scaredyclassic]vons is my least favorite supermarket. id rank them at:

sprouts
ralphs
roots
stater bros
albertsons
vons.[/quote]

traditional supermarkets are all in bed with the processed food industry. they are major players in the current obesity crisis.

[moneymaker]

xboxboy would it not be in both sides best interest to not let the contracts lapse in order to avoid a strike?

[XBoxBoy]

[quote=moneymaker]xboxboy would it not be in both sides best interest to not let the contracts lapse in order to avoid a strike?[/quote]

A strike doesn’t occur just because the contract expires. Typically everything continues as if the contract is still in place. (There can be exceptions though.). In most cases it’s understood that the strike is truly the last resort, so it won’t happen until well after the contract is expired and all attempts to negotiate have proved unsuccessful.

[scaredyclassic]

[quote=ocrenter][quote=scaredyclassic]vons is my least favorite supermarket. id rank them at:

sprouts
ralphs
roots
stater bros
albertsons
vons.[/quote]

traditional supermarkets are all in bed with the processed food industry. they are major players in the current obesity crisis.[/quote]

there is little nutritious food in supermarkets.

mainly crap, chemicals, feed…

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