"Turns out you can’t get fired for arguing with Stan. And they said we can’t recriminate against you so you’re still going to cover the World Series next month. But I do have to write a nasty letter about you for your file.As the blood returned to my head Sam started laughing again. You should have been there. He was still loaded. The shop steward – for the whole building, not just for Audio – he cut him to pieces. And he got so agitated that the Personnel Director sent him home. Not the shop steward, the boss! Sent him home with a warning and a letter in his file too. Apologized to the union guy. Oh it was wonderful, we shoulda sold tickets.”Keith goes on to explain how the unions protect workers from bosses who simply get angry and fire workers without due process and because of the unions, workers in nonunion jobs now have protections that keep them from being fired without proper procedure being followed. But there is more! Because his personal story and his support of unions is hardly his only point!
KO is goes on to make the point that Wisconsin was the O.K Corral for the battle against unions because this was the place that Republicans chose to have their shootout. Fifty years ago, Wisconsin was the first state to provide collective bargaining rights to workers exactly 50 years ago.
But don't take my word for it! Visit Keith's new blog and read it for yourself, I've hardly touched on all the good stuff in the article and the other things he has there!!!
2 comments:
Hey, thanks! I hadn't a clue. Love the blog title!
It's great to see him at it, even just in print! And, thanks! It is a nice title, isn't it?
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