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trashy union robocalls

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Started 9 months ago by onederfullone
Latest reply from teigyr

onederfullone

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"Inexperienced drivers will be on your streets, please keep your children and pets inside"

lmao.

Picket and rant, you will be replaced.

Posted 9 months ago #
SeaSpider

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Class acts, them Teamsters!!

Posted 9 months ago #
allisonw

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As a union member, that embarrasses the crap outta me.

Posted 9 months ago #
teigyr

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I saved it :) Keep the children inside, call the police if these unskilled drivers do anything wrong.

Posted 9 months ago #
onederfullone

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The grandkids will want to hear it. I promise.

Posted 9 months ago #
ballardmike

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Foolish move by the union's PR people... or was it?? Maybe it is a plant by Waste Management to discredit the union? CLEVER!!!

Posted 9 months ago #
onederfullone

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grasping...and from a union guy, not so brilliant...

Posted 9 months ago #
ballardmike

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The PR people?? Myself am not a union member.

Posted 9 months ago #
onederfullone

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sheesh, sorry dude, my bad.

I mistook you for your rhetoric, which seems very consistantly pro union.

I get mistaken for my rhetoric all the time, fwiw.

Posted 9 months ago #
ballardmike

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Funny how one can be pro-something yet not a part of that thing huh?

Posted 9 months ago #
onederfullone

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I'd like to ask how you could be for something that doesn't benefit you at all, but I like Santa Clause and the Easter Bunny, I just don't count on them for anything...

Posted 9 months ago #
Edog

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Mitt Romney is rasing money for his election in foreign countries! Billionaire Bond Villians are funding their own nationwide campaigns to the tune of millions of dollars. And you are p*ssed about some union robocaller?

Posted 9 months ago #
Mondoman

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Edog - all robocallers are poopin' evil! (see other recent threads here)

Posted 9 months ago #
great idea

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""Inexperienced drivers will be on your streets, please keep your children and pets inside"

lmao."

watch oneder's kitty gets squashed by a scab driver.

that would be really evil Karma for sure.

Posted 9 months ago #
RichY

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I just received a nice call from SPU, stating that I can use the transfer station for free for up to 6 bags of garbage and that pickup may resume Wed.

Posted 9 months ago #
eric

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i had a robo-message on my machine when i got home from work (yes, i do indeed still have an answering machine...) but immediately stopped/deleted it when i realized it was an annoying robo-call.

just saw some headline about the hiring of "perminent replacement drivers"...

just want to add: GI, maybe i'm a little sensitive since my own pet was lost recently, and i realize that not everybody likes everyone else, but that comment about onders' cat is out of line. out of character also, i think, for what i see you post regularly. pretty nasty, dude.

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great idea

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trust me--I wouldn't even wish that on oneder.
his pet has gone through enough just living with him.

however his flippant LMAO comment would seem to catch up with him sooner or later.
I'm sure he's shrewd enough to keep her inside, perhaps at gunpoint.

Posted 9 months ago #
eric

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alrighty then. carry on.

Posted 9 months ago #
great idea

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sorry if it was offensive, nonethesless.

I truly debated hitting the 'send post' button after writing.
evil great idea was perched on my shoulder and pinched me spock-like until I clicked.

Posted 9 months ago #
ballardpilot

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Agree this was a stupid move by the union. I'm generally very supportive of labor unions. Not a member of a union myself, but it's pretty obvious to me that in general unions are a good thing, helping to offset a little bit of the huge natural advantage that large corporations have over their workers. So I'm inclined to side with the union in most cases - not always, but it's my default position.

All robocalls are annoying. This one was really stupid. Bad call, guys, this tactic hurts you a lot more than it helps you.

Posted 9 months ago #
dsomers

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I agree with you Ballardpilot.

We will watch out for you little kitty 1der! No evil gi will get near her!!

D

Posted 9 months ago #
Corvus

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Anyone with a CDL can drive a garbage truck. The only other training I can see would be knowing the route and maybe how to properly document when you refuse to pick up someone's garbage or charge extra.

I, too, am by default pro union. Byond that, refer to Ballard Pilot's post. I couldn't agree more.

Posted 9 months ago #
onederfullone

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It was nice when unions were easy to support. Now, we get to qualify our support.

I'm not so qualified, or intelligent, to blindly support these idiots.

I guess the 'shellacking' of 2010, or the Scott Walker recall of 2012, or the NLRB masturbating over Boeing's expansion gives me some reason to be hopeful, but this IS Seattle, home to all manner of nonsense.

My default position is, get to work, or be replaced.

Oh, Jay Inslee, you already quit your job. Bye Bye.

Posted 9 months ago #
Corvus

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"My default position is, get to work, or be replaced."

I totally agree. Waste Management should get to work or be replaced.

Posted 9 months ago #
onederfullone

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touche, I've seen a few trucks today.

Change can't happen overnight, except you, of course.

Posted 9 months ago #
lifeisamazing

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Does anyone know what they get paid and what they want? I know I wouldn't want the job so I'm assuming getting paid quite a bit to do it would be fairly reasonable.

Posted 9 months ago #
teigyr

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From what I was hearing, the average total compensation was/is $98,000. That's including employer paid benefits, of course. There was also quite a bit of OT involved too. The recycling people made approx $9-ish/hr less than the garbage people and therein lies the strike. The garbage people were striking in solidarity. I don't know how they worked it (ie seniority? You could "upgrade" your position?) as far as who worked where unless you were hired into a certain position. If you were hired in, I guess you'd know the salary and the discrepancy and in theory, you'd be ok with it because you accepted the job.

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