I don't trust these controlled unions. If they are not getting beaten up, jailed, fined and experienced other measures then they were allowed to strike. Contrast the experiences of those brave anti-lockdown and vaccine protesters.
Where were they during the lockdowns and the start of the coercive vaccination drives?!
I'd be surprised if the Mexico "colectivo" drivers don't revolt in some way or another soon. The rate, as I understand it, has been fixed at 10 pesos (50 cents US, roughly, at the 20-to-1 exchange rate that has existed for close to a decade now) for years, cannot possibly be enough to keep up with inflation, especially as prices on meat, the Mexico dietary staple, has doubled over the last 2 years. The buses aren't being maintained, and while only one has fallen apart while I was on it last year, many have failed to show on schedule.
Can we have another installment of the jabbed dying off and civilisation falling apart please? It was like 'The Martian Chronicles' without the rockets and, um, the Martians.
I have always said that one of the few positives that came out of the film 'Legend' was that a global pandemic might be worth it if it turned Emma Thompson in a mindless zombie roaming the streets of New York. Or the Richmond Waitrose.
Kelloggs, Nabisco, and frito lays all had a strike last year and they were all similar.
The old workers (60+) years ago voted on contracts that were 365 days a year 12 hour days because they knew they were retiring soon and wanted to save money and bump their pensions. They made up the majority of employees. As people retired there has been nobody to replace them. So now the company is able to, per the contracts, force them to work a 16 hour shift 3-4 times per week.
The younger employees, being the low seniority, were taking the brunt of the forces. They were pissed but there's nobody out there to hire. With labor shortages the company has it built into their business model now to abuse the contract and make the remaining people work 365 12hr shifts and several 16hr shifts every day.
Basically the old retiring workers screwed the young workers and the company took advantage of it.
With our aging work force and lack of replacement people I assume similar things are happening in other industries.
I don't trust these controlled unions. If they are not getting beaten up, jailed, fined and experienced other measures then they were allowed to strike. Contrast the experiences of those brave anti-lockdown and vaccine protesters.
Where were they during the lockdowns and the start of the coercive vaccination drives?!
I'd be surprised if the Mexico "colectivo" drivers don't revolt in some way or another soon. The rate, as I understand it, has been fixed at 10 pesos (50 cents US, roughly, at the 20-to-1 exchange rate that has existed for close to a decade now) for years, cannot possibly be enough to keep up with inflation, especially as prices on meat, the Mexico dietary staple, has doubled over the last 2 years. The buses aren't being maintained, and while only one has fallen apart while I was on it last year, many have failed to show on schedule.
Nice synergy of your predictions: Farmers Striking to protest Climate change policies. https://twitter.com/TheSheilaG2024/status/1542691122954534912
Can we have another installment of the jabbed dying off and civilisation falling apart please? It was like 'The Martian Chronicles' without the rockets and, um, the Martians.
I have always said that one of the few positives that came out of the film 'Legend' was that a global pandemic might be worth it if it turned Emma Thompson in a mindless zombie roaming the streets of New York. Or the Richmond Waitrose.
I can give some perspective on strikes in the US.
Kelloggs, Nabisco, and frito lays all had a strike last year and they were all similar.
The old workers (60+) years ago voted on contracts that were 365 days a year 12 hour days because they knew they were retiring soon and wanted to save money and bump their pensions. They made up the majority of employees. As people retired there has been nobody to replace them. So now the company is able to, per the contracts, force them to work a 16 hour shift 3-4 times per week.
The younger employees, being the low seniority, were taking the brunt of the forces. They were pissed but there's nobody out there to hire. With labor shortages the company has it built into their business model now to abuse the contract and make the remaining people work 365 12hr shifts and several 16hr shifts every day.
Basically the old retiring workers screwed the young workers and the company took advantage of it.
With our aging work force and lack of replacement people I assume similar things are happening in other industries.