tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4726844761468242273.post790027911780020652..comments2023-10-07T05:29:20.923-07:00Comments on McClatchy Watch: Seattle Times, half-owned by McClatchy, to force 500 workers to take a week off without pay (updated)Unknownnoreply@blogger.comBlogger4125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4726844761468242273.post-16501621995479262242008-12-20T14:31:00.000-08:002008-12-20T14:31:00.000-08:00Unions are the worst employees: SEE DETROIT AUTO I...Unions are the worst employees: SEE DETROIT AUTO INDUSTRY. <BR/><BR/>They are a thing of yesterday and do nothing but help a business go out of business.<BR/><BR/>Keep up the union meetings, that is all you will have to do with your time. Stand on the table and scream "WE WON!" but the problem is no one is listening. <BR/><BR/>F--- UNIONS!Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4726844761468242273.post-11693816820266545202008-12-19T19:14:00.000-08:002008-12-19T19:14:00.000-08:00Try to get a seat in a Seattle coffee house now wi...Try to get a seat in a Seattle coffee house now with 500 furloughed jagoffs writing their big breakthrough novels on their laptops.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4726844761468242273.post-17811573464811500032008-12-19T14:30:00.000-08:002008-12-19T14:30:00.000-08:00The union at the Seattle Times has been preparing....The union at the Seattle Times has been preparing. Here's a post from October: <A HREF="http://cancelthebee.blogspot.com/2008/10/guild-president-at-seattle-times-half.html" REL="nofollow">Guild pesident at Seattle Times bracing for layoffs</A>Kevin Gregoryhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04694898785243338105noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4726844761468242273.post-86657025041888861362008-12-19T13:54:00.000-08:002008-12-19T13:54:00.000-08:00-500 workers at Seattle Times to take week unpaid-...-500 workers at Seattle Times to take week unpaid-<BR/><BR/>….500 managers, non-union workers at Seattle Times to take unpaid week as financial woes mount….<BR/>------------<BR/>I’m guessing the union workers are not necessarily the best in their trade, just protected. Perhaps if everyone participated, the unpaid time could have been less for everyone. <BR/><BR/>There was an article about the Eastern Airline union mechanics' striking as the airline went bankrupt. Does anyone see any resemblance to that decision, and what the ‘Dead Tree Media’ unions are doing now?Anonymousnoreply@blogger.com