tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7157051350798517553.post9001692176046530997..comments2023-11-14T05:56:54.066-05:00Comments on MVM News: LOUISVILLE NEWS INVESTIGATES: TEMP JOBS GOOD FOR OUR COMMUNITY? I DISAGREELouisville News and Politicshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06304053439681295941noreply@blogger.comBlogger3125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7157051350798517553.post-15277022243368849852010-01-24T20:19:33.775-05:002010-01-24T20:19:33.775-05:00Well, to respond......I have no union background, ...Well, to respond......I have no union background, or any insight into unions short of an "outside perspective". My point of this article was simple, to show how temporary and seasonal jobs are replacing a large amount of our workforce in warehouses etc. And let us not forget, unions are what SAVED us in the long run, back when we had no rights in the workplace, long hours, small pay, no benifits, and more importantly NO SAFETY. Unions are what put a stop to that. And while unions we're NOT the point of the story, they play an important part in the decline of our businesses. We have gotten rid of the negotiator for the employee. No one is fighting for better pay, benifits etc. And with healthcare being such a hot button issue right now, and unions being the entity that employees use to fight for those benifits, i'm shocked to see that you can't understand why this is such an important connection. And one more point, assuming that those dollars are used to re-invest, retool, upgrade etc, we are still using employees as slave-labor in my opinion. If an employee has no rights,and isn't allowed to fight for any rights, he is essentially a slave to that busines, and I for one do not remember that ever being a good thing for anyone except for the business. After all what is the point in setting employee guidelines, if you can just hire seasonal and temporary workers who are NOT protected by those guidelines? We have created a different class of employee, the lower-lower class.John Springstonnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7157051350798517553.post-81929651215653693342010-01-23T12:30:35.049-05:002010-01-23T12:30:35.049-05:00I have worked both sides as well so I understand. ...I have worked both sides as well so I understand. I think you may want to reread this article as it essentially is saying that using temps for a primary work force is destroying the work force itself.<br /><br />Additionally, this article is not written by me as you can see from the byline.<br /><br />Thanks for writing.Louisville News and Politicshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06304053439681295941noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7157051350798517553.post-42920522174292495082010-01-23T09:54:45.768-05:002010-01-23T09:54:45.768-05:00I've worked both hourly and salary positions -...I've worked both hourly and salary positions - in both environments I worked/work hard, and consider both to be 'real work'.<br /><br />Some of the non-rights (401K, sick/vacation leave, insurance) you describe are actually benefits, so I'd argue that your choice of words lean more to the union rhetoric and less to the facts.<br /><br />You imply that the companies are greedy and making windfall profits. Assuming some of your math is correct, could some of those dollars be used to reinvest, expand, retool, and to make other competitive improvements? If so, you should at least acknowledge that that may matter and be to everyone's benefit.<br /><br />I often agree with what you have to say, but this time I repectfully disagree - and would suggest that your union bias has gotten the better of you on this one.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.com