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09-13-2022, 11:41 AM #351Registered User
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https://www.cbc.ca/news/business/two...emic-1.6577522
and then there are the people who see an opurtoonity, they are working 2 remote jobs for as long as they can ride the waveLee Lau - xxx-er is the laziest Asian canuck I know
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09-13-2022, 11:54 AM #352
Hate to break it to Pete, but that's not new.
https://www.reddit.com/r/antiwork/co...go_and_havent/
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09-13-2022, 11:59 AM #353
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09-13-2022, 01:20 PM #354Registered User
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If they can fulfill the requirements completely of both jobs, who cares?
It's similar to the traditional person who works two jobs one after the other with very long hours tallyed and shows up exhausted to both of them and maybe doesn't perform 100% as effectively as someone with just one of them.
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09-13-2022, 01:27 PM #355Registered User
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Do you have to be salaried to be Antiwork, or can folks paid hourly (for all their time) be Antiwork?
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09-13-2022, 01:36 PM #356
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09-13-2022, 01:38 PM #357Registered User
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The funemployed are really the royalty of anti work.
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09-13-2022, 01:58 PM #358
Actually, it's mostly brought on by their PARENT'S poor life choices. Nobody chooses to be born in an area that has low wages, stagnant economy and piss poor public education just like no child chooses to get dragged to church and have their head filled with useless garbage. Sure, its easy to mythologize bootstraping but the reality is very different in a society that will condemn you to poverty if you have bad teeth and a funny accent.
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09-13-2022, 02:02 PM #359Registered User
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09-13-2022, 02:13 PM #360
So if you’re an anti work independent contractor does that just make you unemployed?
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09-13-2022, 02:24 PM #361
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09-13-2022, 03:31 PM #362
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09-13-2022, 05:03 PM #363I ski 135 degree chutes switch to the road.
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09-14-2022, 07:16 PM #364
The possibility of a railroad strike is in the news but not as much as I would expect. I didn't think it had a chance but Sanders just blocked a GOP proposal to prevent a strike. And, part of congress may be across the pond at a funeral until Monday. The fear-mongering is already ramping up.
Sen. Bernie Sanders (I-Vt.) on Wednesday blocked a Republican request to force railroad workers and companies to accept the recommendations of a nonpartisan panel to avoid a strike that would impact millions of Americans.
Sanders stood up on the floor to block the speedy approval of the resolution — introduced by Senate Health, Education, Labor and Pension Commission Ranking Member Richard Burr (R-N.C.) and Sen. Roger Wicker (R-Miss.) — that would require railroad workers to adopt the outlines of a labor deal.
Sanders argued that railroad companies are making huge profits and should start treating their workers more fairly.
“The rail industry has seen huge profits in recent years and last year alone made a record breaking $20 billion in profit,” Sanders said. “Last year the CEO of CSX made over $20 million in total compensation while the CEOs of Union Pacific and Norfolk Southern made over $40 million each in total compensation.”
By contrast, Sanders said that workers in the freight rail industry are “entitled to a grand total of zero sick days.”
GOP senators, however, say their resolution would avoid a “disastrous” rail strike, which could freeze rail travel and freight shipment around the country.
For strongly worded letter writers: https://www.congressweb.com/SMART_Transportation/
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12-02-2022, 12:53 PM #365
How fortunate for rail management that congress intervenes. I'm sure that backstop wasn't a factor in negotiations.
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12-02-2022, 01:22 PM #366
I think if congress is going to force workers back from a strike, they should also tax all profits at 100% for the rail companies until a contract is in place.
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12-02-2022, 03:17 PM #367
Fuck the railroads and their (lack of) sick leave policy.
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12-02-2022, 03:33 PM #368
They do actually have a sick leave policy, it’s just a little fucked:
https://jabberwocking.com/whos-got-t...ailroad-talks/
And this explains the reason the railroads want to keep it this way:
https://nymag.com/intelligencer/2022...ilroading.html
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12-03-2022, 06:14 AM #369
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12-03-2022, 06:52 AM #370
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12-03-2022, 07:03 AM #371
Isn’t pto in one pot pretty standard for a lot of companies? They get 5-8 weeks of pto if what AdironRider posted is true. I was reading an article on AP about this and one of their complaints isn’t being able toget time off on short notice after a schedule is posted. This was for things like a child’s birthday or an adult child’s post grad ceremony. I’m not getting time off at the hospital after the schedule is posted unless someone will cover my shift and that’s up to me. The rail workers also have a very good short term disability plan that kicks in after 3(?) days of pto. This type of package is pretty standard in a CBA.
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12-03-2022, 07:27 AM #372
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Who needs timely medical care or the ability to call out sick when you get a $1,000 annual bonus. After all, these guys do better than Adironrider does…
Edit to add - I was shocked to see conductors make $40ih dollars per hour. I’d of thought they would be in the $70-90 range. That’s crazy for that job.
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12-03-2022, 07:30 AM #373
You get over two months paid time off?
I’m not complaining about my pay scale, but this narrative that rail workers got screwed with a 24 percent raise, bonuses, and capped health care costs just doesn’t jive with the reality of their new deal.
They are inherently better off, and significantly so, than they were before. That is a good thing for labor.
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12-03-2022, 07:48 AM #374
Frankly, I’m not sure how much time off I get. It’s more than I can justify taking to effectivly lead my group, but I have the flexibility to go do things like ski or MTB without taking time off if my schedule allows. But I’ve never really had to put off medical treatment due to my schedule.
Did you read the articles? The reason they don’t want time off is they have cut workers to the absolute bare minimum so there is no flexibility. This is bad for everyone except Railroad shareholders.
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12-03-2022, 07:49 AM #375
Not exactly left unsaid if you read the first link:
”First off, the railroad carriers have agreed to a 24% wage increase over five years (from 2020 to 2024). That sounds pretty good, but I will bore you as usual with my admonition that you should always account for inflation:The solid line is actual inflation. The dashed line is an estimate of future inflation from the Congressional Budget Office. It amounts to 21% over the life of the contract, which means workers are getting a real increase of 3%. That's 0.6% per year. Both sides have agreed to this, but color me unimpressed anyway.¹”
and it talks about current sick leave policy too.
8 of 12 union had agreed to the new contract.
Sick leave that can only be used if you have the foresight to plan on being sick is odd, however they can use personal days for unexpected illnesses.
I’m not arguing for or against them taking the contract, just trying to give context, mainly that the narrative that they don’t get sick time isn’t really true.
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