tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4726844761468242273.post6869162352504379549..comments2023-10-07T05:29:20.923-07:00Comments on McClatchy Watch: Denver unions agree to 11.7 percent wage and benefits cut -- plan includes pay cut, unpaid furlough, suspension of 401k match, cuts in sick daysUnknownnoreply@blogger.comBlogger5125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4726844761468242273.post-13162118899241868202009-02-25T15:56:00.000-08:002009-02-25T15:56:00.000-08:00Unions take Whacks! You add all those cutbacks tog...Unions take Whacks! You add all those cutbacks together, and that is a whack, not a few cuts. The newspapers have the upper hand, take a whack, or take the highway. Take your choice union members, but I think the day of newspaper unions is over. I am not sure freelance writing is conducive to collective bargaining.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4726844761468242273.post-52662149043307561442009-02-25T12:07:00.000-08:002009-02-25T12:07:00.000-08:00Unions have no clout since people got tricked into...Unions have no clout since people got tricked into, "Right to Work" laws. <BR/><BR/>Laws that McClatchy and her collaborating fellow publishers spent thousands of gallons of ink to have installed.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4726844761468242273.post-70982144576201090242009-02-25T12:05:00.000-08:002009-02-25T12:05:00.000-08:00Union have no clout in bad economic times - like n...Union have no clout in bad economic times - like now. Either they accept cuts and salary reductions or the job disappears. The company is holding all the cards and they're aces.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4726844761468242273.post-91669677681788546292009-02-25T12:04:00.000-08:002009-02-25T12:04:00.000-08:00I'd like to know what the average days wages are t...I'd like to know what the average days wages are that they are saving for 10 days. A contract like that is beginning to look like free labor. <BR/><BR/>Things are bad all over now though. The yacht docked next to mine told their entire crew that they were welcome to live on board rent free with meals provided, but all checks would stop as of next week. I never heard of anything like this in my life.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4726844761468242273.post-10227799506808161732009-02-25T12:00:00.000-08:002009-02-25T12:00:00.000-08:00Kind of like the little Dutch boy finger thingy. T...Kind of like the little Dutch boy finger thingy. <BR/><BR/>The union sucks a little less blood until the dike busts wide open.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.com