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Re: I worked a union job once. by Zseni 09/02/2004, 10:32pm PDT
Fussbett wrote:

ONCE.

One day a 400 pound girl took a step backwards and tripped over the little 2-inch rubber stopper on the floor that prevented the door from smashing into the wall punchclock. Being 400 pounds and barely able to walk in the best of situations, she crashed to the ground like a hamstrung elephant. Next day the rubber stopper was replaced by a 3-foot double-beam railing, painted safety-yellow and PADDED.

Unions are all about proportion.

I feel threatened. I should point out that I didn't trip over a rubber stopper; I split my weight, plus the weight of a tar sprayer hose, across a two-inch vertical gap between a truck step and a dock, using just one foot! Then fell over and had the hose drop on me to boot. It was surprisingly painful and ruined my samurai honor. There has been an ongoing problem with the layout in that part of the facility and I guess that will fucking be fixed now.

It sounds like Canuck unions are even more intrusive and vocal than US ones are. I should like to say, though, that my union steward was right there before anyone else, pulling the hose off and scoffing loudly at the managers who asked if I felt like I could work for the rest of the shift and advising me about going on light duty. And that steward doesn't even like me! Was it worth the Robin Hood-esque bounty of union dues I pay? No, but the Taiwanese physical therapist who electrocuted my lower leg and gave me eerie reassurances that "it will only feel 'weird' for a while, and then you will just feel cold." probably cost more than I make in a month anyway.

Why so down on the extravagances of unions? Fussbett: secret supply-side sympathizer?
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    I worked a union job once. by Fussbett 09/02/2004, 8:46pm PDT NEW
        Re: I worked a union job once. by Zseni 09/02/2004, 10:32pm PDT NEW
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            Re: I worked a union job once. by Creexul :( 09/04/2004, 5:59pm PDT NEW
                Re: I worked a union job once. by Kahimi Kerry 09/04/2004, 6:35pm PDT NEW
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