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«Oldest ‹Older 401 – 591 of 591i dosen't take long around here to get senority because eveyone either quits or gets fired. so if you want to keep working here and actually like and enjoy this work lets vote yes and be able to think about retiring here. or you can just work here for "now" until you need more money and go on to bigger and better things when in all actually this is a state of the art changelling job where there shouldn't be many openings and people should be lucky (like fairpoint, and cmp to get in
winslow, for a better future (at least half of us that is)"yeh i'm talking to all you preachers we have"
It sounds like we have alot of PRO UNION scrappers on this . our next meeting ought to have a good turn out .
15 years with the company and only 32,000 . sounds like we have people with a reason to fight for a unionized work place .
the next meeting will tell us how much fight we have in us .
32,000 is less than half of what a phone worker makes with less time on the job .
time warner has shafted us long enought .
If your tired of feeling like a number call my number .
brent marr
423-2998
big bisness has been making big profits off small people for long enought . time to get a fair deal .
ot king portland
no more song and dance from keith paul and phil . time warner pay and work loads suck and they know it .
one more unhappy lewiston tech .
It seems since Mr. Ripa has taking charge of tech ops, things have gone too hell. I remember b4 him things were fine. no union talks nothing. So twc higher ups what does that tell you. we are only as good as our leaders. if not union then please higher a new regime............
A note too all of you Brent haters. Brent has been doing cable before most of you were born. He has nothing too gain other than protecting the future of our techs. He does not want techs 10 years from now going through the bull shit that we all go through today. I'm proud to work with him and proud of him for what he is trying to accomplish. Brent is the only one with the balls too stand up to one of the biggest companies in the world. So my question is... What are all you Brent haters doing to better out jobs? I can answer it for you. NOTHING!!!!!!. Brent you the man.. keep up the good work my friend. vote union hell yah!!!!
What do you think.we are all stupid?You expect us to believe a tech who has been here 15 years makes less than 15.50 an hour and gets no overtime or standby or commisions all year.lets get real and stop spreading pro union lies!
thats no bs man. Thats what I make. when you start out at 7 bucks a hour. 15 years ago. sad when the starting pay has only gone up 4 dollars in 15 years. 10 years of it we had no career path to earn extra pay.
aman i have personally met brett and he is a calm and melow guy, he did nothing to persuay my vote just stated past facts, if he's getting paid congrats, "even thou i highly dought it" brett thank you for fighting for whats right and lets fight as a group of under compesated lineman. spell check that 37 errors fuck you?
Brent, I appreciate you're efforts and look forward to getting this union in here. Just over 5 years here and sick of BS from managemeant. I to have been promised raises for takeing books only to have the "path" change and not recieve a raise. I work 2 jobs to support my family. Managemeant sucks. Any new moron techs that haven't gotten a clue you won't be here long if you think its a fair shake here.
LEE, Maine - China will host four Lee Academy satellite schools, with possibly five more in South Korea, and those ventures will help fund a $2 million renovation of the town campus, Headmaster Bruce Lindberg said Wednesday.
Lindberg signed agreements with Chinese authorities to create campuses in Shenzhen, a subtropical port city of 12 million in southern China just north of Hong Kong; Shijiazhuang, a northern city of 9 million southwest of Beijing; and Chengdu, a city of 11 million just south of the center of China.
The schools are scheduled to open in September 2009.
The private academy’s contract to create the first American high school on the Chinese mainland in Wuhan, a city of 9.1 million 500 miles north of Hong Kong and 600 miles south of Beijing, was signed in April. That school will open in February.
Symptomatic of China’s efforts to become an economic world power and Lee Academy’s desires to grow - at a time when many Maine public schools are shrinking in budget and population - the four schools will each have populations of 400 to 600 Chinese students within three years, Lindberg said.
"They want to have American schools in their cities as an opportunity for their students," Lindberg said Wednesday of the Chinese officials with whom he has dealt. "It’s not something that we even have to try to sell. We didn’t approach the Koreans. They approached us because they heard about what we intend to do in China."
A private academy founded in 1845, Lee has contracts with local school boards to educate students from SAD 30, which serves Lee, Springfield, Webster and Winn. The school also serves students from Greenbush, Kingman, Topsfield, Vanceboro and the Passamaquoddy Tribe of Maine. Tuition, room and board is approximately $26,000 per year for seven-day boarding students.
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BROOKSVILLE, Maine - A local toddler walked away from a fall out of a third-story window Monday afternoon.
Nineteen-month-old Aidan DeBeck, the son of Sara and Christopher DeBeck, fell an estimated 25 to 30 feet from a playroom window at his home on Harborside Road, but aside from a little soreness and a few tears, he’s doing fine, his mother said.
Sara DeBeck said Aidan’s adventure began sometime after 2 p.m. Monday, when she put him down for a nap.
The DeBecks are doing some remodeling, so his regular second-floor bedroom is filled with furniture. Aidan has been sleeping in a playpen in the playroom on the third floor, Sara DeBeck said Tuesday.
"I put him in the playpen, which he’s just started climbing out of," she said. "He wasn’t really sleepy, so I gave him some books, put the gate up and turned on the monitor."
DeBeck then went downstairs to check on her 3-year-old daughter, Grace.
Listening to the monitor, she heard Aidan climb out of the playpen, but he seemed to be playing quietly.
She was about to check on him when she heard a thump.
"I asked my daughter if she made the sound," DeBeck said. "She said, ‘no.’ I could hear him crying, but in the monitor it sounded far away. Then I noticed the curtain from the room was lying on the ground."
DeBeck then realized that her son had either pushed through the screen of an open window or fallen through it. She estimated he fell 25 to 30 feet from the third-floor window and landed on the patchy grass in the yard below.
And then, he got up.
"He was crying. But he had gotten up and was walking around the side of the house," his mother said. Shaking, the distraught woman called her mother, who lives next door. A neighbor heard her shouting and came over. Then they called 911.
Dispatchers at the Hancock County Regional Communications Center called Peninsula Ambulance and the Brooksville Fire Department and put the LifeFlight helicopter service on alert. Fire Department personnel and paramedics arrived and, although Aidan appeared OK, they recommended taking him to the hospital as a precaution.
Because of Aidan’s age, the LifeFlight crew had not waited for a second call, and the helicopter already was in the air when the call came. They took young Aidan and his mother to Eastern Maine Medical Center in Bangor.
Again as a precaution, the staff at EMMC decided to keep Aidan overnight for observation. Later that night he was up and about, running around the pediatric unit at the hospital, his mother said.
"In the end, he had no injuries at all," she said. "It was just amazing."
Aidan was back at home Tuesday, none the worse except for a little soreness, she said. He has become something of a local star with the media interest in the incident. His uncle calls him a "superhero."
Tuesday evening Aidan had not yet taken another nap in the third-floor room, and it may be awhile before he does.
"We don’t know what we’re going to do about sleeping yet," Sara DeBeck said. "But he’s not going to be in that room alone ever again. Not with the window open."
Aidan is an active, curious child, his mother said, but he has never done anything like this before.
"I said his curiosity got the best of him this time," she said.
She said she’s just happy everything turned out all right.
"I call him a rock star," she said. "Then I told him never to do anything like that ever again."
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A of Bangor, ME - 08/13/08
Why should she have to pay lifeflight back when the paramedics on the ground had already determined that this wouldn't be needed? Thank goodness Lifeflight is there and didn't want to waste the time to make sure they were needed, but asking the family to pay for their decision to not wait seems a bit extreme. They got there, determined it wasn't needed but offered to fly them to the hospital anyway, seems like a we're going that way anyway, hop in scenario to me. I'm sure the whole family is just very grateful that this turned out as well as it did.
J of DOWNEAST, ME - 08/13/08
Holy cow I can't believe the comments. Maybe that is just the family's way of dealing with the stress..... This could happen to anyone.... He was in a playpen, she heard him climb out and was going up to check on him. Who know he would get up on hte window and push on the screen. They are very lucky..... ans I am sure they will get the bill... don;t worry..
Jim of Amity, ME - 08/13/08
She should have to pay the emergency and LifeFlight fees 100% for being so stupid!You cannot trust a monitor!Just ask Eric Clapton-I'm sure he would give up every nickel he has to have his child back!
wendy of hancock, ME - 08/13/08
mom and family might want to lay off calling this kid rockstar and superhero, unless of course they want a repeat performance by their little Mighty Mouse. accidents happen but reinforcing them with fun words like superhero probably isn't the best idea.
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Wednesday, August 13, 2008
LINCOLN, Maine - Social service and community organizations at Ballard Hill Community Center will face a nearly double yearly lease increase starting next month as the town seeks to defray rising utility costs, town officials said Tuesday.
Holden fills position on school panel
Wednesday, August 13, 2008
HOLDEN, Maine - Onetime SAD 63 school board member Mario Teisl was selected from of a field of three to fill a one-year board vacancy, Town Manager John Butts said Tuesday.
Millinocket: Playground fire charge against Millinocket boy
Wednesday, August 13, 2008
MILLINOCKET, Maine - A 14-year-old boy was arrested Tuesday in connection with a deliberately set fire that caused $43,000 in damage to the town's volunteer-funded creative playground on July 9, police said.
Rising fuel costs move Bangor to approve increase in taxicab flag fees
Wednesday, August 13, 2008
BANGOR, Maine - Volatile gasoline prices prompted city officials to allow Bangor’s taxicab drivers to increase their 'flag fee,' the amount charged for the first sixth of a mile, from $1.50 to $2.50.
Lee Academy to create 3 more schools in China
Wednesday, August 13, 2008
LEE, Maine - China will host four Lee Academy satellite schools, with possibly five more in South Korea, and those ventures will help fund a $2 million renovation of the town campus, Headmaster Bruce Lindberg said Wednesday.
Lincoln: Fundraising pays for rescue boat
Tuesday, August 12, 2008
LINCOLN, Maine - Whenever the Lincoln Fire Department needs to rescue somebody from a body of water, it usually relies upon what it can commandeer from firefighters or passers-by, Deputy Fire Chief Hervey Clay said Monday.
Katahdin schools to explore consolidation
Tuesday, August 12, 2008
WOODVILLE, Maine — The Katahdin region school systems will explore forming one school system, but the town school committee won't yet commit to it, Chairman Steve Fleming said Monday.
Youth charged with Millinocket playground fire
Tuesday, August 12, 2008
MILLINOCKET, Maine - A 14-year-old boy was arrested Tuesday in connection with a fire that did $43,000 damage to a volunteer-funded playground at the town recreational complex on July 9, police said.
Medway to lend snowmobile club $25,000
Saturday, August 09, 2008
MEDWAY, Maine - The Board of Selectmen will meet Monday to vote on a final contract for a $25,000 loan to a local snowmobile wclub to cover purchase and repair costs associated with a new trail groomer.
Millinocket councilor to bow out
Saturday, August 09, 2008
MILLINOCKET, Maine - Saying he needs to devote more time to his proposed $65 million ecotourist resort, town businessman Matthew Polstein will finish his third term but not run again for his Town Council seat in November.
Lincoln: No vote yet on town office
Saturday, August 09, 2008
LINCOLN, Maine - The Town Council will discuss but not vote Monday on whether to move the town office to a portion of a proposed senior citizen housing complex at the former Lake Mall site on Main Street because the lease agreement isn't ready, Town Manager Lisa Goodwin said.
Orrington: Runaway cows causing ruckus
Saturday, August 09, 2008
ORRINGTON, Maine - The suspects are breaking out basically every day and they’re repeat offenders.
Highway now bears name of Maine philanthropist
Saturday, August 09, 2008
DEXTER, Maine - A highway in central Maine now bears the name of a prominent Maine philanthropist who died last fall at age 93.
Medway hopes to draw 700 to Aug. 9 canoe event
Friday, August 8, 2008
MEDWAY, Maine - The meticulous, time-consuming but dying art of canoe making will be the featured draw at the Katahdin Area Wooden Arts-Canoe Festival on Saturday.
Springfield: Electric co-op makes an offer
Friday, August 8, 2008
SPRINGFIELD, Maine - Electricity rates might not be going up for Eastern Maine Electric Co-op customers, but the company still is worried about the future.
Brewer: CO poisoning victim improving at hospital
Friday, August 8, 2008
BREWER, Maine - One of the two women found unconscious earlier this week from breathing carbon monoxide gas that seeped into the apartment they were staying in has left the hospital and the other one is greatly improved, according to a relative of one of the women.
East Millinocket: Fire damages machine a mill
Friday, August 8, 2008
EAST MILLINOCKET, Maine - The No. 5 paper machine at the Katahdin Paper Co. LLC mill was shut down for more than two hours Wednesday night when fire damaged a motor on the machine, firefighters said Thursday.
Lincoln: Council to discuss town office move with Penquis
Thursday, August 07, 2008
LINCOLN, Maine - The Town Council will meet Monday to decide whether to move the town office into a proposed Penquis building on the former Lake Mall site that would cost as much as $6 million, officials said Wednesday.
Millinocket: History buff writes book for Images of America series
Thursday, August 07, 2008
MILLINOCKET, Maine - When he first joined the Millinocket Historical Society, David Duplisea had no idea that his membership would lead to his becoming a published author, but the book he produced would be perfectly at home at the Boom House museum.
Bangor: Natural gas contract for county courts, jail signed
Wednesday, August 06, 2008
BANGOR, Maine - Penobscot County commissioners on Tuesday signed a three-year contract with Bangor Gas Co. to supply natural gas to the courthouse, jail and the 3rd District Court building.
Hampden: Incident leads to felon's arrest
Wednesday, August 06, 2008
HAMPDEN, Maine - A convicted felon wanted in Maryland on theft charges was arrested late Monday night after running from a residence on Manning Mill Road, according to Hampden Police Chief Joe Rogers.
Bangor finalist for excellence award
Wednesday, August 06, 2008
BANGOR, Maine - Bangor has made it to the final round of judging for a 2008 Award for Municipal Excellence from the National League of Cities in partnership with CH2M HILL, an international engineering and construction firm.
Old Town reopens City Hall site search
Wednesday, August 06, 2008
OLD TOWN, Maine - The City Council rejected a bid Monday night to start work on the Earland Sleight Training Center building, effectively reopening the search for a new location for City Hall.
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Friday, August 1, 2008
EAST MILLINOCKET, Maine - Twenty-eight years after her daughter's slaying, Pamela McLain has had one of her wishes granted. Word that renowned forensic pathologist Dr. Michael Baden has agreed to exhume the body of Joyce McLain and perform a second autopsy came about noon Friday in a telephone call from Baden himself, McLain said Friday in a telephone interview.
Orrington dam construction under way
Friday, August 1, 2008
ORRINGTON, Maine - Work on replacing the deteriorating Meadow Dam with a new fishway dam is under way and will be completed this fall, Orrington Town Manager
Buyer Caveo Iugum es pro furtificus quod politicians they mos rapio vobis. Forsitan a ordo factum cause per non iugum folks obviam pro iugum folks could redintegro is
Forsitan Mr Matrimonium would exsisto interested in a novus officium Domus depot est Hiring
The above and below suggestions are being made In Latin ( I certainly hope you can get it translated..
Mr Matrimonium iam ut vos ego veneratio has dwindled ut nusquam quod oppinion of vestri co opus does non respicio altissimus recomendation , Vos Must Meditatus negotium procul a Iugum shop quoniam nos es non vobis. Nequequam
Special thanks to the IBEW for thier Interest but we collectivle as a group no longer to have Mr Marr as our representation In these matters.
Go Away BRENT MAR FROM PORTLAND
Quit now or get canned later
Fuck Off Brent Matrimonium Nos haud Diutius opto vos ut reddo nostrum humus Huic Iugum Nuntius , In posterus mos mos peto probabilis radix ut can facile producto produxi productum a ultum melior placitum
Cease and Decist Immediately as we as a group have decided you are not a leader.
TIME WARNER CABLE IS THE INDUSTRY LEADER AND THEY ARE FANTASTIC......
i AM THE ANTI UNION AND i APPROVE OF THIS MESSAGE
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Nunc est bibendum: Now it is time to drink
Obesa cantavit.-The fat lady has sung.
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Obesa cantavit.-The fat lady has sung.
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Nice comments you loser..way to waste space on the site..You wonder why people hate the way you guys do things on here. Vote yes on a better work place. Go home
your a fucking dork, do back to playing video games and let us worry about our future a a better life for are fellow brothers. vote yes unless you want to be a 40 year old virgin like pedro over there.
"work hard play hard thats the life"
Why do we need a UNION??? Example: After recieving the new career path I noticed wallfishing was a bump in pay. Seeing how I've done these for the last 4 years I asked my sup for the raise and stated I would not be doing them untill I recived the bump in pay as outlined in the companies new path. I was first written up for being a bad tech??? Then told I would be fired if I refused to continue doing the wallfishes. I also became cert. Over night without takeing any of the training that was outline in TWC's path I became wallfish certified. Without the raise of course. Fuck managemeant and there bullshit. If you think we're being treated well you haven't worked here more then 6 months and been on-call.
what carrer path was that.... wait they just changed it again.... That book thats takeing you the last 9 months to complete on you're own time, yeah we changed that sorry LOL
Sink or Swim my brothers... I prefer too swim. I have been here far too long and witness the bull shit over and over. It never gets better. You green horns don't know any better. If things don't change you will be in our shoes in 2 years. Thats if your still here working. Wake up why do you think techs quit all the time. They don't hate there job, they hate the way there job is run. Management knows things are all screwed up. There running around with there heads cut off trying to make things better for us. Well, it's far too late for that. I have seen this song and dance too many times. There answer is we will give you the world too make you happy. But what they don't tell you is they strip it away from you once the union talk goes away. That is a fact boys...... Lets make our own decisions, lets unite together. SINK OR SWIM?????
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DESPERATELY SEEKING UNION
Any one who has been here more than a year has seen and heard the BS from management .
the non union techs are the new guys that have not lived much to see the truth .
union now if you want a fuure .
ot king portland
is this company trying to piss us off even more by pretending it's not about the money and fairness? equal oppurtunity my ass?
big meeting ahead , need as many techs as posible to be there .
now is our time to show guts and determination .
any thing worth wile takes effort .
victory or defeat will be up to us .
brent marr
423-2998
What is in it for Brent? Ask yourself why he is so adament about people calling him. He has been here forever and he is still here. His house is paid for and he is pretty set for a while. If we go on strike is he hurting like we are with bills and a family. What will the IBEW do for us if we are out for any length of time? Ask the phone workers how much money they got during their strike a few years back, I hear they had to find other jobs rather then try and survive on $20.00 every day they showed up to picket. Ask yourself if you are set for a month or two with no paycheck. Sorry voice of reality.
is it worth losing your work from home. using your own gas to travel back and forth from work.
Is it worth it paying for your cable. etc...
I have had a 4% raise the last 6 years I have been here. thats more than we will be offered by the union.
I'm thinking of all the extra money i lose going union. union dues. filling my own tank, paying for cable. etc..
A dollar raise from a union doesnt cover even half the expensives. you all complain about money. well think how less you will have when you have too pay for all that.
I'm not anti union. I'm just confused how we will gain anything..
just my thoughts
Brent, noone has called me in a while. When and where?
You will not loose your work from home. This saves the company money in the long run. Why do you think they have this place anyways.
We would loose our work from home. What makes you think the company wouldn't take that away just to show you one of the many benefits you are loosing. This is an awesome benefit, I remember I was paying over $60.00 a week in fuel just to drive back to the town I lived in. TWC would not even bat an eye to make us take our own vehicle into work. Don't forget, big companies have big lawyers as well as big accountants that know the ins and the outs of tax right offs. This is another unforseen expense that the tax attorneys learned in accounting 101, they will benefit from this. Brent, what do you think? We're looking for direction here. I'm leaning toward chnging my vote at the next meeting.
Whats the chances they wont take the trucks away anyways. With the gas prices so high, the company 1 day might just say..NOPE not anymore. Same way with everything thing else too without a contract. The compnay can do whatever they want whenever they want.
Look at the contracts around the building and ask yourself why other time warner divisions voted the union out. Call some of those divisions talk to the employees and you will see what the union didn't do for them.
when?where? is the next meeting. I have alot of questions I need answered. this is serious shit that will affect lives. I just read online that Utica New york. took 4 years too get a contract signed with Time Warner. 4 f-ing years. thats 4 years with no raises absolutely nothing for 4 years. That was only 35 techs as well. I want this union. but jesus i cant wait 4 years too get what i want.......
oh great and all knowing brent show me the light how much is this unon bull shit going to cost me? we'll gain a buck and cost us four or five with the loss of benifits and three to four years of raises I'd have to be a stupid jerk to put my trust in you LOL
If we don't go union does brent have to pay back the headhunting $200 per back? not my head vote no
keep in mind. Brent didnt start all this. Techs came to him because he is a veteran in this industry. He has seen it all and witness it all.
I'm sure bremt is a fine guy but how much is all this going to cost us when we are bargining for a buck and loosing 4 in return this sounds like a lot of fresh horse shit to me how much how much how much will you be willing to loose?
How many of you guys have worked for a union? I have, listen to my story. I worked in a union shop, Local 406, Textile workers union of America. I started at this company and worked there for 9 months. another worker started 1 day before me. Layoffs were coming, the way a union works is you can "bump" somebody, you can take his job if you know how to do it. I got bumped by this one guy who I trained and working second shift. I ended up re-working his jobs during the day. When the layoffs started I was not way up on the food chain, I ended up bumping someone who was in inventory, just to keep my pay. Boy that was the worst, I was counting screws, one by one, you can't go too fast or someone will give you grief. This lasted for 2 weeks before I got bumped out the door by someone who had gotten bumped off his job. I ended up getting laid off and found another job after 2 months of unemployment. Where was my union? The job I got laid off from ended up calling me back, according to the union way, in order of seniority, 2 years later! I started working for cable and have been here ever since, haven't had a layoff, ever. Steady paycheck, a few glitches that need work, but someone is working on it. I know they are, what company wants to shut down operstions? None! If they shut down they loose money, no company is in business to loose money. Think about the positives and the negatives are going to come around. Patience, everything takes time in big companies.
how much you getting paid to write that piece. you talk to well and spell to well to be a tech. move on your bullshit is flowing through
I'm not getting paid anything. I've been in the real world and trying to let you know how it is. Most of the people on this blog haven't had any other job. Thank you for telling me I write well. The whole purpose of getting along in life is being able to communicate well, including written. I did go to technical college which required you to take an english course. If you can't handle that I'm sorry. The whole purpose of a union is solidarity, (oops another big word). Let me put it another way, getting along with your brother. Anyone who reads this and is listening to the negative comments coming from people like you, (you notice I didn't call you a loser like any one who disagrees with your point of view), hopefully will get both points being put forward. Sorry you can't handle the correct spelling of most of the words put in writing, maybe you should take a night school course. Either that or tell me which words to mis-spell so you can understand and I'll try harder. Thanks
you bore me. your no tech. I have been one for 15 years. Nobody, I know is so polite and such as you. you show me a proper tech and i will pull my pants down and run down johnson rd
If you have been here for 15 years, how can it be so bad? If it has been so bad for 15 years why are you still here? It can't be that bad. The company has problems and I might come over as being too polite but what is wrong with good manners? Why do I have to knock my fellow brothers down, all it does is make the fight for solidarity that much harder. What happens if the union does go through? Do you want to have an issue with other people that WON'T HAVE CHOICE, if the union goes through. Why all the negativity? Please explain. Excuse me, oh that was too polite, what the Fuck, what is worng with getting along and making sure all the people that will be affected have a voice? Explain.
I forgot to add, could you let everyone know when your going to streak down Johnson road so we can be there to take pictures? That would be awesome, maybe even post them in the monthly newsletter.
Well, I guess Mr. negativity went to bed, or passed out. So I guess I'm done for the night. I hope what I said made some sense. I don't want an arguement, I'm trying to state facts. The only negative responses I recieved that I could tell were from Pro-Union people. I hope that gives everyone an idea as to what to expect in the future, ask a few questions and no one gives answers. They would rather knock you down into submission. That's not my intentions. I wanted to make sure everyone knew their choices and make their own decisions. This goes to show what kind of solidarity you have to look forward to. This a former pro union employee saying vote no. Sorry, I am sure tomorrow when I read this there will be all kinds of ignorant remarks coming from the pro union people who can't handle some one that is disagreeing with them. That has been the trend. Sorry that is my feeling, I don't trust any of the pro union people, they tell lies and call you names when you don't agree. Very childish. Good luck on Wednesday, I won't be there.
[ RGU ] revenue generating units .
TWC has had an increase of 20% from last year .
did we get a 20% raise for our hard work ??? . nooo wayyy . we did the work and they got the money .
how long do we wait to get what is ours ??? .
a voice in our work place and respect from management .
big meeting ahead lets work together to gain improvements .
call me for more info .
brent marr
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this cable company has been around since 1975 and i dont recall any layoffs in that time .
how can we have layoffs if we are under staffed by 50 % .
time to work together .
brent marr
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call any time lets talk .
look at what working together has gotten us . are voices are being heard . is that not great ??? . twc has taken notice .
if we continue to work together we can have a voice in our work place and respect from time warner .
it is posible to have a job we can be proud of if we stick together .
brent marr
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call any time lets talk .
I come from a family of union members. Father uncles brother. I have been talking too all of them about this union push. Ofcoarse there all for it. All it took was my father too say, "look at what we have in life. Big houses nice cars money in the bank." Then I looked at what I have. 1 bed room apartment shit vehicle LOL money in the bank, ya that would be nice. They do have a better life and I know without a union they wouldnt be where they are today. My brother has been in the pipe fitters union for 7 years. 27 bucks a hour he gets paid. I been with warner for 8 years I dont even make 18 bucks a hour. Hello wake up Maine, it's time for a change
If we bargain for 3.5 to 4 percent raise every year I think that will accomplish nothing. if we are going too do this we need to go for broke. lets start at 4 percent to 6 percent. I dont want to fight for what we already have. I want to fight for what we dont have. I have nothing to lose for what i make a hour i could go flip burgers at McDonalds for a buck less a hour. with benes. overtime, shitty work conditions, no lunches so i can finish my work. Supervisors with attitudes (not all) lying management. it's a great job. I would love to sit in a office all day instant messaging jokes and watching tv. yup thats what they do. and get well paid for it. sign me up. This company caters only too its management and to hell with the real workers. I would love to go play golf once a year and get paid for it like they do. All there big luncheons. (company pays for). the list goes on and on. what do we get. nothing but lies and bull shit. Makes me feel great when I'm out working to 6 7 oclck everynight knowing that management is already home and sitting down with there families eating supper. We have too work late they should. We cannot put up with this anymore my brothers. We have to speak now and unite. It will never get better unless we do.
lets band together and break this cycle....
Former pro union now anti in Lewiston said...
Well, I guess Mr. negativity went to bed, or passed out. So I guess I'm done for the night. I hope what I said made some sense. I don't want an arguement, I'm trying to state facts. The only negative responses I recieved that I could tell were from Pro-Union people. I hope that gives everyone an idea as to what to expect in the future, ask a few questions and no one gives answers. They would rather knock you down into submission. That's not my intentions. I wanted to make sure everyone knew their choices and make their own decisions. This goes to show what kind of solidarity you have to look forward to. This a former pro union employee saying vote no. Sorry, I am sure tomorrow when I read this there will be all kinds of ignorant remarks coming from the pro union people who can't handle some one that is disagreeing with them. That has been the trend. Sorry that is my feeling, I don't trust any of the pro union people, they tell lies and call you names when you don't agree. Very childish. Good luck on Wednesday, I won't be there.
OK BRIAN WE GET IT. WE DON'T WANT YOU THERE ANYWAY. YOUR HAVE BEEN A HATER SINCE DAY ONE.....
Brian won't last thru the snow, go back inside retard
I love it, lets tart a hate brian in Lewiston group. Havent liked brian since day one. Go away dude.
Hey (Former pro union now anti in Lewiston)
Very well put brother,seems like every time someone comes on and says anything negative suddenly you must be management.I hope people are smart enough to read the contracts and find out the facts for themselves.Lets get this over with and get back our jobs.
Very anti union tech in Presque Isle
way up there in presque isle you must be a god with the 15 bucks an hour you make ehh? fuck off and get back to work keep working hard and tell me where that gets yah ? vote yes! unless your happy climbing poles and beating up your body for 20 bucks less than someone doing less on the same pole.
sincerly, one tech that has discoverd the truth about the company that lauches new products and dosen't compensate it's workers for installing them.
yeah lets get back to makeing a company grow and being treated like shit. yes pad those managers wallets and houses with things that we can only dream of owning lets climd into dirty basemeants and houses filled with dog shit while our managers tell us to get the job done and threaten to fireus if we don't do every outlandish request............... god knows we don't have choice right now
get fired up . get fed up and take action .
ignore management and the 6 month techs .
they know not what they talk about .
ot king portland
I think you pro guys who think you will ever get a contract anywhere near what Fairpoint gets are sadly mistaken.You vote the union in and wait a couple of years with frozen wages until you get a contract which will never make up for what all of us will lose.Don't be stupid vote no
Yeah your right about not seeing what fairpoint get now..Very true, it takes time and efforts to reach where their at. But if you happy with everything your vote is an easy one, just vote no. If you have hope in something and willing to work at it, its not going to be easy or free, but I belive we can get there overtime. Vote yes unless your a happy maint tech that probably sleeps most of the days under a power supply or in some field in windsor.
Yeah your right about not seeing what fairpoint get now..Very true, it takes time and efforts to reach where their at. But if you happy with everything your vote is an easy one, just vote no. If you have hope in something and willing to work at it, its not going to be easy or free, but I belive we can get there overtime. Vote yes unless your a happy maint tech that probably sleeps most of the days under a power supply or in some field in windsor.
we will never get a contract like Fair point you dumb ass... not right now. It takes time too get where they are. hell rome wasnt built in a day. They have been part of a union for many many years. Thats why they get a good contract. We are trying to build a better future not for today but tomorrow. I would say atleast 3 oo 5 years b4 we really start seeing a difference. Thats why we need to act now. It takes time to build what we all want in or jobs.....
This Brian guy is a managers wet dream. He thinks getting on here and posting his anti union shit will move him up in the company. Here is a idea work hard for once and stop being a ass kisser. I was told he has been a tech for 8 months. LOL thats funny, he hasnt even begun too see the suffering. So keep your anti union shit comming maybe you will be promoted to warehouse or something.. JACK ASS
It's funny to read what is printed as you watch all the pro union guys try to treat everyone like shit. Everyone is ganging up on Brian. Brian didn't write all the stuff you guys are reading and jumping all over. Does it bother you that more then one person has an opinion different then yours? Why do we need to fight and throw out dirogatory comments about fellow workers that we will need to be working side by side with? Leave Brian alone and listen to what is being said, I mean really analyze it. Make your own decision. Enough of letting Brent think for you. All of you are starting to sound like Jim Jones, he's the guy that started a cult and had everyone drink the punch. All of them died because they followed what he was selling. Think long and hard. Don't drink the punch until you know if its safe.
If there is no struggle there is no progress . those who profess to favor freedom , and yet depreciate agitation , want crops without plowing the ground . they want rain without thunder and lightning . they want the ocean without the awful roar of its many waters . the struggle may be a moral or physical struggle . but it must be a struggle .
power concedes nothing without a demand it never did and never will .
brent marr
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If we were working for a small time cable company i could undestand the the low wages but we are not . time warner is a world wide big and very profitable business .
when it comes time to do the work we are very much a part of the busness. but on pay day we are not treated as a valued employee .
all i want is fair pay and a fair work load .
we are told at every meeting how good a job we are doing and how the new england division is doing better than ever .
it is time for time warner to step up and treat us as they should have many years ago .
just because we want better treatment does not mean that it will happen by its self . it will require effort and a willingness to stand up and be counted and place enough presure on [twc] to gain these improvments in a contract .
brent marr
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call any time lets talk .
So I should continue working ten hour days, haveing dinner without my family and only really get a raise at the end of the year, ( carreer path is bull i'm allready doing the work give me the money ) Starting at 10 an hour 4% raise over the last 5 years. I'm really being paid what I'm worth, haven't used all my sick time over 100 hors on my slip and maintained a 90% QC rate or better 3 % folow rate. still under 15 an hour. I beleived managemeant when I though I was getting a fair deal, then I started looking at companies with unions that are going up the exact same poles in the same weather in the same town. Why should we be paid any different when we're doing the exact same thing ( does anyone need to watch sesame street ? ) I know we won't get 10 dollor raises over night but eventually we will get there do you really think verz or cmp started out at what the union reps have gotten them, of course not, but tell me who got them the wage they deserver??? who will get us the wage we deserve???? It's annoying when green techs come on here and post dribble sucking up to managemeant. The first vote is just representation if we don't like what they can get us then we don't vote them in, but lets give them a chance. Come to a meeting and ask Questions instead of slamming them here, they'll awnser what ever you ask.
low pay
heavy work loads
no respect
all it takes for these conditions to exist is for a few good people to sit back and do nothing .
we have all heard techs talk about .
low pay
forced ot
one bedroom apt
shit vehicle
phony carrier path
chump raises
[twc]s lies and empty promises
unreasonable work loads
big profits small pay checks
ETC ETC ETC .
when will it stop .
if you are tired of feeling like a number call my number lets talk .
brent marr
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Enough of letting Brent think for you.
YOU WRITE THIS AND GET ALL OVER BRENT. BUT WHEN SOMEONE GETS ON BRIAN YOU DEFEND HIM. WHATS THE DIFFERENCE. BY THE WAY YOU WILL THANK BRENT SOMEDAY FOR WHAT HE IS DOING......
enough is enough. too much bitching on here. Lets vote and get this over with. I know for sure the union is comming in. Damn it, it has too. The sooner we vote the quicker we get rid of these anti socialbles. lets do it....
My votes a YES too. SICK OF WAITNG, LETS Go. Shit or get off the pot
git- er- done vote yes for a better future p.s thanks bret for having the balls to give this company what it deserves, now let's stick together and then we can all make them pay us for the hard quality work we do!!!!!!!!
"no money less work"
I' am voting yes for one reason. my lame ass supervisor. how he got where he is, is troublesome. They promote these people because they can manage people. what a fucking joke. he couldnt supervise the 25 cent ride infront of the local walmart. Lets end this nightmare and vote in the union its the only way we can survive...
You say get all over Brent and defend Brian. I'm not defending anyone. But if you think about it and listen to his dribble, how come when someone asks for answers Brent comes back with some dribble picked out of a fancy quote book and no one knows what he is talking about. It sounds like a college fight song. Why can't he just answer the questions that are being asked, they are simple. I don't want to put my trust in an organization that won't answer your questions.
Git her done? again another senseless rant. These union clowns have completely suckered you In.I have found My time at aTime Warner to be very pleasant and non offensive.
I know a lot of the pro side is upset with work load , but that will not change as we are in a customer driven buisnss. By this I mean the customers we service need service and we provide it. That is all there is to it.
I read all complaints about varios managers and quota people I ask how many of you complainers have actually talked with them 1 on 1 about your specific Issues?
I can say there are few.. but not all.
Speak up professionaly and calmly to the managers, and you will be surprized with how they actually will help you..
This whole oorganization thing just seems to be more of Brent Marr's Personal agenda. Clearly not so much about workplace safety, enviornment, and wages
Brent Marr Are you inteligent enough to know how easy it is for us to see very clearly what your agenda is?
If you guy's can let go of some of the anger and rage you just may have a chance at redemption here.
Typically when a group of troublemakers stirs this kind of shit up, they will not regain the respect from managers and co workers for a very long time.
And where this type of dysfunction has come about previously we can certainly expect that the touble spots will be adjusted in some way when this all comes down..
As for this next statement I have pulled from above.
we have all heard techs talk about .
low pay
forced ot
one bedroom apt
shit vehicle
phony carrier path
chump raises
[twc]s lies and empty promises
unreasonable work loads
big profits small pay checks
ETC ETC ETC .
All of you woke up In the morning knowing full well what you are being paid and how many hours you will be expected to work, Right.
with this being stated you are all still here !!@@!!@!@!@!
why complain and gripe about it.
Make your choice work here and be a part of the Team, or mail your resume out to other places and look for a better enviornment.
Grow up Boy's Go to work do your Job and go home It is That simple
I am hoping to get the chance to Vote NO because, I personally know Time warner has been goo to me and my co workers since they aquired our systems
We have had enough stop it you do not have the support you need and we all Know it..
Brent Remember this GOD loves You because Somone has to
Git her done? again another senseless rant. These union clowns have completely suckered you In.I have found My time at aTime Warner to be very pleasant and non offensive.
I know a lot of the pro side is upset with work load , but that will not change as we are in a customer driven buisnss. By this I mean the customers we service need service and we provide it. That is all there is to it.
I read all complaints about varios managers and quota people I ask how many of you complainers have actually talked with them 1 on 1 about your specific Issues?
I can say there are few.. but not all.
Speak up professionaly and calmly to the managers, and you will be surprized with how they actually will help you..
This whole oorganization thing just seems to be more of Brent Marr's Personal agenda. Clearly not so much about workplace safety, enviornment, and wages
Brent Marr Are you inteligent enough to know how easy it is for us to see very clearly what your agenda is?
If you guy's can let go of some of the anger and rage you just may have a chance at redemption here.
Typically when a group of troublemakers stirs this kind of shit up, they will not regain the respect from managers and co workers for a very long time.
And where this type of dysfunction has come about previously we can certainly expect that the touble spots will be adjusted in some way when this all comes down..
As for this next statement I have pulled from above.
we have all heard techs talk about .
low pay
forced ot
one bedroom apt
shit vehicle
phony carrier path
chump raises
[twc]s lies and empty promises
unreasonable work loads
big profits small pay checks
ETC ETC ETC .
All of you woke up In the morning knowing full well what you are being paid and how many hours you will be expected to work, Right.
with this being stated you are all still here !!@@!!@!@!@!
why complain and gripe about it.
Make your choice work here and be a part of the Team, or mail your resume out to other places and look for a better enviornment.
Grow up Boy's Go to work do your Job and go home It is That simple
I am hoping to get the chance to Vote NO because, I personally know Time warner has been goo to me and my co workers since they aquired our systems
We have had enough stop it you do not have the support you need and we all Know it..
Brent Remember this GOD loves You because Somone has to
Go to a meeting and ask questions. Brent is here for support thats all. the union reps will answer your questions, they answered all mine. In my mind brent cant have the answers he has not been in a union. Thats why he is pushing people too go to the meeting. There you will get your answers. Keep in mind, twc management read this blog stuff. you actually think we would put stuff on here that we are going to do, so then they will try to counter it. This to me is a fight song forum. this is what we need.. come to a meeting and fire away, thats why we have them...
why gripe about it? you must push a pen for a living at TWC. The other 2 companies that occupy the same poles we do make 2 too 3 times more a year than us. Isnt that a good reason. Hell when its raining and lighting out, we are still climbing poles while the other 2 are sitting at the coffee shop. We are not being haters. You say it should be about safe work conditions. Go climb a pole in a lighting storm and see lighting hitting all around. It's sad to think that the disconnect is more important then my own life. We want respect thats all. I have gone to a manager about some things in my job duties. his answer was, do it or i will write you up for insubordiation. so tell me how do we react to managers that are like that. I will tell ya. frikan union thatrs how
if you say your time at TWC has been pleasant, you dont work in tech ops. must be in a different department. sad thing is, if managers and suck did listen to us, we would all be good today. they brought this on, it didnt happen overnight. this has been brewing for sometime. yup there being nice now, ofcoarse they are we are threateing union. see what it takes for them to realise we are people too we have feelings we have concerns. the only time they have ever listened to us, is when we have stirred up the union stuff. they brought it on, not us...
go for it guys. I cant go union in my department. wishe we could. I was thinking of becomming a tech, but seeing what you tremendous techs go through daily, no thanks. you all deserve better, good luck to you all. and thanks for making my job easier with all the good work you all do.......
work hard yes
work in bad weather yes
work over time when nesesary yes
work together yes
support the company yes
get along with my mangement yes
but only if i am payed well and respected .
dont piss down my leg and tell me its raining .
union yes ot king portland
If the union reps have all the answers lets hear them.Put them here or give us a web site.You guys that are pro union seem to hate TWC and all techs that don"t agree with you.We techs that don,t want the union (and I think there are plenty)need to tell Brent to shut up and let TWC try to take care of this.And don't let Brent tell you they can"t. I have 20 years in here too,and TWC has shown me all the respect that I have earned.Lets get together and tell these pro union guys to give it a break and shut up.OK ,Iexpect you pro guys to get on now and tell everyone that I am management or the biggest kiss in the world.Take your best shot
I got quite a chuckle when I read Brent's comment - I am really wondering who is helping him string us along? I've listened to Brent a number of times - he never impressed me So Brent who is helping you structure a sentence? It's getting mighty deep! Mighy Deep!
Someone other that Bret said - If there is no struggle there is no progress . those who profess to favor freedom , and yet depreciate agitation , want crops without plowing the ground . they want rain without thunder and lightning . they want the ocean without the awful roar of its many waters . the struggle may be a moral or physical struggle . but it must be a struggle .
power concedes nothing without a demand it never did and never will .
power concedes nothing without a demand it never did and never will .
time warner has treated you well for 20 years. Well its been time warner for only 14 years so you must of been here when it was portland public cable. I am honestly glad u have been treated fairly, however you havent done installs or service calls for oh, i would say atleast 10 years. i'm sure back then it was a great place to work. I hear the older techs all the time saying how fun it was 10 15 years ago. come back as a IR Tech for 2 months and i bet you will have a different opinion. If your treated well, your in construction or maintenance. you sure in hell arent a IR TECH. so dont judge us on what you dont do for a job today. i'm sure you love your bucket truck. just because you have had good relations in your job, doesnt mean we do. again start at the bottom like we are and you will be singing a different tune....
I got quite a chuckle when I read Brent's comment - I am really wondering who is helping him string us along? I've listened to Brent a number of times - he never impressed me So Brent who is helping you structure a sentence? It's getting mighty deep! Mighy Deep!
Someone other that Bret said - If there is no struggle there is no progress . those who profess to favor freedom , and yet depreciate agitation , want crops without plowing the ground . they want rain without thunder and lightning . they want the ocean without the awful roar of its many waters . the struggle may be a moral or physical struggle . but it must be a struggle .
power concedes nothing without a demand it never did and never will .
power concedes nothing without a demand it never did and never will .
ATLEAST BRENT HAS THE BALLS TO PUT HIS NAME ON HERE. ASSHOLE
As soon as someone disagrees with someone – the anger comes out. Just as you did in your response (anonymous) I choose to be anonymous as I don’t need the crap from an idiot such as you. If you disagree, make an argument and stop the name calling - ASSHOLE
I stopped by on my day off to see what was happening - I see that not much has changed. Blah - blah-blah
your still an asshole.
long live lewiston
20 years huh, so you must be making around 15 an hour.. And retirement..Im sure your right there going to retire in the next 35 years.. Good luck..Ive seen the ones go with 20 years of service.. Whos going to save your job when you can t do it anymore, how many people do you know that have reitred from here. Go back to your bucket truck and sleepy time under some power supply. Dream of being 70 and rolling out at 3 am for an outage. Hope you have a nice new wheel chair ramp.
7 years of this is enough . It is not gamefull employment when a person feels taken advantage of . I for one am in favor of a union helping us with the mess we are in . It dosent help to call each other names and argue .
7 years too long
portland I/R
This website was never made for the intent of arguement. We pro union people just dont understand how anyone can not want to try and make things better for us all. How can anyone say they like no lunches or to much work or being under paid. We just trying to make a difference. If you anti union think different, just watch us try to make a better future for us all. How can you not want to try, is it that better than Augusta? I understand that some of you are maint guys and the work is better than ever since you dont do any service and mostly left alone during the day. Good for you, but us little people that have been around for some time and continue to get pounded with work with no light in the tunnel and getting tired of it. And thinking of maint, there was a tech that just had his tablet stolen out of his truck in his own yard. Hes been here like 14 years, whats his fate since he is loved by management. Wasnt there a tech fired in portland for damageing his tablet? Lets see what happens.
I wonder where all the fuzzy math is coming from? Do your self a favor no matter what side you are on, get the facts. If you get at least 3.5% a year plus the career path you are well into the mid $20 range within five years - not to shabby. Give it some thought and put a pencil to paper no body can promise anything, the company or any union. If you believe in yourself and want to make a career, you can. If you want to be angry and unhappy, you can do that as well. It's really your choice - the only person you can trust is yourself - who do you believe in?
So you can get fired for a blogsite made with only friends about a cartoon person pissing on time warner, but anther guy can loose his tablet after being told by rippa to keep the vehicles locked at all time and still have a job? Wow, what can I do? Can I loose my truck?
Give it a go - would like to see what happens
Wow $21 after another 5 years..so thats around 13 years to be making $21 an hours.. Thats great money..Ive been here to long with this company and given them to many chances..Time to try something else. $21 in 5 more years is not going to be good money sorry
Wow $21 after another 5 years..so thats around 13 years to be making $21 an hours.. Thats great money..Ive been here to long with this company and given them to many chances..Time to try something else. $21 in 5 more years is not going to be good money sorry
Hey I just got a good raise today - did anyone else?
Ripa and his portland boys are a joke. So if I lose my tab I better not get canned.
You did? For what reason? A raise? Are you kidding me?
I like the work that i do but the money is not close to what it should be . have only been here for 3 years with no luck with carrier path or raises . dont want to end up like the guy that has 1 bedroom apt with shit vehicle .
union yes portland .
Brent, you keep talking about workload. When was the last time you had a tough workload. I am sure you are only concerned about me. If that is the case (and I am sure it isn't) you can stop because this company treats us pretty well. One of my friends was fired from TW and he deserved it! I hated to see it happen but he was wrong. I have not seen anyone mistreated by this company.
Once again I say NO THANKS.
So whats the punishment going to be for the maint in Augusta for loosing his tablet?.. Is anyone else aware of this?..I think its only fair to throw him under the bus like he did to jeremy douglass. Lets all see what happens to carvell cote.
isnt it time we bend over management and fuck em in the ass. cause they have been fucking my ass way 2 long.. we can make a difference. there raises cant compete with the union raises we would get. IF THE GUY IN AUGUSTA IS PRO UNION AND MANAGEMENT KNOWS IT THEY DEF WILL TERMINATE HIM, ONE LESS VOTE. TO BAD SO SAD..
VOTE YES WHATS THERE TO BE AFRAID OF
WE SHOULDNT HAVE TO DO A CAREER PATH TO MAKE GOOD MONEY. WHAT A FUCKING JOKE. NO BOOK TEACHES ME ANYTHING. I KNOW MY JOB GOOD, OTHERWISE I WOULDNT BE HERE. AND WHERE DOES A BOOK GET YA. I HAVE 14 YEARS HERE ALL WITH TIME WARNER , I HAVE 9 COARSES DONE. AND STILL CANT MOVE UP ANYWHERE. HELL I HAVE MORE COARSES DONE THEN THE SUPERVISORS AND MANAGERS. HOW THE FUCK DID THEY MOVE UP AND NOT ME. DONT LIE TO US AND SAY DO THE BOOKS YOU WILL GET PROMOTED OVER A TECH THAT DOESNT HAVE AS MUCH AS YOU. BULL SHIT I HAVE MORE DONE THAN THE LAST 5 IR SUPERVISORS THAT WERE HIRE. STICK YOUR CAREER PATH UP YOUR ASSES I WILL TAKE MY CHANCES WITH THE UNUIN.......
You should really get a grip. Your anger is deeper then your work environment. Good luck with this union fixing your problems pal.
Carrier path is a joke ask anybody that has been here for a year . we have learned our jobs by doing them .
twc should hand over the money .
no more bull and promises .
portland I/R
I have made a lot of money with our career path. I am not sure what this carrier path is that you speak of?
I've been here for a few more years than the idol brent. Does that mean i'm an idol also? I've seen the union shit come and go. I know alot of guys working for CMP and Verizon, who said that they don't work during bad weather? Who is working during a thunder storm here, I don't, never have and havent heard of anyone told to work in a storm. you want to make sure to get the facts before vote for something that will end up costing you more than what you get.
"PISS" ON TIME WARNER :) Hi guys. Sounds like things are still the same. All those Thursday meetings have gotten no where. It will never change. I just hope everyone will figure that out before it's too late. Hope everything else is going good for everyone. "PISS" guy
the reason you havent worked in bad weather is because you work behind a desk. nobody has more time then Brent. not as a tech in the field as of right now. stick to pushing your pen and instant messaging your co buddys during the day. let us worry about what is good for us. we made it this far on our own, no help from your types.. get a grip in life. enjoy your company paid lunch every week.
there is no excuse for not paying us good money . we do good work . we also put up with all that gos with the job . if this union push is not a success we will loose many good techs . the job i had before working at time warner treated me much better . maybe they will take me back .
did any one see the job posting in south portland ? . you can work at a call center ansering phones for 18 an hour .
time warner has turned into the burger king of the telecomunication business .
they hire young people with low pay and make big promises to them and then make excuses at raise time . they pile on the work and when techs complain they say if you dont like your job you can work some where else .
not a good way to treat good people .
fair point and cmp dont have these problems .
they belong to a union and we dont .
time to wake up .
cmp
fair point
florida light and power
ups
us postal service
scarboro police
portland police
bath iron works
united pipe fitters union
united auto workers
twc manhattan division
all unionized and all better off because of it .
union yes
union yes
union yes
big meeting today at 6:00 pm . time to step up and see what we are made off .
A friend of mine works at regional transportation [ drives a bus} . years ago they joined together and formed a union and when they came back from the barganing table they got there wages doubled .
there guts and determination payed off BIG .
OK, I've been sitting in the weekly meetings and watching all the childish behavior develop for some time now. You can paint any work day as black or as white as you want. Apparently, most of us have spent very little time in a competetive work environment...judging by the expectations discussed here. I'll just say this once and then slip back to my corner and go to work........It's when the work slows down and the phone stops ringing that you should get really nervous.....NO f%#$@ing labor union can stop the long lasting effects of that....but they can contribute to the situation happening......just ask the auto workers or the airline pilots. THEY ARE UNIONIZED!!!! And with each passing day, more and more are unemployed......think about it...............................................a lot.............
I woulod like to mgo tonight BUT I have to work my second job, pass the cards out let's do it
Did anybody get the thank you letter from timr warner saying thanks for your hard work during the storms over the past two weeks ? . I like it when my employer tells me i have done a good job .
but where is the beef ? .
IF i have done a good job pay me and save the lip service for some one else .
a pat on the back dont pay the bills . pay me what phone gets .
waiting too long in lewiston .
Anonymous said...
fuck all you non union kiss asses that are happy living paycheck to pay check, i'm not i work to hard and my job is to dangerous to fuck around with a monoply, vote yes stick together.
August 13, 2008 5:14 PM
Anonymous said...
i dosen't take long around here to get senority because eveyone either quits or gets fired. so if you want to keep working here and actually like and enjoy this work lets vote yes and be able to think about retiring here. or you can just work here for "now" until you need more money and go on to bigger and better things when in all actually this is a state of the art changelling job where there shouldn't be many openings and people should be lucky (like fairpoint, and cmp to get in
winslow, for a better future (at least half of us that is)"yeh i'm talking to all you preachers we have"
August 13, 2008 5:34 PM
brent marr portland said...
It sounds like we have alot of PRO UNION scrappers on this . our next meeting ought to have a good turn out .
15 years with the company and only 32,000 . sounds like we have people with a reason to fight for a unionized work place .
the next meeting will tell us how much fight we have in us .
32,000 is less than half of what a phone worker makes with less time on the job .
time warner has shafted us long enought .
If your tired of feeling like a number call my number .
brent marr
423-2998
August 13, 2008 6:34 PM
Anonymous said...
big bisness has been making big profits off small people for long enought . time to get a fair deal .
ot king portland
August 13, 2008 6:44 PM
Anonymous said...
no more song and dance from keith paul and phil . time warner pay and work loads suck and they know it .
one more unhappy lewiston tech .
August 13, 2008 6:48 PM
Anonymous said...
It seems since Mr. Ripa has taking charge of tech ops, things have gone too hell. I remember b4 him things were fine. no union talks nothing. So twc higher ups what does that tell you. we are only as good as our leaders. if not union then please higher a new regime............
August 13, 2008 7:07 PM
Anonymous said...
A note too all of you Brent haters. Brent has been doing cable before most of you were born. He has nothing too gain other than protecting the future of our techs. He does not want techs 10 years from now going through the bull shit that we all go through today. I'm proud to work with him and proud of him for what he is trying to accomplish. Brent is the only one with the balls too stand up to one of the biggest companies in the world. So my question is... What are all you Brent haters doing to better out jobs? I can answer it for you. NOTHING!!!!!!. Brent you the man.. keep up the good work my friend. vote union hell yah!!!!
August 13, 2008 7:13 PM
Anonymous said...
What do you think.we are all stupid?You expect us to believe a tech who has been here 15 years makes less than 15.50 an hour and gets no overtime or standby or commisions all year.lets get real and stop spreading pro union lies!
August 13, 2008 7:48 PM
What a fucking Joke...........
Complete nonsense posting here.
I am Voting Yes even with my raise
Rockland Loud and Proud
Agter today I will no longer read this nonsense
Are you guys retarded, don't feel like furthering your career by taking tests that should be easy for you since it's PERTAINING TO YOUR FUCKING JOB. Take the tests shut your mouth and enjoy the ride if not quit. An "at will" employer doesn't mean they can fire you "at will" it means that you can quit "at will" read into it or know your facts, union will cost you money and also hold you up from furthering your career. And from everything i've been reading it sounds like a lot of you want to further your career, so get off your asses and do something about it. Further your career and then spend time with your family if it's that important to you, personally i'm doing both at the same time it's called multi-tasking and I haven't had a problem with it for the time i've been here
Are you guys that selfish where you are willing to lose some of your best friends, co-workers, and in some cases family over something like this because you haven't chosen to take your own career in your hands and move up. Here's how I look at it, move up or move out it's up to you how you want to handle it. Union isn't going to get you further in your career it 's just gonna cost you money that apparently you don't have from what i've read, budget and be smart or it may cost you a lot more than you think.
I couldn't make it, anyone know how it went?
couldnt make it, yup second job, how was the meeting
I heard that the starting wage at twc went up from 11 an hr to 13 an hr . there is also a formula for the rest of us . but dont get to excited one tech only got 19 cents .
why do you think this wage increase happend ? . it took place because we as a group took action and stood together .
this is [ TWC ] attempt to buy us off .
if we got this imagine what we could gain at the union bargaining table !!! .
I for one want more than a small increase .
we need a living wage , good bennifits and good working conditions .
the more of us that stand together the better our chances are that we can gain these improvements .
dont sit back and wait for someone else to fix your work place problems .
GET INVOLVED .
p.s. the meeting last nite went very well .
BRENT MARR
423-2998 call any time lets talk .
"Anonymous said...An "at will" employer doesn't mean they can fire you "at will" it means that you can quit "at will" read into it or know your facts, union will cost you money and also hold you up from furthering your career."
That is incorrect. Being an "at will" employee (that is non-union) means that Time Warner can fire you "at will" as well as you can quit "at will." Read your Time Warner employee handbook. Its right there in black and white.
Why the scare tactics about being at will employee? I’ve been here for 14 years and have never seen anyone fired without a reason. In fact I’ve seen a number of people who should have been fired and for some reason it took management forever to get it done.
If we could all deal with facts, this site would be more beneficial so that rational people can make up their minds. To many people who appear to have an agenda and post stuff that isn’t factual – not all of us are drinking the cool aid.
First I want to say im very pro union. But with my little meeting for the career path and my little (I mean little) bump in pay will put me at $25-26 an hour in 2 years + as an istaller. I have more vacation than my friends at fairpoint. This is hard to maybe loose by going union. If its not about money, really, what are we fighting for. You guys in portland have made much more than us past Adelphia guys for some time. Please tell me more.
Not sure how you think you got to 25-26 dollars in 2 years. Be real
Because I have been here for 9 and make almost 19 now..
Because I have been here for 9 and make almost 19 now..
"15 years with the company and only 32,000 . sounds like we have people with a reason to fight for a unionized work place ." I've been here far less than that and make way more than that. Remember "Performance raises" are based upon your "Performance" if you don't perform you don't get a good raise. Maybe taking some initiative and pride in your job would help you out not some 3rd party that you think is gonna fight for you, remember the union is a business too, they aren't here to help they are here to make money.
So the one that thinks I need to "be real" We can go over the math if you want, but I was just asking a question.
I believe the company is making an effort and has been for a while. I think we are being impatient and shoud see what else comes our way. I look forard to the recognition I have been getting.
Hey Phil - great tactics come to our meeting tell us work load is too high and we are undrpaid, blah, blah. Give us a little bump in pay and hope we go away. So now what are you going to do about the real problem? Work load. When are we going to get the time we need to do the jobs the right anyway? I am sick of listening to the fucking same song and dance about my repeats. If you gave me enough time to do the job right they would be less.
You managers and up need a fucking reality check as you have no idea what goes on in these houses all you know how to do is push a pencil and tell us about all the installs you guys did when you were techs installing video only service. Get out in the fuckin field or at least listen to what your supervisors have to tell you. They know what the fuck goes on but you guys took away all of their control and now they are just there to take the fall when shit goes wrong. Oh yeah I remember the guy we had in augusta a few years back tell us we were low on the totem pole, bottom feeders in the lake. Made us all over here feel real good about ourselves. Oh yeah he is a manager go figure wicheback. We were ready to form a union then and we were still adelphia. This shit adds up and we don't forget shit like that. We want some respect and a lot of us tike pride in our work. put on a tool belt and show me how to do it in 12 points time you friggen morons. Yeah I have done it all I/R then maintenance then construction. nothing has changed same old shit. At least now that i am i/r i dont have a boss that screams at me. least we can now tell you how we feel about the way you run shit. your fan club is listening now. now we get stuff and we wont quit until we get more money and less work. brent i am with ya man. nice to see ya at the meeting
Hey MIKE ATnonymous.....did you ever wonder why no one missed you when you left I/R.....or maintanance......or construction....and here you are again...."so happy to be back" because those construction guys treated you so badly. You might want to take a good, long look in the mirror every once in a while. But first, get some cheese to go with your whine!!! You talk trash about everybody here...even some of us that stood up for you. One thing I'll thank you for...you've helped me decide where I stand and it ain't on the fence anymore.
I Did not write that, but I see that just because I had a question about something, thats cool. Im glad my own team could sell me out just because of a question. Thanks guys.
Mike - you are an idiot - Happy to see that you have you've shared this fact with the rest of the world. We were a baby when you worked with us in construction and your still a baby - grow up
n
Bump in pay was ridicoulous. thanks for the xtra 175 bucks a year. well 85 after taxes. I'm sure management got a bump in pay as well. They shouldnt. We need some new leaders, union or not....
Waited to long for this vote to happen, think everything has been smoothed over by the company for the moment and when the union is out of sight, the shit will hit the fan again.
175 bucks a year? Thats a little over .8 cents an hour. Is your math not so good? I got much more then .8 cents. Just another question because I feel I am being lied to over and over by people with their own agenda.
The Time has come!
May 30, 2008 10:50 AM
Anonymous said...
Time for what?
May 30, 2008 2:17 PM
Anonymous said...
The time has really come for this company to listen to us. Now that Timewarner has bought all the Adelphia properties in this area, we now have a lot more unhappy workers to stand behind us. We need to all stand together and we will see a better future become of this. Just ask my friends from fairpoint how they like their job, pay and benefits.
May 30, 2008 4:59 PM
Anonymous said...
http://www.comcastworkersunited.com/
We are not the only ones going through this..
May 30, 2008 7:46 PM
Anonymous said...
do want to end being the some of the lowest paid in the industry?
do you want to end being responsible for repeats beyond your control?
do you want to end unreasonable workloads?
do you want to bring safety practices to a dangerous job?
would you like to retire some day with a pension so you could enjoy your retirement?
would you like a voice in your workplace?
would you like to get the respect you deserve?
if we stand together we will have an opportunity to work towards all these things.
The Time for change has come!
May 31, 2008 8:36 PM
Anonymous said...
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KiA8V248WMM
May 31, 2008 9:58 PM
Anonymous said...
TOP 10 UNFAIR LABOR PRACTICES ACCORDING TO THE NATIONAL LABOR RELATIONS BOARD
#1. Your employer has no right to cause interference with the employee's right to decide whether or not they wish to have a union representing them.
#2. An employer can not interfere with the unions internal affairs. In general an employer should remain neutral during any organizing campaign.
#3. Meetings with the employee's as a captive audience, cannot be used by their employer as a forum or opportunity to criticize the union.
#4. An employer interferes with the affairs of a trade union when it prohibits the wearing of union pins in the work place.
#5. An employer initiating petition for employees to withdraw their support of a union is also deemed as interference and not allowed.
#6. Any employers communications with employees must concern business affairs and not unionization.
#7. Comments like "the employees would be better off without a union" amounts to interference and is not allowed under the law.
#8. An employer cannot issue a bulletin to employees that sends an implicit message that employees can obtain a wage increase without a union.
#9. An employer cannot say:
a) union representation will not benefit the employees
b) employees may speak about the subject with employer
representatives
The Time has come!
May 30, 2008 10:50 AM
Anonymous said...
Time for what?
May 30, 2008 2:17 PM
Anonymous said...
The time has really come for this company to listen to us. Now that Timewarner has bought all the Adelphia properties in this area, we now have a lot more unhappy workers to stand behind us. We need to all stand together and we will see a better future become of this. Just ask my friends from fairpoint how they like their job, pay and benefits.
May 30, 2008 4:59 PM
Anonymous said...
http://www.comcastworkersunited.com/
We are not the only ones going through this..
May 30, 2008 7:46 PM
Anonymous said...
do want to end being the some of the lowest paid in the industry?
do you want to end being responsible for repeats beyond your control?
do you want to end unreasonable workloads?
do you want to bring safety practices to a dangerous job?
would you like to retire some day with a pension so you could enjoy your retirement?
would you like a voice in your workplace?
would you like to get the respect you deserve?
if we stand together we will have an opportunity to work towards all these things.
The Time for change has come!
May 31, 2008 8:36 PM
Anonymous said...
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KiA8V248WMM
May 31, 2008 9:58 PM
Anonymous said...
TOP 10 UNFAIR LABOR PRACTICES ACCORDING TO THE NATIONAL LABOR RELATIONS BOARD
#1. Your employer has no right to cause interference with the employee's right to decide whether or not they wish to have a union representing them.
#2. An employer can not interfere with the unions internal affairs. In general an employer should remain neutral during any organizing campaign.
#3. Meetings with the employee's as a captive audience, cannot be used by their employer as a forum or opportunity to criticize the union.
#4. An employer interferes with the affairs of a trade union when it prohibits the wearing of union pins in the work place.
#5. An employer initiating petition for employees to withdraw their support of a union is also deemed as interference and not allowed.
#6. Any employers communications with employees must concern business affairs and not unionization.
#7. Comments like "the employees would be better off without a union" amounts to interference and is not allowed under the law.
#8. An employer cannot issue a bulletin to employees that sends an implicit message that employees can obtain a wage increase without a union.
#9. An employer cannot say:
a) union representation will not benefit the employees
b) employees may speak about the subject with employer
representatives
The Time has come!
May 30, 2008 10:50 AM
Anonymous said...
Time for what?
May 30, 2008 2:17 PM
Anonymous said...
The time has really come for this company to listen to us. Now that Timewarner has bought all the Adelphia properties in this area, we now have a lot more unhappy workers to stand behind us. We need to all stand together and we will see a better future become of this. Just ask my friends from fairpoint how they like their job, pay and benefits.
May 30, 2008 4:59 PM
Anonymous said...
http://www.comcastworkersunited.com/
We are not the only ones going through this..
May 30, 2008 7:46 PM
Anonymous said...
do want to end being the some of the lowest paid in the industry?
do you want to end being responsible for repeats beyond your control?
do you want to end unreasonable workloads?
do you want to bring safety practices to a dangerous job?
would you like to retire some day with a pension so you could enjoy your retirement?
would you like a voice in your workplace?
would you like to get the respect you deserve?
if we stand together we will have an opportunity to work towards all these things.
The Time for change has come!
May 31, 2008 8:36 PM
Anonymous said...
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KiA8V248WMM
May 31, 2008 9:58 PM
Anonymous said...
TOP 10 UNFAIR LABOR PRACTICES ACCORDING TO THE NATIONAL LABOR RELATIONS BOARD
#1. Your employer has no right to cause interference with the employee's right to decide whether or not they wish to have a union representing them.
#2. An employer can not interfere with the unions internal affairs. In general an employer should remain neutral during any organizing campaign.
#3. Meetings with the employee's as a captive audience, cannot be used by their employer as a forum or opportunity to criticize the union.
#4. An employer interferes with the affairs of a trade union when it prohibits the wearing of union pins in the work place.
#5. An employer initiating petition for employees to withdraw their support of a union is also deemed as interference and not allowed.
#6. Any employers communications with employees must concern business affairs and not unionization.
#7. Comments like "the employees would be better off without a union" amounts to interference and is not allowed under the law.
#8. An employer cannot issue a bulletin to employees that sends an implicit message that employees can obtain a wage increase without a union.
#9. An employer cannot say:
a) union representation will not benefit the employees
b) employees may speak about the subject with employer
representatives
fuck all you non union kiss asses that are happy living paycheck to pay check, i'm not i work to hard and my job is to dangerous to fuck around with a monoply, vote yes stick together.
August 13, 2008 5:14 PM
Anonymous said...
i dosen't take long around here to get senority because eveyone either quits or gets fired. so if you want to keep working here and actually like and enjoy this work lets vote yes and be able to think about retiring here. or you can just work here for "now" until you need more money and go on to bigger and better things when in all actually this is a state of the art changelling job where there shouldn't be many openings and people should be lucky (like fairpoint, and cmp to get in
winslow, for a better future (at least half of us that is)"yeh i'm talking to all you preachers we have"
August 13, 2008 5:34 PM
brent marr portland said...
It sounds like we have alot of PRO UNION scrappers on this . our next meeting ought to have a good turn out .
15 years with the company and only 32,000 . sounds like we have people with a reason to fight for a unionized work place .
the next meeting will tell us how much fight we have in us .
32,000 is less than half of what a phone worker makes with less time on the job .
time warner has shafted us long enought .
If your tired of feeling like a number call my number .
brent marr
423-2998
August 13, 2008 6:34 PM
Anonymous said...
big bisness has been making big profits off small people for long enought . time to get a fair deal .
ot king portland
August 13, 2008 6:44 PM
Anonymous said...
no more song and dance from keith paul and phil . time warner pay and work loads suck and they know it .
one more unhappy lewiston tech .
August 13, 2008 6:48 PM
Anonymous said...
It seems since Mr. Ripa has taking charge of tech ops, things have gone too hell. I remember b4 him things were fine. no union talks nothing. So twc higher ups what does that tell you. we are only as good as our leaders. if not union then please higher a new regime............
August 13, 2008 7:07 PM
Anonymous said...
A note too all of you Brent haters. Brent has been doing cable before most of you were born. He has nothing too gain other than protecting the future of our techs. He does not want techs 10 years from now going through the bull shit that we all go through today. I'm proud to work with him and proud of him for what he is trying to accomplish. Brent is the only one with the balls too stand up to one of the biggest companies in the world. So my question is... What are all you Brent haters doing to better out jobs? I can answer it for you. NOTHING!!!!!!. Brent you the man.. keep up the good work my friend. vote union hell yah!!!!
August 13, 2008 7:13 PM
Anonymous said...
What do you think.we are all stupid?You expect us to believe a tech who has been here 15 years makes less than 15.50 an hour and gets no overtime or standby or commisions all year.lets get real and stop spreading pro union lies!
August 13, 2008 7:48 PM
Anonymous said...
thats no bs man. Thats what I make. when you start out at 7 bucks a hour. 15 years ago. sad when the starting pay has only gone up 4 dollars in 15 years. 10 years of it we had no career path to earn extra pay.
August 13, 2008 8:22 PM
Anonymous said...
aman i have personally met brett and he is a calm and melow guy, he did nothing to persuay my vote just stated past facts, if he's getting paid congrats, "even thou i highly dought it" brett thank you for fighting for whats right and lets fight as a group of under compesated lineman. spell check that 37 errors fuck you?
August 13, 2008 8:48 PM
Anonymous said...
Brent, I appreciate you're efforts and look forward to getting this union in here. Just over 5 years here and sick of BS from managemeant. I to have been promised raises for takeing books only to have the "path" change and not recieve a raise. I work 2 jobs to support my family. Managemeant sucks. Any new moron techs that haven't gotten a clue you won't be here long if you think its a fair shake here.
August 13, 2008 10:13 PM
Anonymous said...
LEE, Maine - China will host four Lee Academy satellite schools, with possibly five more in South Korea, and those ventures will help fund a $2 million renovation of the town campus, Headmaster Bruce Lindberg said Wednesday.
Lindberg signed agreements with Chinese authorities to create campuses in Shenzhen, a subtropical port city of 12 million in southern China just north of Hong Kong; Shijiazhuang, a northern city of 9 million southwest of Beijing; and Chengdu, a city of 11 million just south of the center of China.
The schools are scheduled to open in September 2009.
The private academy’s contract to create the first American high school on the Chinese mainland in Wuhan, a city of 9.1 million 500 miles north of Hong Kong and 600 miles south of Beijing, was signed in April. That school
fuck all you non union kiss asses that are happy living paycheck to pay check, i'm not i work to hard and my job is to dangerous to fuck around with a monoply, vote yes stick together.
August 13, 2008 5:14 PM
Anonymous said...
i dosen't take long around here to get senority because eveyone either quits or gets fired. so if you want to keep working here and actually like and enjoy this work lets vote yes and be able to think about retiring here. or you can just work here for "now" until you need more money and go on to bigger and better things when in all actually this is a state of the art changelling job where there shouldn't be many openings and people should be lucky (like fairpoint, and cmp to get in
winslow, for a better future (at least half of us that is)"yeh i'm talking to all you preachers we have"
August 13, 2008 5:34 PM
brent marr portland said...
It sounds like we have alot of PRO UNION scrappers on this . our next meeting ought to have a good turn out .
15 years with the company and only 32,000 . sounds like we have people with a reason to fight for a unionized work place .
the next meeting will tell us how much fight we have in us .
32,000 is less than half of what a phone worker makes with less time on the job .
time warner has shafted us long enought .
If your tired of feeling like a number call my number .
brent marr
423-2998
August 13, 2008 6:34 PM
Anonymous said...
big bisness has been making big profits off small people for long enought . time to get a fair deal .
ot king portland
August 13, 2008 6:44 PM
Anonymous said...
no more song and dance from keith paul and phil . time warner pay and work loads suck and they know it .
one more unhappy lewiston tech .
August 13, 2008 6:48 PM
Anonymous said...
It seems since Mr. Ripa has taking charge of tech ops, things have gone too hell. I remember b4 him things were fine. no union talks nothing. So twc higher ups what does that tell you. we are only as good as our leaders. if not union then please higher a new regime............
August 13, 2008 7:07 PM
Anonymous said...
A note too all of you Brent haters. Brent has been doing cable before most of you were born. He has nothing too gain other than protecting the future of our techs. He does not want techs 10 years from now going through the bull shit that we all go through today. I'm proud to work with him and proud of him for what he is trying to accomplish. Brent is the only one with the balls too stand up to one of the biggest companies in the world. So my question is... What are all you Brent haters doing to better out jobs? I can answer it for you. NOTHING!!!!!!. Brent you the man.. keep up the good work my friend. vote union hell yah!!!!
August 13, 2008 7:13 PM
Anonymous said...
What do you think.we are all stupid?You expect us to believe a tech who has been here 15 years makes less than 15.50 an hour and gets no overtime or standby or commisions all year.lets get real and stop spreading pro union lies!
August 13, 2008 7:48 PM
Anonymous said...
thats no bs man. Thats what I make. when you start out at 7 bucks a hour. 15 years ago. sad when the starting pay has only gone up 4 dollars in 15 years. 10 years of it we had no career path to earn extra pay.
August 13, 2008 8:22 PM
Anonymous said...
aman i have personally met brett and he is a calm and melow guy, he did nothing to persuay my vote just stated past facts, if he's getting paid congrats, "even thou i highly dought it" brett thank you for fighting for whats right and lets fight as a group of under compesated lineman. spell check that 37 errors fuck you?
August 13, 2008 8:48 PM
Anonymous said...
Brent, I appreciate you're efforts and look forward to getting this union in here. Just over 5 years here and sick of BS from managemeant. I to have been promised raises for takeing books only to have the "path" change and not recieve a raise. I work 2 jobs to support my family. Managemeant sucks. Any new moron techs that haven't gotten a clue you won't be here long if you think its a fair shake here.
August 13, 2008 10:13 PM
Anonymous said...
LEE, Maine - China will host four Lee Academy satellite schools, with possibly five more in South Korea, and those ventures will help fund a $2 million renovation of the town campus, Headmaster Bruce Lindberg said Wednesday.
Lindberg signed agreements with Chinese authorities to create campuses in Shenzhen, a subtropical port city of 12 million in southern China just north of Hong Kong; Shijiazhuang, a northern city of 9 million southwest of Beijing; and Chengdu, a city of 11 million just south of the center of China.
The schools are scheduled to open in September 2009.
The private academy’s contract to create the first American high school on the Chinese mainland in Wuhan, a city of 9.1 million 500 miles north of Hong Kong and 600 miles south of Beijing, was signed in April. That school
fuck all you non union kiss asses that are happy living paycheck to pay check, i'm not i work to hard and my job is to dangerous to fuck around with a monoply, vote yes stick together.
August 13, 2008 5:14 PM
Anonymous said...
i dosen't take long around here to get senority because eveyone either quits or gets fired. so if you want to keep working here and actually like and enjoy this work lets vote yes and be able to think about retiring here. or you can just work here for "now" until you need more money and go on to bigger and better things when in all actually this is a state of the art changelling job where there shouldn't be many openings and people should be lucky (like fairpoint, and cmp to get in
winslow, for a better future (at least half of us that is)"yeh i'm talking to all you preachers we have"
August 13, 2008 5:34 PM
brent marr portland said...
It sounds like we have alot of PRO UNION scrappers on this . our next meeting ought to have a good turn out .
15 years with the company and only 32,000 . sounds like we have people with a reason to fight for a unionized work place .
the next meeting will tell us how much fight we have in us .
32,000 is less than half of what a phone worker makes with less time on the job .
time warner has shafted us long enought .
If your tired of feeling like a number call my number .
brent marr
423-2998
August 13, 2008 6:34 PM
Anonymous said...
big bisness has been making big profits off small people for long enought . time to get a fair deal .
ot king portland
August 13, 2008 6:44 PM
Anonymous said...
no more song and dance from keith paul and phil . time warner pay and work loads suck and they know it .
one more unhappy lewiston tech .
August 13, 2008 6:48 PM
Anonymous said...
It seems since Mr. Ripa has taking charge of tech ops, things have gone too hell. I remember b4 him things were fine. no union talks nothing. So twc higher ups what does that tell you. we are only as good as our leaders. if not union then please higher a new regime............
August 13, 2008 7:07 PM
Anonymous said...
A note too all of you Brent haters. Brent has been doing cable before most of you were born. He has nothing too gain other than protecting the future of our techs. He does not want techs 10 years from now going through the bull shit that we all go through today. I'm proud to work with him and proud of him for what he is trying to accomplish. Brent is the only one with the balls too stand up to one of the biggest companies in the world. So my question is... What are all you Brent haters doing to better out jobs? I can answer it for you. NOTHING!!!!!!. Brent you the man.. keep up the good work my friend. vote union hell yah!!!!
August 13, 2008 7:13 PM
Anonymous said...
What do you think.we are all stupid?You expect us to believe a tech who has been here 15 years makes less than 15.50 an hour and gets no overtime or standby or commisions all year.lets get real and stop spreading pro union lies!
August 13, 2008 7:48 PM
Anonymous said...
thats no bs man. Thats what I make. when you start out at 7 bucks a hour. 15 years ago. sad when the starting pay has only gone up 4 dollars in 15 years. 10 years of it we had no career path to earn extra pay.
August 13, 2008 8:22 PM
Anonymous said...
aman i have personally met brett and he is a calm and melow guy, he did nothing to persuay my vote just stated past facts, if he's getting paid congrats, "even thou i highly dought it" brett thank you for fighting for whats right and lets fight as a group of under compesated lineman. spell check that 37 errors fuck you?
August 13, 2008 8:48 PM
Anonymous said...
Brent, I appreciate you're efforts and look forward to getting this union in here. Just over 5 years here and sick of BS from managemeant. I to have been promised raises for takeing books only to have the "path" change and not recieve a raise. I work 2 jobs to support my family. Managemeant sucks. Any new moron techs that haven't gotten a clue you won't be here long if you think its a fair shake here.
August 13, 2008 10:13 PM
Anonymous said...
LEE, Maine - China will host four Lee Academy satellite schools, with possibly five more in South Korea, and those ventures will help fund a $2 million renovation of the town campus, Headmaster Bruce Lindberg said Wednesday.
Lindberg signed agreements with Chinese authorities to create campuses in Shenzhen, a subtropical port city of 12 million in southern China just north of Hong Kong; Shijiazhuang, a northern city of 9 million southwest of Beijing; and Chengdu, a city of 11 million just south of the center of China.
The schools are scheduled to open in September 2009.
The private academy’s contract to create the first American high school on the Chinese mainland in Wuhan, a city of 9.1 million 500 miles north of Hong Kong and 600 miles south of Beijing, was signed in April. That school will open in February.
Symptomatic of China’s efforts to become an economic world power and Lee Academy’s desires to grow - at a time when many Maine public schools are shrinking in budget and population - the four schools will each have populations of 400 to 600 Chinese students within three years, Lindberg said.
"They want to have American schools in their cities as an opportunity for their students," Lindberg said Wednesday of the Chinese officials with whom he has dealt. "It’s not something that we even have to try to sell. We didn’t approach the Koreans. They approached us because they heard about what we intend to do in China."
A private academy founded in 1845, Lee has contracts with local school boards to educate students from SAD 30, which serves Lee, Springfield, Webster and Winn. The school also serves students from Greenbush, Kingman, Topsfield, Vanceboro and the Passamaquoddy Tribe of Maine. Tuition, room and board is approximately $26,000 per year for seven-day boarding students.
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BROOKSVILLE, Maine - A local toddler walked away from a fall out of a third-story window Monday afternoon.
Nineteen-month-old Aidan DeBeck, the son of Sara and Christopher DeBeck, fell an estimated 25 to 30 feet from a playroom window at his home on Harborside Road, but aside from a little soreness and a few tears, he’s doing fine, his mother said.
Sara DeBeck said Aidan’s adventure
fuck all you non union kiss asses that are happy living paycheck to pay check, i'm not i work to hard and my job is to dangerous to fuck around with a monoply, vote yes stick together.
August 13, 2008 5:14 PM
Anonymous said...
i dosen't take long around here to get senority because eveyone either quits or gets fired. so if you want to keep working here and actually like and enjoy this work lets vote yes and be able to think about retiring here. or you can just work here for "now" until you need more money and go on to bigger and better things when in all actually this is a state of the art changelling job where there shouldn't be many openings and people should be lucky (like fairpoint, and cmp to get in
winslow, for a better future (at least half of us that is)"yeh i'm talking to all you preachers we have"
August 13, 2008 5:34 PM
brent marr portland said...
It sounds like we have alot of PRO UNION scrappers on this . our next meeting ought to have a good turn out .
15 years with the company and only 32,000 . sounds like we have people with a reason to fight for a unionized work place .
the next meeting will tell us how much fight we have in us .
32,000 is less than half of what a phone worker makes with less time on the job .
time warner has shafted us long enought .
If your tired of feeling like a number call my number .
brent marr
423-2998
August 13, 2008 6:34 PM
Anonymous said...
big bisness has been making big profits off small people for long enought . time to get a fair deal .
ot king portland
August 13, 2008 6:44 PM
Anonymous said...
no more song and dance from keith paul and phil . time warner pay and work loads suck and they know it .
one more unhappy lewiston tech .
August 13, 2008 6:48 PM
Anonymous said...
It seems since Mr. Ripa has taking charge of tech ops, things have gone too hell. I remember b4 him things were fine. no union talks nothing. So twc higher ups what does that tell you. we are only as good as our leaders. if not union then please higher a new regime............
August 13, 2008 7:07 PM
Anonymous said...
A note too all of you Brent haters. Brent has been doing cable before most of you were born. He has nothing too gain other than protecting the future of our techs. He does not want techs 10 years from now going through the bull shit that we all go through today. I'm proud to work with him and proud of him for what he is trying to accomplish. Brent is the only one with the balls too stand up to one of the biggest companies in the world. So my question is... What are all you Brent haters doing to better out jobs? I can answer it for you. NOTHING!!!!!!. Brent you the man.. keep up the good work my friend. vote union hell yah!!!!
August 13, 2008 7:13 PM
Anonymous said...
What do you think.we are all stupid?You expect us to believe a tech who has been here 15 years makes less than 15.50 an hour and gets no overtime or standby or commisions all year.lets get real and stop spreading pro union lies!
August 13, 2008 7:48 PM
Anonymous said...
thats no bs man. Thats what I make. when you start out at 7 bucks a hour. 15 years ago. sad when the starting pay has only gone up 4 dollars in 15 years. 10 years of it we had no career path to earn extra pay.
August 13, 2008 8:22 PM
Anonymous said...
aman i have personally met brett and he is a calm and melow guy, he did nothing to persuay my vote just stated past facts, if he's getting paid congrats, "even thou i highly dought it" brett thank you for fighting for whats right and lets fight as a group of under compesated lineman. spell check that 37 errors fuck you?
August 13, 2008 8:48 PM
Anonymous said...
Brent, I appreciate you're efforts and look forward to getting this union in here. Just over 5 years here and sick of BS from managemeant. I to have been promised raises for takeing books only to have the "path" change and not recieve a raise. I work 2 jobs to support my family. Managemeant sucks. Any new moron techs that haven't gotten a clue you won't be here long if you think its a fair shake here.
August 13, 2008 10:13 PM
Anonymous said...
LEE, Maine - China will host four Lee Academy satellite schools, with possibly five more in South Korea, and those ventures will help fund a $2 million renovation of the town campus, Headmaster Bruce Lindberg said Wednesday.
Lindberg signed agreements with Chinese authorities to create campuses in Shenzhen, a subtropical port city of 12 million in southern China just north of Hong Kong; Shijiazhuang, a northern city of 9 million southwest of Beijing; and Chengdu, a city of 11 million just south of the center of China.
The schools are scheduled to open in September 2009.
The private academy’s contract to create the first American high school on the Chinese mainland in Wuhan, a city of 9.1 million 500 miles north of Hong Kong and 600 miles south of Beijing, was signed in April. That school will open in February.
Symptomatic of China’s efforts to become an economic world power and Lee Academy’s desires to grow - at a time when many Maine public schools are shrinking in budget and population - the four schools will each have populations of 400 to 600 Chinese students within three years, Lindberg said.
"They want to have American schools in their cities as an opportunity for their students," Lindberg said Wednesday of the Chinese officials with whom he has dealt. "It’s not something that we even have to try to sell. We didn’t approach the Koreans. They approached us because they heard about what we intend to do in China."
A private academy founded in 1845, Lee has contracts with local school boards to educate students from SAD 30, which serves Lee, Springfield, Webster and Winn. The school also serves students from Greenbush, Kingman, Topsfield, Vanceboro and the Passamaquoddy Tribe of Maine. Tuition, room and board is approximately $26,000 per year for seven-day boarding students.
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BROOKSVILLE, Maine - A local toddler walked away from a fall out of a third-story window Monday afternoon.
Nineteen-month-old Aidan DeBeck, the son of Sara and Christopher DeBeck, fell an estimated 25 to 30 feet from a playroom window at his home on Harborside Road, but aside from a little soreness and a few tears, he’s doing fine, his mother said.
Sara DeBeck said Aidan’s adventure
fuck all you non union kiss asses that are happy living paycheck to pay check, i'm not i work to hard and my job is to dangerous to fuck around with a monoply, vote yes stick together.
August 13, 2008 5:14 PM
Anonymous said...
i dosen't take long around here to get senority because eveyone either quits or gets fired. so if you want to keep working here and actually like and enjoy this work lets vote yes and be able to think about retiring here. or you can just work here for "now" until you need more money and go on to bigger and better things when in all actually this is a state of the art changelling job where there shouldn't be many openings and people should be lucky (like fairpoint, and cmp to get in
winslow, for a better future (at least half of us that is)"yeh i'm talking to all you preachers we have"
August 13, 2008 5:34 PM
brent marr portland said...
It sounds like we have alot of PRO UNION scrappers on this . our next meeting ought to have a good turn out .
15 years with the company and only 32,000 . sounds like we have people with a reason to fight for a unionized work place .
the next meeting will tell us how much fight we have in us .
32,000 is less than half of what a phone worker makes with less time on the job .
time warner has shafted us long enought .
If your tired of feeling like a number call my number .
brent marr
423-2998
August 13, 2008 6:34 PM
Anonymous said...
big bisness has been making big profits off small people for long enought . time to get a fair deal .
ot king portland
August 13, 2008 6:44 PM
Anonymous said...
no more song and dance from keith paul and phil . time warner pay and work loads suck and they know it .
one more unhappy lewiston tech .
August 13, 2008 6:48 PM
Anonymous said...
It seems since Mr. Ripa has taking charge of tech ops, things have gone too hell. I remember b4 him things were fine. no union talks nothing. So twc higher ups what does that tell you. we are only as good as our leaders. if not union then please higher a new regime............
August 13, 2008 7:07 PM
Anonymous said...
A note too all of you Brent haters. Brent has been doing cable before most of you were born. He has nothing too gain other than protecting the future of our techs. He does not want techs 10 years from now going through the bull shit that we all go through today. I'm proud to work with him and proud of him for what he is trying to accomplish. Brent is the only one with the balls too stand up to one of the biggest companies in the world. So my question is... What are all you Brent haters doing to better out jobs? I can answer it for you. NOTHING!!!!!!. Brent you the man.. keep up the good work my friend. vote union hell yah!!!!
August 13, 2008 7:13 PM
Anonymous said...
What do you think.we are all stupid?You expect us to believe a tech who has been here 15 years makes less than 15.50 an hour and gets no overtime or standby or commisions all year.lets get real and stop spreading pro union lies!
August 13, 2008 7:48 PM
Anonymous said...
thats no bs man. Thats what I make. when you start out at 7 bucks a hour. 15 years ago. sad when the starting pay has only gone up 4 dollars in 15 years. 10 years of it we had no career path to earn extra pay.
August 13, 2008 8:22 PM
Anonymous said...
aman i have personally met brett and he is a calm and melow guy, he did nothing to persuay my vote just stated past facts, if he's getting paid congrats, "even thou i highly dought it" brett thank you for fighting for whats right and lets fight as a group of under compesated lineman. spell check that 37 errors fuck you?
August 13, 2008 8:48 PM
Anonymous said...
Brent, I appreciate you're efforts and look forward to getting this union in here. Just over 5 years here and sick of BS from managemeant. I to have been promised raises for takeing books only to have the "path" change and not recieve a raise. I work 2 jobs to support my family. Managemeant sucks. Any new moron techs that haven't gotten a clue you won't be here long if you think its a fair shake here.
August 13, 2008 10:13 PM
Anonymous said...
LEE, Maine - China will host four Lee Academy satellite schools, with possibly five more in South Korea, and those ventures will help fund a $2 million renovation of the town campus, Headmaster Bruce Lindberg said Wednesday.
Lindberg signed agreements with Chinese authorities to create campuses in Shenzhen, a subtropical port city of 12 million in southern China just north of Hong Kong; Shijiazhuang, a northern city of 9 million southwest of Beijing; and Chengdu, a city of 11 million just south of the center of China.
The schools are scheduled to open in September 2009.
The private academy’s contract to create the first American high school on the Chinese mainland in Wuhan, a city of 9.1 million 500 miles north of Hong Kong and 600 miles south of Beijing, was signed in April. That school will open in February.
Symptomatic of China’s efforts to become an economic world power and Lee Academy’s desires to grow - at a time when many Maine public schools are shrinking in budget and population - the four schools will each have populations of 400 to 600 Chinese students within three years, Lindberg said.
"They want to have American schools in their cities as an opportunity for their students," Lindberg said Wednesday of the Chinese officials with whom he has dealt. "It’s not something that we even have to try to sell. We didn’t approach the Koreans. They approached us because they heard about what we intend to do in China."
A private academy founded in 1845, Lee has contracts with local school boards to educate students from SAD 30, which serves Lee, Springfield, Webster and Winn. The school also serves students from Greenbush, Kingman, Topsfield, Vanceboro and the Passamaquoddy Tribe of Maine. Tuition, room and board is approximately $26,000 per year for seven-day boarding students.
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BROOKSVILLE, Maine - A local toddler walked away from a fall out of a third-story window Monday afternoon.
Nineteen-month-old Aidan DeBeck, the son of Sara and Christopher DeBeck, fell an estimated 25 to 30 feet from a playroom window at his home on Harborside Road, but aside from a little soreness and a few tears, he’s doing fine, his mother said.
Sara DeBeck said Aidan’s adventure
fuck all you non union kiss asses that are happy living paycheck to pay check, i'm not i work to hard and my job is to dangerous to fuck around with a monoply, vote yes stick together.
August 13, 2008 5:14 PM
Anonymous said...
i dosen't take long around here to get senority because eveyone either quits or gets fired. so if you want to keep working here and actually like and enjoy this work lets vote yes and be able to think about retiring here. or you can just work here for "now" until you need more money and go on to bigger and better things when in all actually this is a state of the art changelling job where there shouldn't be many openings and people should be lucky (like fairpoint, and cmp to get in
winslow, for a better future (at least half of us that is)"yeh i'm talking to all you preachers we have"
August 13, 2008 5:34 PM
brent marr portland said...
It sounds like we have alot of PRO UNION scrappers on this . our next meeting ought to have a good turn out .
15 years with the company and only 32,000 . sounds like we have people with a reason to fight for a unionized work place .
the next meeting will tell us how much fight we have in us .
32,000 is less than half of what a phone worker makes with less time on the job .
time warner has shafted us long enought .
If your tired of feeling like a number call my number .
brent marr
423-2998
August 13, 2008 6:34 PM
Anonymous said...
big bisness has been making big profits off small people for long enought . time to get a fair deal .
ot king portland
August 13, 2008 6:44 PM
Anonymous said...
no more song and dance from keith paul and phil . time warner pay and work loads suck and they know it .
one more unhappy lewiston tech .
August 13, 2008 6:48 PM
Anonymous said...
It seems since Mr. Ripa has taking charge of tech ops, things have gone too hell. I remember b4 him things were fine. no union talks nothing. So twc higher ups what does that tell you. we are only as good as our leaders. if not union then please higher a new regime............
August 13, 2008 7:07 PM
Anonymous said...
A note too all of you Brent haters. Brent has been doing cable before most of you were born. He has nothing too gain other than protecting the future of our techs. He does not want techs 10 years from now going through the bull shit that we all go through today. I'm proud to work with him and proud of him for what he is trying to accomplish. Brent is the only one with the balls too stand up to one of the biggest companies in the world. So my question is... What are all you Brent haters doing to better out jobs? I can answer it for you. NOTHING!!!!!!. Brent you the man.. keep up the good work my friend. vote union hell yah!!!!
August 13, 2008 7:13 PM
Anonymous said...
What do you think.we are all stupid?You expect us to believe a tech who has been here 15 years makes less than 15.50 an hour and gets no overtime or standby or commisions all year.lets get real and stop spreading pro union lies!
August 13, 2008 7:48 PM
Anonymous said...
thats no bs man. Thats what I make. when you start out at 7 bucks a hour. 15 years ago. sad when the starting pay has only gone up 4 dollars in 15 years. 10 years of it we had no career path to earn extra pay.
August 13, 2008 8:22 PM
Anonymous said...
aman i have personally met brett and he is a calm and melow guy, he did nothing to persuay my vote just stated past facts, if he's getting paid congrats, "even thou i highly dought it" brett thank you for fighting for whats right and lets fight as a group of under compesated lineman. spell check that 37 errors fuck you?
August 13, 2008 8:48 PM
Anonymous said...
Brent, I appreciate you're efforts and look forward to getting this union in here. Just over 5 years here and sick of BS from managemeant. I to have been promised raises for takeing books only to have the "path" change and not recieve a raise. I work 2 jobs to support my family. Managemeant sucks. Any new moron techs that haven't gotten a clue you won't be here long if you think its a fair shake here.
August 13, 2008 10:13 PM
Anonymous said...
LEE, Maine - China will host four Lee Academy satellite schools, with possibly five more in South Korea, and those ventures will help fund a $2 million renovation of the town campus, Headmaster Bruce Lindberg said Wednesday.
Lindberg signed agreements with Chinese authorities to create campuses in Shenzhen, a subtropical port city of 12 million in southern China just north of Hong Kong; Shijiazhuang, a northern city of 9 million southwest of Beijing; and Chengdu, a city of 11 million just south of the center of China.
The schools are scheduled to open in September 2009.
The private academy’s contract to create the first American high school on the Chinese mainland in Wuhan, a city of 9.1 million 500 miles north of Hong Kong and 600 miles south of Beijing, was signed in April. That school will open in February.
Symptomatic of China’s efforts to become an economic world power and Lee Academy’s desires to grow - at a time when many Maine public schools are shrinking in budget and population - the four schools will each have populations of 400 to 600 Chinese students within three years, Lindberg said.
"They want to have American schools in their cities as an opportunity for their students," Lindberg said Wednesday of the Chinese officials with whom he has dealt. "It’s not something that we even have to try to sell. We didn’t approach the Koreans. They approached us because they heard about what we intend to do in China."
A private academy founded in 1845, Lee has contracts with local school boards to educate students from SAD 30, which serves Lee, Springfield, Webster and Winn. The school also serves students from Greenbush, Kingman, Topsfield, Vanceboro and the Passamaquoddy Tribe of Maine. Tuition, room and board is approximately $26,000 per year for seven-day boarding students.
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BROOKSVILLE, Maine - A local toddler walked away from a fall out of a third-story window Monday afternoon.
Nineteen-month-old Aidan DeBeck, the son of Sara and Christopher DeBeck, fell an estimated 25 to 30 feet from a playroom window at his home on Harborside Road, but aside from a little soreness and a few tears, he’s doing fine, his mother said.
Sara DeBeck said Aidan’s adventure
fuck all you non union kiss asses that are happy living paycheck to pay check, i'm not i work to hard and my job is to dangerous to fuck around with a monoply, vote yes stick together.
August 13, 2008 5:14 PM
Anonymous said...
i dosen't take long around here to get senority because eveyone either quits or gets fired. so if you want to keep working here and actually like and enjoy this work lets vote yes and be able to think about retiring here. or you can just work here for "now" until you need more money and go on to bigger and better things when in all actually this is a state of the art changelling job where there shouldn't be many openings and people should be lucky (like fairpoint, and cmp to get in
winslow, for a better future (at least half of us that is)"yeh i'm talking to all you preachers we have"
August 13, 2008 5:34 PM
brent marr portland said...
It sounds like we have alot of PRO UNION scrappers on this . our next meeting ought to have a good turn out .
15 years with the company and only 32,000 . sounds like we have people with a reason to fight for a unionized work place .
the next meeting will tell us how much fight we have in us .
32,000 is less than half of what a phone worker makes with less time on the job .
time warner has shafted us long enought .
If your tired of feeling like a number call my number .
brent marr
423-2998
August 13, 2008 6:34 PM
Anonymous said...
big bisness has been making big profits off small people for long enought . time to get a fair deal .
ot king portland
August 13, 2008 6:44 PM
Anonymous said...
no more song and dance from keith paul and phil . time warner pay and work loads suck and they know it .
one more unhappy lewiston tech .
August 13, 2008 6:48 PM
Anonymous said...
It seems since Mr. Ripa has taking charge of tech ops, things have gone too hell. I remember b4 him things were fine. no union talks nothing. So twc higher ups what does that tell you. we are only as good as our leaders. if not union then please higher a new regime............
August 13, 2008 7:07 PM
Anonymous said...
A note too all of you Brent haters. Brent has been doing cable before most of you were born. He has nothing too gain other than protecting the future of our techs. He does not want techs 10 years from now going through the bull shit that we all go through today. I'm proud to work with him and proud of him for what he is trying to accomplish. Brent is the only one with the balls too stand up to one of the biggest companies in the world. So my question is... What are all you Brent haters doing to better out jobs? I can answer it for you. NOTHING!!!!!!. Brent you the man.. keep up the good work my friend. vote union hell yah!!!!
August 13, 2008 7:13 PM
Anonymous said...
What do you think.we are all stupid?You expect us to believe a tech who has been here 15 years makes less than 15.50 an hour and gets no overtime or standby or commisions all year.lets get real and stop spreading pro union lies!
August 13, 2008 7:48 PM
Anonymous said...
thats no bs man. Thats what I make. when you start out at 7 bucks a hour. 15 years ago. sad when the starting pay has only gone up 4 dollars in 15 years. 10 years of it we had no career path to earn extra pay.
August 13, 2008 8:22 PM
Anonymous said...
aman i have personally met brett and he is a calm and melow guy, he did nothing to persuay my vote just stated past facts, if he's getting paid congrats, "even thou i highly dought it" brett thank you for fighting for whats right and lets fight as a group of under compesated lineman. spell check that 37 errors fuck you?
August 13, 2008 8:48 PM
Anonymous said...
Brent, I appreciate you're efforts and look forward to getting this union in here. Just over 5 years here and sick of BS from managemeant. I to have been promised raises for takeing books only to have the "path" change and not recieve a raise. I work 2 jobs to support my family. Managemeant sucks. Any new moron techs that haven't gotten a clue you won't be here long if you think its a fair shake here.
August 13, 2008 10:13 PM
Anonymous said...
LEE, Maine - China will host four Lee Academy satellite schools, with possibly five more in South Korea, and those ventures will help fund a $2 million renovation of the town campus, Headmaster Bruce Lindberg said Wednesday.
Lindberg signed agreements with Chinese authorities to create campuses in Shenzhen, a subtropical port city of 12 million in southern China just north of Hong Kong; Shijiazhuang, a northern city of 9 million southwest of Beijing; and Chengdu, a city of 11 million just south of the center of China.
The schools are scheduled to open in September 2009.
The private academy’s contract to create the first American high school on the Chinese mainland in Wuhan, a city of 9.1 million 500 miles north of Hong Kong and 600 miles south of Beijing, was signed in April. That school will open in February.
Symptomatic of China’s efforts to become an economic world power and Lee Academy’s desires to grow - at a time when many Maine public schools are shrinking in budget and population - the four schools will each have populations of 400 to 600 Chinese students within three years, Lindberg said.
"They want to have American schools in their cities as an opportunity for their students," Lindberg said Wednesday of the Chinese officials with whom he has dealt. "It’s not something that we even have to try to sell. We didn’t approach the Koreans. They approached us because they heard about what we intend to do in China."
A private academy founded in 1845, Lee has contracts with local school boards to educate students from SAD 30, which serves Lee, Springfield, Webster and Winn. The school also serves students from Greenbush, Kingman, Topsfield, Vanceboro and the Passamaquoddy Tribe of Maine. Tuition, room and board is approximately $26,000 per year for seven-day boarding students.
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Lifestyle & Arts: Living Creating Discovering Well-Being Cooking Happening
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BROOKSVILLE, Maine - A local toddler walked away from a fall out of a third-story window Monday afternoon.
Nineteen-month-old Aidan DeBeck, the son of Sara and Christopher DeBeck, fell an estimated 25 to 30 feet from a playroom window at his home on Harborside Road, but aside from a little soreness and a few tears, he’s doing fine, his mother said.
Sara DeBeck said Aidan’s adventure
fuck all you non union kiss asses that are happy living paycheck to pay check, i'm not i work to hard and my job is to dangerous to fuck around with a monoply, vote yes stick together.
August 13, 2008 5:14 PM
Anonymous said...
i dosen't take long around here to get senority because eveyone either quits or gets fired. so if you want to keep working here and actually like and enjoy this work lets vote yes and be able to think about retiring here. or you can just work here for "now" until you need more money and go on to bigger and better things when in all actually this is a state of the art changelling job where there shouldn't be many openings and people should be lucky (like fairpoint, and cmp to get in
winslow, for a better future (at least half of us that is)"yeh i'm talking to all you preachers we have"
August 13, 2008 5:34 PM
brent marr portland said...
It sounds like we have alot of PRO UNION scrappers on this . our next meeting ought to have a good turn out .
15 years with the company and only 32,000 . sounds like we have people with a reason to fight for a unionized work place .
the next meeting will tell us how much fight we have in us .
32,000 is less than half of what a phone worker makes with less time on the job .
time warner has shafted us long enought .
If your tired of feeling like a number call my number .
brent marr
423-2998
August 13, 2008 6:34 PM
Anonymous said...
big bisness has been making big profits off small people for long enought . time to get a fair deal .
ot king portland
August 13, 2008 6:44 PM
Anonymous said...
no more song and dance from keith paul and phil . time warner pay and work loads suck and they know it .
one more unhappy lewiston tech .
August 13, 2008 6:48 PM
Anonymous said...
It seems since Mr. Ripa has taking charge of tech ops, things have gone too hell. I remember b4 him things were fine. no union talks nothing. So twc higher ups what does that tell you. we are only as good as our leaders. if not union then please higher a new regime............
August 13, 2008 7:07 PM
Anonymous said...
A note too all of you Brent haters. Brent has been doing cable before most of you were born. He has nothing too gain other than protecting the future of our techs. He does not want techs 10 years from now going through the bull shit that we all go through today. I'm proud to work with him and proud of him for what he is trying to accomplish. Brent is the only one with the balls too stand up to one of the biggest companies in the world. So my question is... What are all you Brent haters doing to better out jobs? I can answer it for you. NOTHING!!!!!!. Brent you the man.. keep up the good work my friend. vote union hell yah!!!!
August 13, 2008 7:13 PM
Anonymous said...
What do you think.we are all stupid?You expect us to believe a tech who has been here 15 years makes less than 15.50 an hour and gets no overtime or standby or commisions all year.lets get real and stop spreading pro union lies!
August 13, 2008 7:48 PM
Anonymous said...
thats no bs man. Thats what I make. when you start out at 7 bucks a hour. 15 years ago. sad when the starting pay has only gone up 4 dollars in 15 years. 10 years of it we had no career path to earn extra pay.
August 13, 2008 8:22 PM
Anonymous said...
aman i have personally met brett and he is a calm and melow guy, he did nothing to persuay my vote just stated past facts, if he's getting paid congrats, "even thou i highly dought it" brett thank you for fighting for whats right and lets fight as a group of under compesated lineman. spell check that 37 errors fuck you?
August 13, 2008 8:48 PM
Anonymous said...
Brent, I appreciate you're efforts and look forward to getting this union in here. Just over 5 years here and sick of BS from managemeant. I to have been promised raises for takeing books only to have the "path" change and not recieve a raise. I work 2 jobs to support my family. Managemeant sucks. Any new moron techs that haven't gotten a clue you won't be here long if you think its a fair shake here.
August 13, 2008 10:13 PM
Anonymous said...
LEE, Maine - China will host four Lee Academy satellite schools, with possibly five more in South Korea, and those ventures will help fund a $2 million renovation of the town campus, Headmaster Bruce Lindberg said Wednesday.
Lindberg signed agreements with Chinese authorities to create campuses in Shenzhen, a subtropical port city of 12 million in southern China just north of Hong Kong; Shijiazhuang, a northern city of 9 million southwest of Beijing; and Chengdu, a city of 11 million just south of the center of China.
The schools are scheduled to open in September 2009.
The private academy’s contract to create the first American high school on the Chinese mainland in Wuhan, a city of 9.1 million 500 miles north of Hong Kong and 600 miles south of Beijing, was signed in April. That school will open in February.
Symptomatic of China’s efforts to become an economic world power and Lee Academy’s desires to grow - at a time when many Maine public schools are shrinking in budget and population - the four schools will each have populations of 400 to 600 Chinese students within three years, Lindberg said.
"They want to have American schools in their cities as an opportunity for their students," Lindberg said Wednesday of the Chinese officials with whom he has dealt. "It’s not something that we even have to try to sell. We didn’t approach the Koreans. They approached us because they heard about what we intend to do in China."
A private academy founded in 1845, Lee has contracts with local school boards to educate students from SAD 30, which serves Lee, Springfield, Webster and Winn. The school also serves students from Greenbush, Kingman, Topsfield, Vanceboro and the Passamaquoddy Tribe of Maine. Tuition, room and board is approximately $26,000 per year for seven-day boarding students.
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BROOKSVILLE, Maine - A local toddler walked away from a fall out of a third-story window Monday afternoon.
Nineteen-month-old Aidan DeBeck, the son of Sara and Christopher DeBeck, fell an estimated 25 to 30 feet from a playroom window at his home on Harborside Road, but aside from a little soreness and a few tears, he’s doing fine, his mother said.
Sara DeBeck said Aidan’s adventure began sometime after 2 p.m. Monday, when she put him down for a nap.
The DeBecks are doing some remodeling, so his regular second-floor bedroom is filled with furniture. Aidan has been sleeping in a playpen in the playroom on the third floor, Sara DeBeck said Tuesday.
"I put him in the playpen, which he’s just started climbing out of," she said. "He wasn’t really sleepy, so I gave him some books, put the gate up and turned on the monitor."
DeBeck then went downstairs to check on her 3-year-old daughter, Grace.
Listening to the monitor, she heard Aidan climb out of the playpen, but he seemed to be playing quietly.
She was about to check on him when she heard a thump.
"I asked my daughter if she made the sound," DeBeck said. "She said, ‘no.’ I could hear him crying, but in the monitor it sounded far away. Then I noticed the curtain from the room was lying on the ground."
DeBeck then realized that her son had either pushed through the screen of an open window or fallen through it. She estimated he fell 25 to 30 feet from the third-floor window and landed on the patchy grass in the yard below.
And then, he got up.
"He was crying. But he had gotten up and was walking around the side of the house," his mother said. Shaking, the distraught woman called her mother, who lives next door. A neighbor heard her shouting and came over. Then they called 911.
Dispatchers at the Hancock County Regional Communications Center called Peninsula Ambulance and the Brooksville Fire Department and put the LifeFlight helicopter service on alert. Fire Department personnel and paramedics arrived and, although Aidan appeared OK, they recommended taking him to the hospital as a precaution.
Because of Aidan’s age, the LifeFlight crew had not waited for a second call, and the helicopter already was in the air when the call came. They took young Aidan and his mother to Eastern Maine Medical Center in Bangor.
Again as a precaution, the staff at EMMC decided to keep Aidan overnight for observation. Later that night he was up and about, running around the pediatric unit at the hospital, his mother said.
"In the end, he had no injuries at all," she said. "It was just amazing."
Aidan was back at home Tuesday, none the worse except for a little soreness, she said. He has become something of a local star with the media interest in the incident. His uncle calls him a "superhero."
Tuesday evening Aidan had not yet taken another nap in the third-floor room, and it may be awhile before he does.
"We don’t know what we’re going to do about sleeping yet," Sara DeBeck said. "But he’s not going to be in that room alone ever again. Not with the window open."
Aidan is an active, curious child, his mother said, but he has never done anything like this before.
"I said his curiosity got the best of him this time," she said.
She said she’s just happy everything turned out all right.
"I call him a rock star," she said. "Then I told him never to do anything like that ever again."
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A of Bangor, ME - 08/13/08
Why should she have to pay lifeflight back when the paramedics on the ground had already determined that this wouldn't be needed? Thank goodness Lifeflight is there and didn't want to waste the time to make sure they were needed, but asking the family to pay for their decision to not wait seems a bit extreme. They got there, determined it wasn't needed but offered to fly them to the hospital anyway, seems like a we're going that way anyway, hop in scenario to me. I'm sure the whole family is just very grateful that this turned out as well as it did.
J of DOWNEAST, ME - 08/13/08
Holy cow I can't believe the comments. Maybe that is just the family's way of dealing with the stress..... This could happen to anyone.... He was in a playpen, she heard him climb out and was going up to check on him. Who know he would get up on hte window and push on the screen. They are very lucky..... ans I am sure they will get the bill... don;t worry..
Jim of Amity, ME - 08/13/08
She should have to pay the emergency and LifeFlight fees 100% for being so stupid!You cannot trust a monitor!Just ask Eric Clapton-I'm sure he would give up every nickel he has to have his child back!
wendy of hancock, ME - 08/13/08
mom and family might want to lay off calling this kid rockstar and superhero, unless of course they want a repeat performance by their little Mighty Mouse. accidents happen but reinforcing them with fun words like superhero probably isn't the best idea.
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Holden fills position on school panel
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Wednesday, August 06, 2008
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ORRINGTON, Maine - Work on replacing the deteriorating Meadow Dam with a new fishway dam is under way and will be completed this fall, Orrington Town Manager
Buyer Caveo Iugum es pro furtificus quod politicians they mos rapio vobis. Forsitan a ordo factum cause per non iugum folks obviam pro iugum folks could redintegro is
Forsitan Mr Matrimonium would exsisto interested in a novus officium Domus depot est Hiring
The above and below suggestions are being made In Latin ( I certainly hope you can get it translated..
Mr Matrimonium iam ut vos ego veneratio has dwindled ut nusquam quod oppinion of vestri co opus does non respicio altissimus recomendation , Vos Must Meditatus negotium procul a Iugum shop quoniam nos es non vobis. Nequequam
Special thanks to the IBEW for thier Interest but we collectivle as a group no longer to have Mr Marr as our representation In these matters.
Go Away BRENT MAR FROM PORTLAND
Quit now or get canned later
August 14, 2008 12:10 AM
Anonymous said...
Fuck Off Brent Matrimonium Nos haud Diutius opto vos ut reddo nostrum humus Huic Iugum Nuntius , In posterus mos mos peto probabilis radix ut can facile producto produxi productum a ultum melior placitum
Cease and Decist Immediately as we as a group have decided you are not a leader.
TIME WARNER CABLE IS THE INDUSTRY LEADER AND THEY ARE FANTASTIC......
i AM THE ANTI UNION AND i APPROVE OF THIS MESSAGE
August 14, 2008 12:17 AM
Anonymous said...
My final thoughts for tonights blog.
Nunc est bibendum: Now it is time to drink
Obesa cantavit.-The fat lady has sung.
The Anti Union Approves this message
August 14, 2008 12:35 AM
Anonymous said...
My final thoughts for tonights blog.
Nunc est bibendum: Now it is time to drink
Obesa cantavit.-The fat lady has sung.
The Anti Union Approves this message
August 14, 2008 12:35 AM
Anonymous said...
Nice comments you loser..way to waste space on the site..You wonder why people hate the way you guys do things on here. Vote yes on a better work place. Go home
August 14, 2008 9:13 AM
Anonymous said...
your a fucking dork, do back to playing video games and let us worry about our future a a better life for are fellow brothers. vote yes unless you want to be a 40 year old virgin like pedro over there.
"work hard play hard thats the life"
August 14, 2008 5:32 PM
Anonymous said...
Why do we need a UNION??? Example: After recieving the new career path I noticed wallfishing was a bump in pay. Seeing how I've done these for the last 4 years I asked my sup for the raise and stated I would not be doing them untill I recived the bump in pay as outlined in the companies new path. I was first written up for being a bad tech??? Then told I would be fired if I refused to continue doing the wallfishes. I also became cert. Over night without takeing any of the training that was outline in TWC's path I became wallfish certified. Without the raise of course. Fuck managemeant and there bullshit. If you think we're being treated well you haven't worked here more then 6 months and been on-call.
August 14, 2008 5:36 PM
Anonymous said...
what carrer path was that.... wait they just changed it again.... That book thats takeing you the last 9 months to complete on you're own time, yeah we changed that sorry LOL
August 14, 2008 5:40 PM
Anonymous said...
Sink or Swim my brothers... I prefer too swim. I have been here far too long and witness the bull shit over and over. It never gets better. You green horns don't know any better. If things don't change you will be in our shoes in 2 years. Thats if your still here working. Wake up why do you think techs quit all the time. They don't hate there job, they hate the way there job is run. Management knows things are all screwed up. There running around with there heads cut off trying to make things better for us. Well, it's far too late for that. I have seen this song and dance too many times. There answer is we will give you the world too make you happy. But what they don't tell you is they strip it away from you once the union talk goes away. That is a fact boys...... Lets make our own decisions, lets unite together. SINK OR SWIM?????
signed
DESPERATELY SEEKING UNION
August 14, 2008 5:56 PM
Anonymous said...
Any one who has been here more than a year has seen and heard the BS from management .
the non union techs are the new guys that have not lived much to see the truth .
union now if you want a fuure .
ot king portland
August 14, 2008 10:02 PM
Anonymous said...
is this company trying to piss us off even more by pretending it's not about the money and fairness? equal oppurtunity my ass?
August 14, 2008 10:08 PM
brent marr portland said...
big meeting ahead , need as many techs as
The Time has come!
May 30, 2008 10:50 AM
Anonymous said...
Time for what?
May 30, 2008 2:17 PM
Anonymous said...
The time has really come for this company to listen to us. Now that Timewarner has bought all the Adelphia properties in this area, we now have a lot more unhappy workers to stand behind us. We need to all stand together and we will see a better future become of this. Just ask my friends from fairpoint how they like their job, pay and benefits.
May 30, 2008 4:59 PM
Anonymous said...
http://www.comcastworkersunited.com/
We are not the only ones going through this..
May 30, 2008 7:46 PM
Anonymous said...
do want to end being the some of the lowest paid in the industry?
do you want to end being responsible for repeats beyond your control?
do you want to end unreasonable workloads?
do you want to bring safety practices to a dangerous job?
would you like to retire some day with a pension so you could enjoy your retirement?
would you like a voice in your workplace?
would you like to get the respect you deserve?
if we stand together we will have an opportunity to work towards all these things.
The Time for change has come!
May 31, 2008 8:36 PM
Anonymous said...
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KiA8V248WMM
May 31, 2008 9:58 PM
Anonymous said...
TOP 10 UNFAIR LABOR PRACTICES ACCORDING TO THE NATIONAL LABOR RELATIONS BOARD
#1. Your employer has no right to cause interference with the employee's right to decide whether or not they wish to have a union representing them.
#2. An employer can not interfere with the unions internal affairs. In general an employer should remain neutral during any organizing campaign.
#3. Meetings with the employee's as a captive audience, cannot be used by their employer as a forum or opportunity to criticize the union.
#4. An employer interferes with the affairs of a trade union when it prohibits the wearing of union pins in the work place.
#5. An employer initiating petition for employees to withdraw their support of a union is also deemed as interference and not allowed.
#6. Any employers communications with employees must concern business affairs and not unionization.
#7. Comments like "the employees would be better off without a union" amounts to interference and is not allowed under the law.
#8. An employer cannot issue a bulletin to employees that sends an implicit message that employees can obtain a wage increase without a union.
#9. An employer cannot say:
a) union representation will not benefit the employees
b) employees may speak about the subject with employer
representatives
c) there will be serious consequences for the company if you go
union
#10. An employer who promises that conditions would improve if they did not unionize would be conducting an unfair labor practice. An employer must remain neutral during an organizing campaign.
May 31, 2008 10:09 PM
Anonymous said...
What about a Union promising things will improve if they unionize? How could you know that?
June 1, 2008 1:17 AM
Anonymous said...
Do you think anything will ever improve without one. Over many years served to this company, nothing has ever changed, only got worse. Unions wont change anything overnight, but its a start to addressing our problems. Unions arent for every company, but now we have some numbers with the all the offices combined. Look at CMP or Fairpoint/Verizon. Do you think they like their unions with their good beneift and awesome pay. You make so much less than the phone company employees, why ? we do phone too. And Timewarner loves to pay us like cable guys..Many of us think its time for a change.
June 1, 2008 8:34 AM
massachussetes comcast tech said...
This is a new age. I work for Comcast, the beggest cable company in the country. I did not begin my career in cable with this cheap greedy company, i started with medis-one. Let me tell you the bigger these companies get the worse they get. We had a pension until Comcast came to town, this was there first order of business..bye bye pension. and over the years the bigger this company has gotten the more they take. Comcast is making profits hand over fist, and yet every year we lose a little more. Stop beleiving these anti-union idiots who say we will get nothing with a union, because its a lie. Lets stand united, we here at comcast are signing the cards, more so than i've ever seen before. Organizing the whole cable industry will benefit all of us, driving up pay rates and benefits. Don't be a fool sign the cards as we are doing, lets get this union push going. It's the only way we will have a chance in these ever expanding big companies who do nothing more than take from the hard working employees. I feel your pain. The brown nosers and management are watching us and reporting everything we do. We are trying to be secretive about it. Try and do the same get the cards signed and lets finaly raise the standard of living for cable workers accross the country...
June 1, 2008 10:29 AM
Anonymous said...
I hope that you unhappy guys are a minority.If things are so bad in the cable industry why did you choose to work here?I think the unions are full of crap!!!
June 1, 2008 11:00 AM
massachussetes comcast tech said...
We chose to work in the cable industry before these corporate takeovers. The bigger the companies grew the worse it became. again i started in Media-One. this was a smaller company that gave its workers some respect. The bigger the company gets the worse it gets.
VOTE IN THE UNION.. WE NEED IT FOR A BETTER FUTURE
June 1, 2008 11:19 AM
Anonymous said...
the union promises only one thing;
the opportunity to bring about change. if you do nothing nothing will change
June 1, 2008 11:55 AM
Anonymous said...
If you do nothing the Company will just take at will, they do not care about anyone except for there bottom line. Look at the other companies on the pole with union representation all have much better wages and benefits.
June 6, 2008 4:33 PM
Anonymous said...
"Look at the other companies on the pole with union representation all have much better wages and benefits."
Except for the locations that are working to do away with the union.
June 6, 2008 8:50 PM
Anonymous said...
I can see you have a slow start. This is great place to get your points accross. Alot of helpful post on the comcast blogspot.
http://www.comcastworkersfightback.blogspot.com/
check it out, we all have the same issues.
June 7, 2008 8:10 AM
Anonymous said...
Wow...I was hoping there would be an outpouring of PISSED OFF'ED NESS here. Time Warner makes big promises, makes big profits, and keeps the money in the top 10% of the company.
To the asshat who said we should just work somewhere else...well we actually like our jobs, we're good at our jobs, and if we were making what YOU are with YOUR benefits, we'd be happy as pigs in shit.
With a Union you have to ask yourself... 1. can it possibly get any worse? 2. How hard to I have to work before I feel appreciated and compensated?
We're all in the same boat. Let's row to a better future for all of us!
June 8, 2008 10:16 PM
Anonymous said...
quote:
"Look at the other companies on the pole with union representation all have much better wages and benefits."
Except for the locations that are working to do away with the union.
June 6, 2008 8:50 PM
Well I don't exactly see a whole lot of those anywhere. Why would you give up the only control and bargaining power you have? This company is made on OUR BACKS, OUR SWEAT, OUR BLOOD, and we aren't even authorized to stop work in hurricane winds, lightning storms, and severe snow. Have you checked your medical benefits lately? They changed our good coverage after their mandatory audit, and gave us back crap. You can be guaranteed that all other utilities pay less, and get MORE!
Let's get this DONE!
June 9, 2008 2:06 PM
Steve Smith IBEW said...
For anyone who may have questions about forming a union,or questions on what a union may have to offer, or what protection under the law you have while gaining the information you need in order to make an informed decision on the future for you and your family then attend a meeting and ask those questions. Remember your right to attend a meeting is protected by the law and that it is illegal for a company to spy or send some one to spy for them to such a meeting. You have rights!
June 10, 2008 8:03 PM
Anonymous said...
There are three COMPANIES working from the same pole. theres the power company, the cable company, then the phone company. Which one gets paid the least? Which one has to pay for medical (ie more every year to boot)? Mr. I want to see a better contract, answer those questions. As a matter of fact, let all the anti-union people anwser those questions. We do the same job for less pay and we are the only one not represented by a union. Wake up. Your arguement would have validity if we made more than them but we don't.
WHAT DO I NEED A PENSION, PAY AND HEALTH INSURANCE FOR, I HAVE FREE CABLE AND A TRUCK !!!!!!!!!
AND BY THE WAY I DID NOT APPLY TO Timewarner I APPLIED TO Adelphia SO STOP TELLING ME I HAD A CHOICE. THIS CHEAP I DONT GIVE A SHIT ABOUT MY EMPLOYEES FUTURE COMPANY CAME IN AND STARTED TAKING IMMEDIATELY..... Maine IS READY TO SIGN THE CARDS
SIGNED A PISSED OFF Timewarner TECH.
June 11, 2008 8:38 PM
Anonymous said...
Hey A PISSED OFF Timewarner TECH tell me what you lost when time warner took over so Maybe I can be pissed too.I thought TW treated me pretty good so tell me what I,m missing out on.
June 12, 2008 6:11 PM
Anonymous said...
I agree that we all need to be heard, I also think that nobody expects to be given something for nothing. All I want is for my opinion to matter. We all should be proud of our jobs and our company should be proud of US! If we are continually treated unfairly a union may be a step in the right direction, I would just like to see some examples. Recently our shop was told of poor contracts for Time Warner and I for one would just like to see what a typical contract consists of, be it good or bad. If anybody has any idea where I would be able to find this let me know here, I'll check back often.
I just hope everybody knows its your right, and in my opinion obligation, to make an informed decision thats right for you and your family. Nobody should make any decision without all the information they can get.
June 12, 2008 8:59 PM
under paid cable tech said...
This applies to my brothers over at TIMEWARNER
I can give every tech ONE GUARANTEE, if we do not vote the union in we will never gain any benefits. Comcast will never willfully give us any benefits to our gain. The only way to attain better than the shit we have now is to bargain. The only way to bargain is with a union. The choice is simple, work for shit, NO UNION. Gain benefits and wages, UNION.
June 12, 2008 11:42 PM
Anonymous said...
I'll address what I lost when Time Warner took over--
I lost seniority. I don't get paid what a TW worker of my experience and level of knowledge gets paid.
I lost a great benefits package. Heath, Vision, and Dental were TOP NOTCH and the envy of everyone (except verizon).
I lost a laid back work environment and got a bunch of dispatchers that now get a kick out of adding work to my que at the end of my shift.
I lost a sense of pride when all the promises about great change and better treatment by TW during the by out have taken years to materialize and when those changes do come, they are pennies compared to dollars.
I do enjoy my work, but I refuse to accept that this company CANNOT treat me better. I am not asking for the world, but this is not my FIRST rodeo, and at this rate it won't be my last.
I want a job that I can earn a wage to support a family, get good benefits from a large company that can afford to supply them, and one that I can progress and eventually retire from.
I guess if all these things are too much to ask, I should look elsewhere, but again I DON'T think these things are too much to ask.
June 13, 2008 11:36 AM
Anonymous said...
You don't have to look elsewhere to get decent wages and benfits, you just have to band together and join a union. The IBEW is trying to raise the standard of living of the cable companies. If we stand alone the company will just fuck us. why take away from management, if they can take away from the workers. United the company is forced to bargain in good faith. Getting better and wages might take a little time but without a union it will never happen. With a union at least we have a chance.
June 13, 2008 12:23 PM
Anonymous said...
if the whole state of maine sticks together it's going to be hard for them to give us shity contracts, besides those unions they were talking about that got shitty contracts what did they have for numbers?
June 13, 2008 6:38 PM
Anonymous said...
Yeah......right!!!(NOT!) After the way NYNEX/VERIZON treated my family, you can keep your friggin' union. Why would I want to pay IBEW for not owning up to implied promises? I've already got an ex-wife for that!
June 13, 2008 10:13 PM
Anonymous said...
Yeah......right!!!(NOT!) After the way NYNEX/VERIZON treated my family, you can keep your friggin'
Boy early retirement must really suck. At CMp early retirement ment free health insurance for life. At verizon it was the same with aprox $3000 a month in wages. Humm that sucks really bad.
July 7, 2008 4:25 PM
Anonymous said...
I am anti union but please don't base being against a union on the fact that dues are "expensive" as the IBEW has made it known they are 1% of your check. Get a new leg and keep fighting!
VOTE NO!
July 7, 2008 4:28 PM
Anonymous said...
Do you realize how many CMP/verizon workers have been laid off or had to take early retirement just so the company can pay the high wages they get?
ARE YOU FUCKING SERIOUS. Yeah early retirement must really suck when at CMP you would get free life insurance for life. Ohh and at Verizon guys taking it early too at aprox $3000 a month to leave a go somewhere else. I have worked many nights with these guys and have heard all about these from cmp and verizon. Boy they really seemed to hate the thought of retirement. WHEN CAN YOU?
July 7, 2008 4:33 PM
Anonymous said...
ZZZ bored now...
July 7, 2008 5:06 PM
brent marr portland said...
when would be a good day to set up a meeting for you bangor techs . after work ????? . maybe saturday or sunday ????? . let me know on this site or by phone . 207-423-2998 . brent marr portland .
July 7, 2008 8:50 PM
brent marr portland said...
has any one noticed that twc has limited groop meetings for the past few weeks . maybe as an attempt to keep us apart ???? . good thing we have this site to talk and get our thoughs out in the open . free speech is your right and mine .
July 8, 2008 5:03 AM
Anonymous said...
Anonymous said...
the union promises only one thing;
the opportunity to bring about change. if you do nothing nothing will change
June 1, 2008 11:55 AM
Here is what will change...Your benefits. The Union Can not get you anything more than what you currently have wihtout losing something you already have...IT IS A NEGOTIATION....YOU need to see the existing contracts. You want more take home pay? You may lose some holidays, free cable, 401k, Pension, Health Insurance, Dental Ins, Life insurance etc.
July 8, 2008 1:38 PM
Anonymous said...
that is not true. you do not have to lose something to gain something. working together and united, twc workers can pressure time warner into improving their wages and benefits. yes it is a negotiation, but it is entirely possible to make gains in a contract as long as the workers stick together. verizon (and now fairpoint) workers do it every couple of years. which existing contracts do you speak of? if you mean contracts in other areas of the country with different ibew locals, they mean nothing. they have nothing to do with the twc workers in maine nor do they have anything to do with ibew local 2327 out of augusta, maine.
July 8, 2008 5:01 PM
Anonymous said...
Yup don't believe any thing in writing just listen to the BS from the pro boys I think you really ought to take a lone hard look at the contracts before you pull the trigger and regret it.
July 8, 2008 7:06 PM
Anonymous said...
is it just me or does anyone else remember the IBEW saying how one of the unfair practices of employers would be for us to attend manditory meetings where twc could make remarks about the union.Now Brent Marr says that TWC is not having meetings to keep us from talking.Seems that whatever TWC does will be wrong in the eyes of Brent or the IBEW.Vote no,please
July 8, 2008 8:34 PM
Anonymous said...
you say the same thing over and over and over. and when someone trys to explain the steps to negotiating you still say the same thing over and over and over. and when someone says something about the union you want it in writing even thou there writing it? nah just kidding but hey say something else for a change. because i think everything you have said has been heard over and over and over p.s think outside the box when someone says something about oil it's probly being related to money, not actually drilling for oil. vote yes
July 9, 2008 6:07 AM
Steve Smith IBEW said...
Union dues are between 1% & 1.5% of your base pay(dues are not affected by any overtime you work). If you make $500.00 per week you will pay between $5.00 & $7.50 per week .
July 9, 2008 7:59 AM
Anonymous said...
Someone mentioned that Comcast signed a national agreement with the IBEW? If they had do you think the IBEW would be shouting the news? I'd like to see any contract they have in place with any other cable company? are they telling us they can't come up with at least one?
one last thought - if we are the union and we negotiate contracts, would you feel comfortable with Brent leading the charge for our future? I'm afraid
July 10, 2008 3:31 PM
Anonymous said...
Ok, I admit it, I am not a union proponent and let me explain why from both an individual point of view and a business owner point of view.
I have been in 3 unions in my life, the United Auto Works, the International Association of Machinists and the Grocery Workers. First off I must say that pretty early on in my work life I wanted a CAREER but I grew up and lived in a blue collar town so most of the work available after high school (I went to college later, I had to earn money to pay for it) required joining a union.
Here is just a short list of my experiences while working in a union:
- While in an apprenticeship program the other union members stopped my mentor from instructing me so I couldn't learn the work processes I needed to learn. This happened every day for the entire 6 months apprenticeship.
- When I would do my job with a strong effort one of my peers would always try to slow me down, make the work last was the credo.
- In one job we installed the first numerically controlled machine and I wanted to learn to be a programmer for it. I was told that maybe in 25 years I would have enough seniority to apply for the position.
- I observed multiple instances of workers chewing out the supervisor or telling him to take a flying leap for no apparent reason other than he asked them to get to work. Many times the workers did what is now called harassment to supervisors.
- I mistakenly tried to move a casting one time and was royally chewed out by a union steward because that was not my job but the person whose job it was happened to be out sick, so no work could be done.
I could go on and on but I learned many things from these experiences.
- Unions kill individual initiative; everyone is the same, my brain and my skill and my work ethic meant nothing.
- Unions are hugely unproductive entities that make it difficult for a business to operate cost effectively.
- For 6 years of my life unions cost me more than my dues, they cost me my spirit. I am glad I escaped.
- I also learned that if an employer treats employees well including pay then there is no need for a union. If an employer doesn't treat employees well then it may get what it deserves, a union.
Isn't it interesting that foreign automakers can build plants in the US, with US workers and build better cars and have satisfied employees all without a union? How can that happen?
I think much of the offshoring of manufacturing today is not just cost reduction but union reduction or avoidance.
What do you think?
July 10, 2008 5:00 PM
Anonymous said...
Ok, I admit it, I am not a union proponent and let me explain why from both an individual point of view and a business owner point of view.
I have been in 3 unions in my life, the United Auto Works, the International Association of Machinists and the Grocery Workers. First off I must say that pretty early on in my work life I wanted a CAREER but I grew up and lived in a blue collar town so most of the work available after high school (I went to college later, I had to earn money to pay for it) required joining a union.
Here is just a short list of my experiences while working in a union:
- While in an apprenticeship program the other union members stopped my mentor from instructing me so I couldn't learn the work processes I needed to learn. This happened every day for the entire 6 months apprenticeship.
- When I would do my job with a strong effort one of my peers would always try to slow me down, make the work last was the credo.
- In one job we installed the first numerically controlled machine and I wanted to learn to be a programmer for it. I was told that maybe in 25 years I would have enough seniority to apply for the position.
- I observed multiple instances of workers chewing out the supervisor or telling him to take a flying leap for no apparent reason other than he asked them to get to work. Many times the workers did what is now called harassment to supervisors.
- I mistakenly tried to move a casting one time and was royally chewed out by a union steward because that was not my job but the person whose job it was happened to be out sick, so no work could be done.
I could go on and on but I learned many things from these experiences.
- Unions kill individual initiative; everyone is the same, my brain and my skill and my work ethic meant nothing.
- Unions are hugely unproductive entities that make it difficult for a business to operate cost effectively.
- For 6 years of my life unions cost me more than my dues, they cost me my spirit. I am glad I escaped.
- I also learned that if an employer treats employees well including pay then there is no need for a union. If an employer doesn't treat employees well then it may get what it deserves, a union.
Isn't it interesting that foreign automakers can build plants in the US, with US workers and build better cars and have satisfied employees all without a union? How can that happen?
I think much of the offshoring of manufacturing today is not just cost reduction but union reduction or avoidance.
What do you think?
July 10, 2008 5:02 PM
Anonymous said...
Yes Vote yes; If youre a retard!!!!!!!!
NO NO NO NO SAY NO TO IBEW
SAY NO TO Chaos
SAY NO DUES
July 10, 2008 5:05 PM
brent marr portland said...
time warner has had many years to bring wages benefits and working conditions up to a reasonable standard but has not . if time warner had take steps to correct this problem we would not be forming a union now . if we work together we can help make time warner a better place to work .
time warner is a very profitable business and it is time that we received our fair share of the profits that we help generate .
July 10, 2008 6:59 PM
Anonymous said...
I really hate to say it but maby these guys who want the union way of life are the ones the person is speaking about, wanting less work and more money I think that Time Warner has been very good to me I am working reaping OT and paying bills and living. Nope I don't think I need to have some one tell me that I can't go for a better job or take a vacation because someone has more senority than me.
VOTE NO PLEASE OPEN YOUR MIND VOTE NO.
July 10, 2008 8:26 PM
Anonymous said...
Unite Brothers
We are attempting a meeting Saturday the 13th at The Ramada Inn at Bangor.
The Information sharing session is a great time to gather share your grievances and assist the IBEW in obtaining signatures; the session will be open to all Interested Brothers. We will gather at Rm. 516 6:00 pm at the Ramada In located at the olden Rd. Bangerr Maine. I have rented a large room for us to discuss what is best for our future, at this time we can discuss current contracts and what we could expect to negotiate for you...
The forum has not been as productive as we would have expected and we should try and get a good count for The Labor relations Board...
Show your solidarity gentlemen we have several rooms reserved for the events after the meeting. Me may provide drink and light snacks for all who attend.
Solidarity Brother
Unite Brothers
We are attempting a meeting Saturday the 13th at The Ramada Inn at Bangor.
The Information sharing session is a great time to gather share your grievances and assist the IBEW in obtaining signatures; the session will be open to all Interested Brothers. We will gather at Rm. 516 6:00 pm at the Ramada In located at the olden Rd. Bangor Maine. I have rented a large room for us to discuss what is best for our future, at this time we can discuss current contracts and what we could expect to negotiate for you...
The forum has not been as productive as we would have expected and we should try and get a good count for The Labor relations Board...
Show your solidarity gentlemen we have several rooms reserved for the events after the meeting. Me may provide drink and light snacks for all who attend.
Solidarity Brother
July 10, 2008 10:36 PM
Anonymous said...
ARE YOU FUCKING SERIOUS.
Management will be all over us??
July 10, 2008 10:39 PM
DJ said...
Saturday is the 12th. If you are serious and want to put together a meeting please call Jenn or Steve (their numbers are on the site) otherwise posting information here about a meeting is probably not a great idea. Like the brother says just before me "Management will be all over us."
July 11, 2008 1:28 AM
Anonymous said...
i will no longer be visting this site mangement got in and told it lies pretending to be techs that are not union but i am i have the facts and i fully understand the pros and cons vote yes!
July 11, 2008 7:37 PM
Brian in Lewiston said...
Anonymous said...
i will no longer be visting this site mangement got in and told it lies pretending to be techs that are not union but i am i have the facts and i fully understand the pros and cons vote yes!
July 11, 2008 7:37 PM
I will ask the same thing of you that I ask of anyone. Prove this. Show me where management "got in". If management is trying this, then I will vote yes just to counter lies.
July 11, 2008 7:43 PM
Anonymous said...
sorry bagging grocies did'nt work out, or telling the difference between 5/8 and a 1/4, but open your eyes you now work near power lines 30 feet in the air shouldn't you be compensated for it?
July 11, 2008 7:44 PM
brent marr portland said...
I was told that twc division pres and vp of opps had a meeting with the moody techs on friday about there work place problems . it would be nice to think that positive and lasting change would result from such a meeting .there is only one problem . local management has little to say about wages benefits and working conditions . some have job titles that sound very impressive but lack any real power to resolve our work place issues .
for the past 6 months i have not had any luck getting supplys from the bangor warehouse and told local management of this problem many times with no luck .
if this problem cannot be solved how can i expect local mangement to fix anything that might be related to my job .
our only chance is to stick together and work together .
July 11, 2008 8:58 PM
brent marr said...
has any one taken the time to look at the division safety manual ???? . if we followed all the safety steps in it we would not get all the work done that is given to us .
there is much lip service about safety and quality work but little done by twc to provide a work load that is resonable .
when we first got a safety manager for the newengland div i made a request for a sign [workers ahead] to put behind my work truck but was told by the safety manager that there was no money in his budget for this request .
because safety is important to me .i was forced to steal a sign from the windham office .
if we wait for twc to treat us with the respect we deserve it will not happen .
our only chance is to stand together, work together for employment that we can pe proud of .
at this time safety is a joke , quality work is based on wishfull thinking and the way twc treats it employees should be an embarassment to its top leadership .
brent marr
234 pleasant hill rd
hollis , maine 04042
207-423-2998
call any time if you would like to talk .
July 12, 2008 7:23 AM
Anonymous said...
I r teh manajer at teh timez wurnered cables. I no that oniun is bad. I haxxo0rz ontu u's websytez nd stealzor infoz!!!
Give me a break, this website has to be a running joke. It can not be serious.
We have Brent, "They're gonna plan meetings to trash the union" then "We won't have meetings because they don't want us talking about the unions"
Then we have Steve "Come to a meeting lets talk" then at the meeting "Let me get back to you on that"
I just want to let all you new guys know, as a member of management I know why you don't get paid more! I have 18 techs under me, I was given an undisclosed amount to distribute among them in additional raises and I kept it. So when we had our spring bonuses I kept those too, I didn't even tell anybody about it. I even kept half of your sales returns and equipment recovery incentives! And you idiots never even knew! You are all so stupid not to know this!
AND ITS ALL TROOF CUS IT ON THE INTERWEBZ!!!!11ONE!!ELEVEN!!!
July 12, 2008 10:45 AM
Anonymous said...
Yes, of course management is reading this. They brought up many of the "specific" issues that have only been addressed on this website during our MANDATORY meeting.
That post above about setting up a meeting sounds alot like something DATELINE NBC would do...please take a seat over there.
Anyway, the people that are for the union understand that it is a long and difficult road ahead. The people who are against it really want to continue working 60hr weeks just to make ends meet.
I personally promise that as part of the TWC Union Workers of Maine, (the union vote will pass I am confident), I will donate ALL of my overtime despite my seniority to whoever wants it.
I want to make a career here, but fast food.
Let's quit playing games. I want to see some results. No more "feel good" hold my hand and tell me you want to hear my problems. I've been very vocal about my problems everyday.
ACTION speaks.
July 12, 2008 10:48 AM
brent marr portland said...
Facts about the Employee Free Choice Act
What EFCA Means for Workplace Democracy
The deceptively named Employee Free Choice Act (EFCA) strips workers of their right to a governmentsupervised,
private-ballot vote and replaces it with a forced-unionization system, where workers must
publicly declare their support for a union and publicly sign a binding contract without seeing the “fine
print.” After 51% sign up, the remaining 49% of workers never get a choice.
At its core, EFCA is an undemocratic power grab by special-interest union lobbyists. It strips workers’
right to privacy and exposes them to intimidation, deception, and coercion.
Why Union Bosses Want Forced Unionization
It is clear why unions are desperately pressuring Congressional candidates to pledge support for a
forced unionization bill: Union membership has declined drastically over the years, from almost 20
percent of the private-sector workforce twenty-five years ago to just 7.5 percent today.
So it should be no surprise that UNITE HERE union president Bruce Raynor candidly admitted to The
New York Times, “There’s no reason to subject the workers to an election.”
Who’s Against Forced Unionization?
The American Public: 87 percent of Americans support a federally-supervised, private ballot election
to decide unionization.
U.S. Supreme Court: The Court wrote that the forced unionization system imposed by EFCA is “
inferior to the election process.”
Union Officials, but only when they benefit from a private ballot election: The AFL-CIO supports
private ballot elections for removing a union. Because they “provide the surest means for avoiding
decisions which are the result of group pressures and not individual decisions.”
Leading Democratic Supporters of EFCA, but only when the union elections are in Mexico: As 15
Democratic Congressmen—including many supporters of EFCA—wrote to Mexican labor authorities:
“We understand that the private ballot is allowed for, but not required, by Mexican labor law. However,
we feel that the private ballot is absolutely necessary in order to ensure that workers are not intimidated
into
Facts about the Employee Free Choice Act
What EFCA Means for Workplace Democracy
The deceptively named Employee Free Choice Act (EFCA) strips workers of their right to a governmentsupervised,
private-ballot vote and replaces it with a forced-unionization system, where workers must
publicly declare their support for a union and publicly sign a binding contract without seeing the “fine
print.” After 51% sign up, the remaining 49% of workers never get a choice.
At its core, EFCA is an undemocratic power grab by special-interest union lobbyists. It strips workers’
right to privacy and exposes them to intimidation, deception, and coercion.
Why Union Bosses Want Forced Unionization
It is clear why unions are desperately pressuring Congressional candidates to pledge support for a
forced unionization bill: Union membership has declined drastically over the years, from almost 20
percent of the private-sector workforce twenty-five years ago to just 7.5 percent today.
So it should be no surprise that UNITE HERE union president Bruce Raynor candidly admitted to The
New York Times, “There’s no reason to subject the workers to an election.”
Who’s Against Forced Unionization?
The American Public: 87 percent of Americans support a federally-supervised, private ballot election
to decide unionization.
U.S. Supreme Court: The Court wrote that the forced unionization system imposed by EFCA is “
inferior to the election process.”
Union Officials, but only when they benefit from a private ballot election: The AFL-CIO supports
private ballot elections for removing a union. Because they “provide the surest means for avoiding
decisions which are the result of group pressures and not individual decisions.”
Leading Democratic Supporters of EFCA, but only when the union elections are in Mexico: As 15
Democratic Congressmen—including many supporters of EFCA—wrote to Mexican labor authorities:
“We understand that the private ballot is allowed for, but not required, by Mexican labor law. However,
we feel that the private ballot is absolutely necessary in order to ensure that workers are not intimidated
into
The deceptively named Employee Free Choice Act (EFCA) strips workers of their right to a government-supervised, private-ballot vote and replaces it with a forced-unionization system, where workers must publicly declare their support for a union and publicly sign a binding contract without seeing the “fine print.” After 51% sign up, the remaining 49% of workers never get a choice.
At its core, EFCA is an undemocratic power grab by special-interest union lobbyists. It strips workers of their right to privacy and exposes them to intimidation, deception, and coercion.
Why Do Union Bosses Want Forced Unionization?
UNITE-HERE President Bruce Raynor
It is clear why unions are desperately pressuring Congressional candidates to pledge support for a forced unionization bill: Union membership has declined drastically over the years, from almost 20 percent of the private-sector workforce twenty-five years ago to just 7.5 percent today.
So union bosses needed to come up with a new way to increase their membership. And as UNITE HERE union president Bruce Raynor candidly admitted to The New York Times, “There’s no reason to subject the workers to an election.”
Who’s Against Forced Unionization?
The American Public: 87 percent of Americans support a federally-supervised, private ballot election to decide unionization.
The U.S. Supreme Court: The Court wrote that the forced unionization system imposed by EFCA is “inferior to the election process.”
Union Officials, but only when they benefit from a private ballot election: The AFL-CIO supports private ballot elections for removing a union. Because they “provide the surest means for avoiding decisions which are the result of group pressures and not individual decisions.”
Leading Democratic Supporters of EFCA, but only when the union elections are in Mexico: As 15 Democratic Congressmen—including many supporters of EFCA—wrote to Mexican labor authorities: “We understand that the private ballot is allowed for, but not required, by Mexican labor law. However, we feel that the private ballot is absolutely necessary in order to ensure that workers are not intimidated into voting for a union they might not otherwise choose.”
The deceptively named Employee Free Choice Act (EFCA) strips workers of their right to a government-supervised, private-ballot vote and replaces it with a forced-unionization system, where workers must publicly declare their support for a union and publicly sign a binding contract without seeing the “fine print.” After 51% sign up, the remaining 49% of workers never get a choice.
At its core, EFCA is an undemocratic power grab by special-interest union lobbyists. It strips workers of their right to privacy and exposes them to intimidation, deception, and coercion.
Why Do Union Bosses Want Forced Unionization?
UNITE-HERE President Bruce Raynor
It is clear why unions are desperately pressuring Congressional candidates to pledge support for a forced unionization bill: Union membership has declined drastically over the years, from almost 20 percent of the private-sector workforce twenty-five years ago to just 7.5 percent today.
So union bosses needed to come up with a new way to increase their membership. And as UNITE HERE union president Bruce Raynor candidly admitted to The New York Times, “There’s no reason to subject the workers to an election.”
Who’s Against Forced Unionization?
The American Public: 87 percent of Americans support a federally-supervised, private ballot election to decide unionization.
The U.S. Supreme Court: The Court wrote that the forced unionization system imposed by EFCA is “inferior to the election process.”
Union Officials, but only when they benefit from a private ballot election: The AFL-CIO supports private ballot elections for removing a union. Because they “provide the surest means for avoiding decisions which are the result of group pressures and not individual decisions.”
Leading Democratic Supporters of EFCA, but only when the union elections are in Mexico: As 15 Democratic Congressmen—including many supporters of EFCA—wrote to Mexican labor authorities: “We understand that the private ballot is allowed for, but not required, by Mexican labor law. However, we feel that the private ballot is absolutely necessary in order to ensure that workers are not intimidated into voting for a union they might not otherwise choose.”
Today’s Charleston Post and Courier has an excellent editorial against the deceptively-named Employee Free Choice Act suggesting that Democrats in Congress should heed Former South Dakota Senator and Presidential Candidate George McGovern’s recent appeal to drop their support of anti-worker bill. They wrote:
Mr. McGovern hailed America’s unions — as he has throughout more than half a century as a political figure — for helping to assure fair treatment of workers, build a strong middle class and to assure fair treatment of workers. However, as he accurately warned, the EFCA would treat workers quite unfairly.
“We cannot be a party that strips working Americans of the right to a secret-ballot election. We are the party that has always defended the rights of the working class. To fail to ensure the right to vote free of intimidation and coercion from all sides would be a betrayal of what we have always championed,” he wrote.
That’s a powerful argument from a man who could never be mistaken for a tool of management. Congress should heed Mr. McGovern’s appeal and reject the “undemocratic overreach” of the grossly mislabeled Employee Free Choice Act.
This entry posted on Tuesday, August 19th, 2008 at 9:38 am by J. Justin Wilson and tagged as Center for Union Facts, EFAC, Ending Secret Ballots, News.
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Here’s a letter we had in today’s Wall Street Journal (subscription required):
The Democratic Party should heed Mr. McGovern’s advice and stand up for the very principle embodied in their name by renouncing their support of a law which would effectively eliminate secret ballots for union organizing.
Labor unions say the bill is necessary to combat employer stall tactics that open employees to intimidation and coercion. But, in fact, the NLRB reports that in 2005 the average union election occurred within 39 days of receiving an employees’ petition. Similarly, NLRB data reveal that less than 3% of organizational campaigns result in an employee being illegally fired. While these employers should certainly be punished, and they are, it is hardly a cause for shelving 60 years of labor law that has supported secret ballot voting.
J. Justin Wilson
Managing Director
Employee Freedom Action Committee
Washington
This entry posted on Friday, August 15th, 2008 at 12:42 pm by J. Justin Wilson and tagged as EFAC, Ending Secret Ballots, News.
Desperate times call for desperate measures, and when it comes to the labor movement, union bosses are willing to say just about anything to justify the deceptively-named Employee Free Choice Act. Whether it’s union-funded professors, politicians, or think tanks, labor leaders have paid groups to perpetuate lies about the deceptively named Employee Free Choice Act.
Union Myth: EFCA wouldn’t eliminate a worker’s access to private-ballot elections. It only gives workers the option of using the “majority signup” system.
Fact: EFCA puts the union—and only the union—in charge of unionizing. There is no required option for employee input. Numerous union organizers have publicly stated that they have no interest in calling for private-ballot elections:
SEIU Union Official Mike Fishman
“There’s no need to subject the workers to an election.”
– Bruce Raynor, UNITE HERE union president
“We don't do elections.”
– Mike Fishman, high-ranking SEIU union leader
Union Myth: “Nonunion workers who say they want to have a union in their workplace: 60 million.”
Fact: This comes from an unpublished poll commissioned by labor unions and conducted by union-friendly pollsters. Without knowing what question they asked, it is impossible to judge its credibility. And given their refusal to release the poll, we suspect its credibility is weak at best.
In fact, a recent poll of 1,000 Americans by the Opinion Research Corporation found that 64 percent of workers would prefer that their job be non-union (The question: “Would you prefer your present job to be union or would you prefer it to be non-union?”)
Union Myth: “Chance that an active union supporter will be illegally fired for union activity during an organizing campaign: 1 in 5.”
Fact: This statistic comes from a group of labor-affiliated researchers using outdated data from the 1980s and arbitrary estimates — one of the researchers even acknowledged it was “a crude probability” — to come to their ultimate conclusion.
In fact, according to data from the National Labor Relations Board (NLRB), just 1 in 340 pro-union employees are wrongly terminated during the course of an organizing campaign.
Related Union Myth: “Workers in 2005 who received back pay because of illegal employer discrimination for activities legally protected under the National Labor Relations Act: 31,358.”
Fact: This number includes employees paid back pay for a variety of reasons unrelated to organizing a union, such as disputes regarding overtime, work rules, or other contractual deputes. Data from the NLRB indicates that just 2.7% of organizing campaigns involve an employee who was wrongly terminated.
Union Myth: “Employers that threaten to call U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Services during organizing drives that include undocumented employees: 52%; companies that threaten to close the plant if the union wins the election: 51%; companies that actually close their plants after a successful union election: 1%.”
Fact: NLRB data indicates that only 2.6% of organizational campaigns result in a charge against a business for making threatening or coercive statements.
Questions and Answers about the Employee Free Choice Act
What is the Employee Free Choice Act?
Download EFCA Q & A
The deceptively-named Employee Free Choice Act (EFCA) strips workers of their right to a government-supervised, private-ballot vote and replaces it with a forced-unionization system, where workers must publicly declare their support for a union and sign a binding contract in public without seeing the “fine print.”
At its core, EFCA is an undemocratic power grab by special interest union lobbyists. It trashes workers right to privacy and exposes them to intimidation, deception, and coercion from union bosses and even their co-workers and friends.
Why Union Bosses Want EFCA?
America’s labor unions are on the verge of extinction. Between changing economic conditions and labor bosses’ inept leadership, private-sector union membership has fallen to a dismal 50-year low of just 7.4%. National polls show that most Americans would prefer not to be in a union. Given that, labor bosses know that without a radical change in the process of creating a union, the prospect of their survival is low.
How does EFCA change the law?
For the last 60 years, workers have used government-supervised, private-ballot elections–similar to the system used to elect Senators or the President–to vote on unionizing. But for the last decade, unions have lost many private-ballot elections because of unions’ declining popularity.
To remedy this, EFCA replaces the private-ballot election with a “card check” system, where paid union organizers can corner employees at their homes, in parking lots, or even at church and ask–or, as is often the case, intimidate–them to sign a legally binding union contract (or “card”) without even seeing the fine print.
Sometimes the cards misleadingly suggest there will ultimately be an election, but under EFCA, no election is necessary. Once the union has signatures from a majority of employees, the union exists. The remaining 49% of employees have no option to express their opinion on joining a union.
Some EFCA supporters dishonestly claim that the bill gives workers the option of either a private-ballot vote or a publically-signed contract as their “vote.” But there is no means of gauging the workers’ preference on which method to use. In fact, union bosses choose the process they want, and they have clearly stated said they will exclusively use “card check” contracts, should EFCA become law.
Who’s Against an EFCA Workplace?
The American Public: Opinion polls consistently show that Americans overwhelmingly support a worker’s right to a private-ballot election and oppose an EFCA workplace.
87 percent of Americans support a federally supervised secret ballot election to decide unionization.
– McLaughlin & Associates, 2007
75 percent of the public supports secret ballot elections over EFCA rules.
– Opinion Research Corporation, 2006
77 percent of voters in Maine, 72 percent of voters in Colorado, and 72 percent of voters in Minnesota support secret ballot elections over EFCA rules.
– McLaughlin & Associates, 2008
Leading Democratic Supporters of EFCA, when it’s Mexico: Many leading supporters of EFCA wrote a letter to Mexican labor athorities requesting they institute a private ballot election system, yet they seek just the opposite under EFCA:
“[W]e feel that the secret ballot is absolutely necessary in order to ensure that workers are not intimidated into voting for a union they might not otherwise choose. We respect Mexico as an important neighbor and trading partner, and we feel that the increased use of the secret ballot in union recognition elections will help bring real democracy to the Mexican workplace.”
Read the entire letter. (.pdf)
U.S. Courts: Numerous state and federal courts have ruled that "card check" contracts are inherently inferior to private ballot elections:
“The unreliability of the cards … is inherent, as we have noted, in the absence of secrecy and in the natural inclination of most people to avoid stands which appear to be nonconformist and antagonistic to friends and fellow employees.”
“We would be closing our eyes to obvious difficulties, of course, if we did not recognize that there have been [card solicitation] abuses, primarily arising out of misrepresentations by union organizers.”
– U.S. Supreme Court, 1969
“Freedom of choice is a matter at the very center of our national labor relations policy, and a secret election is the preferred method of gauging choice.”
– District of Columbia Circuit Court of Appeals, 1991
“Workers sometimes sign union authorization cards not because they intend to vote for the union in the election but to avoid offending the person who asks them to sign, often a fellow worker, or simply to get the person off their back.”
– Seventh Circuit Court of Appeals, 1983
“It would be difficult to imagine a more unreliable method of ascertaining the real wishes of employees than a ‘card check,’ unless it were an employer’s request for an open show of hands.”
– Fourth Circuit Court of Appeals, 1967
“[I]t is beyond dispute that a secret election is a more accurate reflection of the employees’ true desires than a check of authorization cards collected at the behest of a union organizer.”
– Second Circuit Court of Appeals, 1965
Union Officials, when they benefit from a real election: The AFL-CIO supports private ballot elections in union decertification petitions (voting the union out of a workplace) because they “provide the surest means for avoiding decisions which are the result of group pressures and not individual decisions.”
© 2008 Employee Freedom Action Committee
Why Unions Suck
Posted by Neal Wood at 3/7/2007 1:41 PM and is filed under Politics
Trade (or Labor) Unions suck. To me they suck primarily because of the fact that there's no need for them whatsoever, yet they've somehow managed to perpetuate themselves into today's economy. They had their time and place in this country and succeeded (most of the time) in what they set out to do which is to create a livable and fair work environment.
But they don't make sense today. For example, there are rules (both Federal and State) that already prohibit things such as child labor, working excessive hours, requiring a minimum wage, etc. These were the core problems, in my opinion, that unions were established to solve in this country.
So again, why are they around today? Well, I think for 2 reasons:
Those at the top of the unions want to stay there
There's no denying it. The upper eschelons of Trade Unions are rolling in shit piles of money. Not to mention the fact that they are still strongly tied to politics. After all, unions are the fucking crutch of the Democratic Party, just as Jesus Christ is the crutch of the Republican Party (but that's for another story). Unions are so wrapped up in red tape, beauracracy, and wealth that they're not going anywhere soon.
Those in the Unions have the "Union Mentality" and support it
WHAT THE HELL DO PEOPLE NOT GET ABOUT THE FREE MARKET SYSTEM. Why does some guy who makes 12/hr at UPS deserve somebody representing them, trying to artificially raise their salary and benefits? If you don't like it quit! or..even better, in the free market system, if you're going to whine about it, Demand suggests we'll find somebody who'll do it for 12/hr and if we can't then you'll win.
And it pisses me off even more that you cannot fire a union member. A close relative of mine works for a company that is strongly bound to a union. Certain co-workers of this family member are complete shit bags. They show up late constantly, they are no-call, no-shows, and still nothing happens to them!?!? Hmmm...yes, I am going to say it....here it comes...
Unions promote laziness!!
ahh....I said it...oh my gosh
At any rate, I hated unions when I was 16 and forced to join one when I was a bagger at Safeway. I hated unions when I made 10/hr at a book store when I was 18 and I hate unions now.
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3/20/2007 1:46 PM The Man wrote:
Say it loud Brotha! Good points!
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5/12/2008 6:00 AM jim meier wrote:
Do you honestly think employers would pay workers a decent wage if it were not for unions ? Unions have theregood and bad points but over all I think they help employees get a better wagw and work conditions.
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5/12/2008 4:40 PM Neal Wood wrote:
Hi Jim,
It's not about whether employers "would" or "wouldn't" pay a good wage. It's the basic economic law of Supply and Demand and Unions try to muck with that -- and 100 years ago that was a great idea when there were child labor issues and overworking, exhaustion issues, but today there are federal laws put into place that take care of that.
Why should UPS be "forced" or "coerced" into paying their drivers $16/hr instead of $12/hr when the law of supply and demand says it should be $12/hr? If UPS dropped it too low, the supply would decrease as nobody would want to work for $8/hr, but if the sweet spot is $12/hr then that's what the company should be paying. And if $12/hr isn't good enough for you, then do what it takes to make more - albeit education, career change, etc...these are all choices and freedoms we have.
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Confirming my notion that Unions suck...
I got kicked off of a jury a couple of years ago because I expressed no affection for union labor or policies. The trial case involved a local union dude who was arrested for assault during some kind of protest. The prosecutor fought to keep me, but I was eliminated under the defense's option.
Now comes Peter List, who's been very busy, I see, compiling genuine arguments against labor unions under a new website www.employerreport.com The following was emailed to me from his office (I had to share, Pete. It's good stuff!) I was shocked to learn of Pete's former affiliation with the enemy! :c0 He's since redeemed himself, and shines the light of capitalism.
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Former Union Activist Launches Website Exposing Unions' Assault on American Workplace: EmployerReport.comPR Newswire -- August 29, 2006FAIRFIELD, N.J., Aug. 29 /PRNewswire/ -- Peter A. List, former unionactivist and one of the nation's most sought-after experts in employeerelations and union avoidance has launched a website exposing laborunions' assault on workplace democracy and American free enterprise.EmployerReport.com provides employers with insight and information ontoday's unions, as well as a detailed analysis of EFCA: the KillAmerican Jobs Act."One of the biggest threats facing America today is the threat fromtoday's labor movement and the Employee Free Choice Act, a euphemism forwhat should be more aptly called the Kill American Jobs Act," explainsMr. List. "If this destructive legislation is passed by Congress andsigned into law, it will be the biggest political payoff in history toany special interest group and will have a devastating impact on smallbusinesses and American jobs."EFCA (or the Kill American Jobs Act) is broken into two primarycomponents: 1) Forced recognition of unions onto every private-sectorworkplace with two or more workers that falls under the jurisdiction ofthe National Labor Relations Act and 2) binding arbitration offirst-time collective bargaining agreements. This one-two punch willhave the effect of 1) annihilating employees' freedom to vote in asecret-ballot election to determine whether or not to unionize theiremployer, as well as destroying employers' freedom of speech, and 2)third-party arbitrators deciding on wages, hours and working conditionsthat an employer must provide their employees, effectively killingcountless American jobs."Unions wrongly claim that employers should have nothing to say aboutwhether or not their employees unionize their companies," states List."However, there is more than ample evidence of the negative impactunions have on companies and the jobs they provide. Why shouldn't anemployer keep his constitutionally-protected freedom of speech todiscuss this issue?""While there has been some media exposure on unions' efforts to destroythe secret-ballot," continues List, "very little attention has beenfocused on EFCA's other component -- that is submission of theemployer's economic condition to a third-party ruler."Aside from the economic havoc that widespread unionization would wreakon America's competitiveness, as many small companies will likely closetheir doors. Mr. List states that larger companies will likely viewfurther downsizing and outsourcing as an alternative to subjecting theirbalance sheets to a third-party who has no interest in the viability ofthe business."After killing off entire industries in America," List explains, "itseems rather depraved that today's unions have become so patheticallydesperate that they are willing to sacrifice the rest of America'sworkers whose jobs are vulnerable to globalization in order to unionizejobs that they deem can't be outsourced.'"(To view Mr. List's article, EFCA: The Kill American Jobs Act, go to:http://www.employerreport.com ).About Peter A. ListMr. List is Founder & CEO of EmployerReport.com, as well as Kulture, LLC-- a nationally known labor and employee relations consulting firm. Hisprior experiences in the union movement, representing hundreds ofemployees on the job, as well as having been on strike and havingorganized picket lines, has helped many employers throughout the US andPuerto Rico remain union-free in order to retain the ability to resolveemployee issues through direct communication.(For more information on Peter A. List, go to:http://money.cnn.com/magazines/fsb/fsb_archive/2004/05/01/370029/index.htm )About EmployerReport.comEmployerReport.com is being launched for Labor Day 2006 to provide thebusiness and legal community as well as human resources, labor andemployee relations professionals with up-to-date union-relatedinformation through a simple, easy to navigate website. Information isupdated by 7 am (EST), Sunday through Friday."EmployerReport.com will be continually exposing the issues andinstitutions that are costing Americans their jobs -- from labor unionsto the politicians in their pockets," says Mr. List, "and all others whomake it more difficult for American business and America's workers tosucceed."(To view, go to: http://www.employerreport.com/ ).
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59 Responses to “Unions Suck”
Kahn Says:
December 21st, 2005 at 12:35 am
Agreed. But who do the left leaning people of New York blame? The union or the mayor?
jay Says:
December 21st, 2005 at 1:46 pm
It’ll end soon enough. It happened here in Philly a few months back and the strike lasted exactly one week. They went without a paycheck on Friday and the following Monday they were back at work.
Kahn Says:
December 21st, 2005 at 6:26 pm
Jay - but is it illegal for them to strike in Penn?
Kahn Says:
December 22nd, 2005 at 1:30 am
I think that NYC should just announce that starting tomorrow - if you don’t show up for your shift then consider yourself terminated for breaking the law (or for cause). That means no unemployment. 50,000 new jobs open in New York!
Problem is, it would be rough for a while as the new crew comes up to speed.
todd Says:
December 22nd, 2005 at 6:15 pm
Unions are nothing more than a doormat for organized crime. That’s it! Think about it. You break a few heads and you have control over a huge segment of an entire industry. You simply cannot have positions of power where a few, even one, preside over hundreds and thousands and even tens of thousands of people and their daily pocketbook. Union officials are human and can be made to see certain points of view in a very short amount of time. The idea of unionism is nice and naturally appeals to the workers. As “left” as people think I am, I can’t get past the notion that an owner cannot do whatever he wants with his own business. Granted, it’d be nice if they don’t make their workers work in squalor, and there must be some controls in place. Remember, garment union = Gambino.
Kahn Says:
December 22nd, 2005 at 11:45 pm
Todd,
Q. How many Teamsters does it take to change a light bulb?
A. Seventeen. Ya got a problem with that?
Actually, I think it’s more complicated than organized crime. But I know that’s part of it. Glad to see they’re wrapping this up. Obviously, no government would ever hire ME as their negotiator.
reliapundit Says:
December 24th, 2005 at 2:14 am
Professor Reynolds linked to an article by RYAN SAGER in the NYPOST:
[Sager] noted this morning, the strike opened up a class war — just not the one the union was expecting. “[T]here is a class confrontation of a kind going on — but it’s not between rich and poor. It’s between the working class and what might be called the government-worker class. The gap between the two groups has been growing for a while.”
RELIAPUNDIT ADDAS: that the “government workers” (like NEA teachers, and AFSCME white collar bureaucrats, and SEIU etc) are PAID FROM TAXES and are also HUGE supporters of the Democrat Party. They are perhaps the strongest backers of the party - in money, right after the Left-wing billionaires like Soros, Lewis, and Heinz-Kerry. And they might contribute the most to the Democrats when one takes into account manpower hours during campaigning and their get out the vote efforts.
This is OBVIOUSLY one reason why the Democrats FAVOR BIGGER GOVERNMENT AND INCREASING GOVERNMENT SPENDING: It’s a PAYOFF their supporters.
In this light, it’s OBVIOUS that the “government employeee union”/Democrat Party alignment nothing more than a self-serving “AXIS FOR TAXES” and that this is why the AXIS nearly always favors more government programs and higher taxes: in order to pay for higher wages and more perks for MORE government workers/union members.
(This AXIS has been a Democrat stronghold since the days of Tammany hall, but NEVER before did it so strongly reflect GOVERNMENT WORKERS as opposed to blue-collar workers.)
The GOP, on the other hand, favors LOWER TAXES, CUTTING GOVERNMENT SPENDING AND SHRINKING THE SIZE OF GOVERNMENT. The GOP is increasingly the party of TAXPAYERS, the self-employed and blue-collar workers.
Because there are more taxpayers than “workers who are paid through taxes,” this way of looking at the divide greatly favors the GOP. KEN MEHLMAN: ARE YOU LISTENING!? here’s a campaign slogan: “STOP THE AXIS FOR TAXES. VOTE GOP!”
Bob Kelly Says:
December 25th, 2005 at 7:27 pm
Remember that the next time you need a policeman or fireman, both of which are UNION. Not to mention the next time you watch a sporting event, because all the major sports are also UNION. Dont forget the teachers who educated you, there all UNION too.
And if any of you actually live in New York, remember everytime you look up at all the tall buildings/skyscrapers…every last one of them was built by UNION Ironworkers, and other UNION hands.
Matt Margolis Says:
December 25th, 2005 at 8:37 pm
Bob,
and you know what? Unions are still bad…
Bob Kelly Says:
December 25th, 2005 at 8:56 pm
Good comeback Matt…LOL.
Matt Margolis Says:
December 25th, 2005 at 10:17 pm
well, if you need it explained to you… union workers are usually overpaid, and have no acountibility. Union wages are articificially high, which actually keeps more people out of work.
Bob Kelly Says:
December 25th, 2005 at 11:04 pm
Sure Matt. All the fireman and police have mansions, and summer in the Hamptons. Many of New Yorks finest, cant even afford to live in NYC, they have to live in Jersey. How quickly we forget the heroism displayed on 9/11, by what you would call overpaid individuals. I would call them under paid heroes.
Matt Margolis Says:
December 25th, 2005 at 11:39 pm
Bob, grow up… that’s a sad way to distort the issue. Why don’t you try to defend the unions like those whiners in NY… I have friends who are part of a union and they make ridiculous salaries for their line of work.
Teachers… after they get tenure, they cease to be accountable for their performance..
Unions may have had their usefulness once.. but not anymore..
Terry "limey" Strobel Says:
December 27th, 2005 at 7:09 pm
Matt you seem to think that if union construction stopped in NYC tomorrow that the building cost would fall as the pay we recive wouldn’t be driving the construction cost so high. Well your wrong the prices wouldn’t change the labout would be inferor and they’d just put that much more in there pockets.
As for unions and 9/11 i was there the day it happened i stayed there 5mnths was there for one reason to help recover the people we lost and to get it cleaned up there was talk off Bectal KBR and the likes comming in ,they wern’t needed we know our job and are highly skilled at it and worked everyday making sure no one else died cleaning up someone elses mess. Proud member Local 40 NYC
Randy B Says:
December 27th, 2005 at 7:38 pm
If you value child labor laws, OSHA, and minimum standards for workers, you can thank a union.
Randy B Says:
December 27th, 2005 at 7:54 pm
Unions play a pivotal role both in securing legislated labor protections and rights such as safety and health, overtime, and family/medical leave and in enforcing those rights on the job. Because unionized workers are more informed, they are more likely to benefit from social insurance programs such as unemployment insurance and workers compensation. Unions are thus an intermediary institution that provides a necessary complement to legislated benefits and protections.
Between 1985 and 1995, 522 workers were killed in trench-related mishaps. Of these, 60 died working for union firms while 462 died in non-union employment…
Tell it to the 462 who died that unions are outdated.
Union ironworkers are the most highly skilled at what we do. Here’s why
Name one non-union contractor who’s been doing this for over 100 years.
It takes a three year program to make a journeyman ironworker out of a guy on the street. For most, it’s longer than that. We don’t get any summer vacation.
As an architect, maybe you should pay attention to who’s making your ideas into a reality. My blood and sweat are elements of a structure that you won’t find on any print.
Randy B
Ironworkers Local 8
Randy B Says:
December 27th, 2005 at 8:18 pm
Matt,
If you survived one day of work with me, I don’t think that the word “overpaid” would be forthcoming …
Matt Margolis Says:
December 27th, 2005 at 8:25 pm
Randy, in all seriousness, if i put up a bunch of links to anti-union sources, would you accept them as objective source?
Randy B Says:
December 27th, 2005 at 9:47 pm
Matt,
The trench statistics can be found on OSHA’s website. The statistics wouldn’t even be a thought if it was not for unions looking out for their members’ safety. OSHA wouldn’t be a thought.
If you can find a non-union construction source that has a better training program than the union ironworkers, I’d be most impressed. All trades unions serve an apprenticeship.
If you can find any source (non-union or otherwise) that refutes what I have listed PLEASE share it.
Objective or not, the truth is available for any who wish to see it.
Those who know little about the Labor Union’s history and badmouth it to this day really annoy me. Unions are not the only ones who have benefitted from unions. Chances are, if you were working in a sweatshop to supplement your family’s income, you wouldn’t have had a chance to finish high school, let alone think about college.
MIKE Says:
December 31st, 2005 at 6:33 pm
TO MATT,
AS FAR AS THE UNION STRIKE HERE IN THE CITY..BOTH SIDES LET THEIR EGO GET IN THE WAY AND THE REST OF US SUFFERED HERE IN NYC FOR THEIR PIG-HEADEDNESS!
MATT YOU SEEM TO BLOG ON AND ON(BLAH BLAH BLAH) ABOUT THINGS WITHOUT DOING ANY OF YOUR OWN RESEARCH OR ASKING YOUR OWN QUESTIONS. YOU ALSO TALK IN SUCH GENERALITIES. SUCH AS:”well, if you need it explained to you… union workers are usually overpaid,(REALLY? HOW DO YOU KNOW?) and have no acountibility.,(REALLY? HOW DO YOU KNOW?) Union wages are articificially high,,(REALLY? HOW DO YOU KNOW?) which actually keeps more people out of work.”-MATT MARGOLIS
TELL US ALL ONCE AGAIN HOW YOU CAME TO ANY OF YOUR CONCLUSIONS AND INSIGHTS–REMEBER AS YOU PUT IT WE ARE TALKING ABOUT ACCOUNTABILITY, THAT INCLUDES YOURSELF TOO RIGHT?
MIKE
Kahn Says:
December 31st, 2005 at 6:44 pm
Mike,
THE SHIFT KEY TAKES THE CAPS OFF! OK?
Oh, and RandyB - The Navy, Army, and Marine Corps train pretty good construction workers without a Union. And, as a matter of fact - so apparently does the nations of El Salvador and Mexico. The training “program” you mention is pretty intertwined with union rules and salaries. Are you sure the training couldn’t exist without the Unions?
Randy B Says:
January 2nd, 2006 at 6:10 pm
Hemets to hard hats
The Unions are extremely supportive of soldiers - see the link provided.
Okay, so your non-union equivalent consists of an entire government? Hmmm, doesn’t seem to help prove your point, but, rather strengthens mine.
The Armed Forces is one area where OSHA has no say. Much of the government work is contracted out through Union contractors. If they are so good, why is this needed to be done?
The training does not exist outside of the union. A percentage of my salary goes directly into the training fund.
If a nonunion contractor is going to pay his worker the least amount possible, what makes you think that he’s going to shell out any greenbacks to train his guys?
I’ve seen how Mexicans put in rebar. It’s done at night. (when it’s cooler) They use tiny Toyota pickups to transport the stuff around while it’s nearly dragging on the street because it’s too long for the truck bed.
I’ve been in the military. I’ve worked non-union. I’ve worked union. There is no comparison. Unions are the best.
Where does your experience come from, Kahn?
Kahn Says:
January 5th, 2006 at 12:13 am
RandyB -
I actually have mixed feelings about unions. I don’t think that pointing at a monopoly (in some areas) and saying - see they train people - is completely fair. But, I don’t think unions should be abolished either. They build buildings, roads, houses, and bridges in areas without unions - right? So, I guess they are not actually “necessary”. But that is over simplification.
I do know that Union workers at Colt struck for two months during the Viet nam war - shutting down M-16 production. And, that the M-16’s from the Colt line were found to be much more shoddily made than the ArmaLite (Non-union) guns.
I know that here in Virginia, the new Wilson bridge project was almost stopped when the previous (DEM) governor of Maryland insisted on Union labor. That would have nearly doubled the cost. Our governor told Maryland that it was free to pay however much it wanted on it’s side of the river - and the plan was dropped.
I have also seen Union labor at a major aircraft plant and at several railroads protect some of the laziest people I have ever met. I have also seen them drive small manufacturing plants out of business.
But again - whatever. I still have mixed feelings on them.
Randy B Says:
January 5th, 2006 at 7:28 pm
correction:
As far as laziness, I just fired a guy last week for that. The instances that you listed seemed to be of the shop trade variety.
“union” should be substituted for trade.
Randy B Says:
January 6th, 2006 at 5:52 pm
As proof of how employers will take advantage of workers, look where the jobs are going. Check out some of the conditions.
Kahn Says:
January 7th, 2006 at 12:56 am
Randy,
The Railroads are UNION in capital letters man. Come on. Along with the miners, they invented Unions in this country.
You fired a guy. Does that mean that I didn’t see lazy
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Unions breed mediocrity.
Also, corruption and in my opinion, a veil for communism to hide behind. The lovely Michelle Malkin reports:
Union bosses have nothing but the best interests of workers at heart.
Except when they’re siphoning off funds for their personal enrichment and pleasure. Business as usual from the Democrats’ labor thug allies:
Head on over for more of the filthy dealings by one of the largest donors to the socialist(D) party. Unions like affirmative action, no longer serve a positive role, they are destructive, corrupt and negatively affect a free and open market, but that’s exactly what a communist(D) party wants, right?
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I toally agree. unions had a purpose at one time, but afte the Mob took them over they havegone downhill ever since
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What!? The mob didn't do it, the socialist(D) did. But my "italianess" won't allow me to say anything bad about mob activity.
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The Mpb has infested the Unions for a long time. And they were aligned with the Dems (Socialists), that is why JFK got shot and Jimmy Hoffa is no whereto be found.
The Unions got JFK elected along with the Mob, they got allthe dead and dogst vote in Chicago and Dallas. But when JFK's borther started to crack down onthe Mob they had JFK killed.
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The mob may have "used" the dhims for their own reasons, but there are no bigger capitalist bunch than the mob. And again, the vowel at the end of my name won't allow me to bad mouth the mob...... look what we have now, Chicoms and Russian gangs taking over....
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Its funny listening to an encore presentation of the Savage show now, he mentioned that in the old days the mob was used to beat communist, because they are the most freedom loving capitalist there are...
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Labor Union Update & Alligators, Wolves & Bears (Oh MY!)...
It's been a hearty couple of weeks since our last missive to you and, at the bottom of this post, we'll share our (near) experiences with the alligators, bears, wolves and a very, very juicy bug.
In the meantime, here's a breakdown of a few of the stories we're posting for you on EmployerReport.com:
Edwards Admits to Schtupping the Help While Wife Stumps for Him...All at Hillary's (and Her Supporters') Expense:
If you saw the news over the weekend (or visited EmployerReport.com), you may have noticed that former union darling and presidential (and VP) candidate John Edwards has finally admitted to having an affair with a videographer hired to document his campaign. According Edwards, he "made a serious error in judgment and conducted myself in a way that was disloyal to my family and to my core beliefs" and that he "started to believe that I was special and became increasingly egocentric and narcissistic." We certainly won't argue with that statement since Mr. Edwards had the sick audacity to have his cancer-ridden wife Elizabeth Edwards constantly stumping for him on the campaign trail while he, of course, was 'busy elsewhere'.
However, according to the statement, apparently Mr. Edwards doesn't feel he was disloyal to his supporters or fellow Democrats.
Additionally, Hillary Clinton (and her supporters) must also be infuriated at both Edwards and the media because, as Howard Wolfson (Clinton's former communications Director) told ABCNews.com, if Edwards hadn't lied for the past year, "we would have won Iowa, and Clinton today would therefore have been the nominee." Wolfson goes on to state that he is mystified about the failure of the national media to pursue the story as it has allegations of other candidates' affairs. "I can't say I understand the rules of the media and I'm not sure they do either," he said.
Since we posted this story on EmployerReport.com when it hit the news on the Drudge Report last December, we happen to agree with Wolfson's ruminations about Big Media's blanket dismissal of the story. It would appear that Wolfson's speculation is correct in that, were Edwards truthful about his dalliances, many of Edwards former supporters would have voted for Hillary in the primaries and, therefore, she (and not Barack Obama) would be the Democratic nominee. [Editor's note: Although he should, we suppose that Mr. Obama will not be sending John Edwards and his former lover a 'Thank You' note for keeping the lid on the truth for so long.]
In other news:
According to the Statesman Journal, "Nobody is grinning wider about Barack Obama’s lead in the polls than big union bosses. This election is their best shot in a half-century to make over Washington, D.C." while the Milwaukee's Examiner.com writes about Union Bosses' Swarm Offense, stating that "National union leaders have been using the Democrat majority that took control in 2006 to lay the legislative ground work for their biggest push in Congress since the Carter administration, beginning after the November elections."
In New York, just hours away from a 65,000 union-member strike, telephone giant Verizon obtained an agreement with its unions (the CWA and IBEW) that enables the company to control healthcare costs, while giving the unions more members.
In Ohio, unions are continuing their efforts to cripple more companies in an already-down economy by pushing for a paid sick leave law.
In Las Vegas, a woman's "15 minutes of fame" have apparently expired as the Laborers union is exposed in a story of how workers are sometimes used and left in the dust by unions seeking their own agenda.
In Arizona, a judge has permanently barred the Town of Cave Creek's from enforcing its ban on solicitation that critics say unfairly targeted Latino immigrants from seeking day laborer jobs. Meanwhile, Los Angeles has passed a new ordinance stating that any new home improvement centers must have 'day laborer shelters.' The shelters must be "easily accessible and equipped with drinking water, bathrooms, tables with seating and trash facilities."
And, lastly, in the news-that-never-ceases-to-amaze-us category:
The United Food & Commercial Workers (UFCW) representing workers at a Tyson plant in Tennessee has opted to negotiate away one of unions' most cherished of holidays (Labor Day), in exchange for the Muslim holiday...
To read more, go here...
Thursday, June 26, 2008
American Voters are the Victims of the Largest and Most Expensive Union Organizing Campaign in History
“The official AFL-CIO endorsement of presidential hopeful Barack Obama this week confirms that this November’s election will be the biggest and most expensive union organizing campaign in history,” says Peter A. List, Editor & Chief Blogger of EmployerReport.com.
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Monday, June 16, 2008
Used Like Pawns: Teamster Bosses Order Strike Ending in Members Going to the Unemployment Line
Last week was a bad week for the 1,250 Teamsters employed by Performance Transportation Service. First, their bankrupt employer had asked them to take a wage cut in order to stay in business, but their union bosses ordered them to strike instead.
So, like obedient little pawns, they followed their union bosses' orders and hit the picket lines on Monday, June 9th.
By Friday, the company was out of business, its doors closed.
Now, all 1,250 Teamsters (and the company's support staff) are unemployed.
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Sunday, June 15, 2008
SEIU's Anna Burger Would Make a Good VP Choice for Obama
Now, before you go bonkers at the our hypothesis that Anna Burger would make a good choice for Obama's VP nominee, let us assure you that we are neither fans of, nor do we even like Ms. Burger.
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Sunday, June 1, 2008
The UAW wants its smoke to blow both ways...
Whatever way the wind blows, the UAW will blow too...
First, it seems the United Auto Workers wanted to protect casino workers from the ills of smoking and second-hand smoke, even going so far as celebrating when Atlantic City banned smoking in casinos.
Blathering on their website in April that "Secondhand smoke is a serious occupational hazard for casino workers," the UAW fought to get the smoking ban in Atlantic City, which will go into effect Oct. 15.
Meanwhile, in Connecticut the UAW fought and, ultimately, failed to get smoking banned at the Foxwoods and Mohegan Sun casinos.
In Detroit, the UAW seems to be missing from Michigan's current debate on smoking bans. Perhaps the union, like the Detroit casino management, is finally realizing that killing smoking in casinos may just kill their jobs--smokers and non-smokers alike.
That said, last week the United Auto Workers did a hypocritical about-face on the whole smoking issue when heavy equipment manufacturer Caterpillar decided to ban smoking at all of its U.S. properties.
Instead of applauding the effort to snuff out Caterpillar's smokers, the UAW filed unfair labor practice charges with the National Labor Relations Board.
After denying the right of smokers to puff away as they drop their nickels, dimes and dollars, the UAW has taken the position at Caterpillar that smoking has been a 'contractual privilege for 60 years'.
What's more, it's not like Caterpillar's ban caught the UAW with its pants down--the Company announced the ban last fall.
It sounds to us like the UAW is trying to have its smoke blow both ways...
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Saturday, August 23, 2008
EmployerReport.com EOW: Is Change Afoot?
Dear readers:
Before sharing some of the top news we're posting for you on EmployerReport.com, we'd like to give a hearty welcome to our new e-mail update subscribers. As most of our readers already know, EmployerReport.com was launched on Labor Day 2006 to provide a free news-posting web site to awaken the public to the radical agenda of today's union bosses, including the hallucinogenically-named Employee Free Choice Act. Although we strive hard to update EmployerReport.com daily (M-F), our updates are sent out only as time and news warrant.
To that end, we're pleased to announce that, over these past two years, we've had more than 27,000 hits to EmployerReport.com, as well as received many compliments from the readers of our blog (as well as the occasional misguided insult from the occasional union junkie). While we had hoped that more people over these past two years would visit EmployerReport.com, we are mindful that our site is not one of those compensable enterprises launched to be profitable and is run with minimal monetary investment and a whole lot time. Alas, unlike unions which are spending $1 billion to take over the U.S. government, ours is a labor of...er...necessity to do our part to counter the union-made propaganda.
Now, on to the news...
While we have far too many stories posted on EmployerReport.com to report on here, there are several that have piqued our interest:
On Politics...
Today, Hillary Clinton supporters have even more to be angry about than the primary loss of their candidate as politico.com is reporting that the Democrat Dream Ticket of Obama & Clinton was never even under consideration as the Obama campaign never bothered to ask Clinton for a "single piece of paper" to 'vet' her for the position of veep.
As Democrats conventioneers head to Denver for their party's party, it would appear that the DNC convention will be more union convention than a politcal party's convention, as the AFL-CIO is boasting that 25% of convention delegates will be union members, while we believe it is demonstrative of the DNC's abhorrence of American business, the National Review is reporting that not a single businessman, entrepreneur, or private sector innovator will be speaking during the DNC's confab.
...And in the who-would-have-thought-it-was-possible category, a new Reuters/Zogby poll has GOP candidate John McCain up by 5%...
This leads us to an observation we've been making over the past few weeks: Unlike other presidential elections in the past, we've noticed a large lacking of political bumper stickers on cars, trucks and the like. In fact, after just returning from a 1,000 mile ride to Maine and back, among all of the vehicles we passed to and fro that chilly state, we counted a mere three Obama bumper stickers and NO McCain stickers the entire trip. (We'd like to know: Are you observing the same phenom?)
Speaking of Maine: Our trip to Maine was taken for both business and pleasure (ie. the ability to ride the Harleys to points far away is a powerful motivator) and it pleased us to see within 30 minutes of hotel check-in three ads targeting the anti-secret ballot/pro-EFCA senatorial candidate in that state (you can view the ad by going here). This gives us some hope that people are starting to wake up to Big Labor's scheme to unionize America's workers through the elimination of a secret-ballot election. As many of our readers already know, and a few new ones may not, the battle as to whether the moronically-named Employee Free Choice Act passes may hinge on the ability for the GOP to filibuster this job-killing legislation while union bosses are trying to reduce the number of GOP senators to make the Senate "filibuster proof." [Note to those of you who, like us, slept through high school civics: If the GOP falls below 40 seats in the Senate and Obama wins the White House, EFCA will pass unhindered and you can expect markets to plummet and more jobs to disappear.]
EFCA Update:
Yesterday, according to the NAM's ShopFloor, union junkies were up to their normal shenanigans trying to intimidate pro-secret-ballot ralliers.
A video you need to pass along: Although we lean very much toward the Libertarian mindset, this video was posted by the NRSC a few weeks ago, we've been shocked that only 3,400 people have viewed it. If you haven't seen the video, you need to. Once you've seen it, you should pass it along...because it is the clearest video out there to demonstrate the importance of this election. This, by the way, is not an endorsement of the NRSC or that party, it is just an excellent video on EFCA. This and most other good EFCA-related videos are posted on EmployerReport.com' EFCA page.
As stated above, there are far too many stories posted on EmployerReport.com to list here so you are encouraged to peruse EmployerReport.com to read them. However, here are a few that you might find of interest:
SEIU MEMBERS VOTE TO STRIKE LAX...
'SEIU is corrupt,' says rival union's ads...
SEIU used students 'like pawns,' say student activists...
Duuude: UNITE-HERE protests new luxury hotel in Santa Cruz...
Another racist union member hangs another noose in Philly...
FUNERAL HELD FOR STRIKER, AS PARTIES AGREE TO MEDIATION...
Final Countdown: Boeing and IAM in round-the-clock negotiations...
CARPENTERS' UNION THUGS BEAT MEMBER OUTSIDE OF CHURCH...
...and one from last week that we believe bears repeating and passing along to your friends in "right-to-work" states...
EMPLOYER ALERT: BILL TO ELIMINATE RIGHT-TO-WORK STATES SECRETLY INTRODUCED IN HOUSE...
On our blog, you'll find this story around some others we've posted: BLOG: Wal-Mart's Fight For the Truth Should be YOUR Fight Too...
With that, dear readers, we wish you a very best of weekends.
EmployerReport.com
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Monday, August 18, 2008
Wal-Mart's Fight For the Truth Should be YOUR Fight Too
Over these past few weeks, the labor movement and its leftist allies have finally outdone themselves in their sheer hypocrisy. By decrying meetings that retail giant Wal-Mart has had with its managers to talk about this November’s election and the consequences of the hallucinogenically-named Employee Free Choice Act, unions are attempting to have their cake and eat it too...
By pressing the Federal Election Commission to investigate whether or not Wal-Mart violated federal election laws, unions are also putting all employers on notice that you have no right to talk to your employees (or managers) on a bill that may negatively affect your business and put employees' jobs at risk--if that bill is something that union bosses want, that is.
While all media accounts seem to agree that (unlike union bosses) Wal-Mart never told its managers who to vote for, it did talk about the ramifications of EFCA on its company. According to union shill American Rights at Work's Mary Beth Maxwell, Wal-Mart "adapted their unionbusting tactics to influence our federal election system."
WHAT?!? Wal-Mart is but one company. Yet, no one apparently sees the blatant hypocrisy of that statement as union bosses spend an estmated a billion dollars of their members' money to "influence our federal election system."
While unions seemingly would rather ignore the truth, here it is:
The Truth is: Unions have mounted an unprecented campaign to drastically alter America's union organizing system through the moronically-named Employee Free Choice Act
The Truth is: If EFCA passes, unions will have the unfettered ability to attack compnies and browbeat their workers into signing union authorization cards
The Truth is: Union bosses have promised, cajoled, and even threatened lawmakers into passing this measure. If lawmakers do not support it, union bosses have earmarked $10 million for efforts to oust them.
The Truth is: EFCA will make many businesses that become unionized uncompetitive, since unionization raises the 'administrative costs' of doing business anywhere from 15% to 30%.
The Truth is: EFCA also contains one of the most job-killing pieces of legislation ever called for--binding arbitration.
The Truth is: EFCA will set the stage for labor battles like those in the 1930s to take place as, once an EFCA-imposed contract expires at those companies that can survive, strikes and lockouts will become more commonplace.
The Truth is: EFCA is merely a way for labor union bosses to bring more money into their coffers and has nothing to do with freedom.
The Truth is: Unions have already cost countless workers their jobs in heavily unionized industries.
The Truth is: EFCA will cost more Americans their jobs.
The Truth is: Union bosses do not want people to know the truth!
While unions often squeal like stuck Arkansas razorbacks when their opponents use the same tactics the unions use, this instant case goes beyond the bounds of normal union hypocrisy. Further, if the unions win this battle against this employer telling the truth, then all Americans should be concerned. For, if the union bosses and their like-minded ilk win this battle and companies are prohibited from telling the truth, the all Americans will lose as truth will have no place in America any longer.
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Friday, August 15, 2008
Charges Filed Against Communications Workers of America (CWA) For Retaliating Against Workers
The National Right to Work Foundation has posted an excellent example of what commonly happens to workers who oppose today's union bosses by refraining from union membership.
Ironically, the case involved the alma mater of yours truly, the Communications Workers of America (CWA). As a former CWA union 'enforcer' in a Right-to-Work state, it is not hard to believe how these workers were intimidated, as non-union workers were a constant targeted in our local union.
Although the union called them 'membership drives,' it was nothing more than a pure campaign of targeting these workers through persuasion, intimidation (especially for those who crossed our picket line in 1986) and, in some cases, unlawful extortion as non-members would routinely have their grievances conveniently 'dropped' if they refused to sign up.
Additionally, non-members had their names routinely published at the union hall and given to the union stewards in eacd department while bounties of $15 per card were offered to any member who would get the "free-loaders" or "scabs" (as they were commonly referred to as) to sign up with the union.
Although publishing social security numbers is not something that I can recall, the workers in this video are sharing with you what was, in our case, not beyone the bounds of propriety.
Note: While these workers (and those who work in the 22 Right-to-Work states) are still legally able to refrain from union membership, their rights may soon be eliminated by a secretly introduced bill in Congress that, if enacted, will eliminate their right-to-work status.
See post below.
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Labels: Communications Workers of America, employerreport.com, National Right to Work Foundation
WORKERS IN 22 STATES MAY BE FORCED TO JOIN UNIONS AS BILL IN CONGRESS TO ELIMINATE STATES' RIGHT-TO-WORK STATUS IS SECRETLY INTRODUCED
Unions: Pay Us Or Be Fired!
Going largely unnoticed in the media and blogosphere over these past few weeks is a bill that was introduced in the House of Representatives on July 10th which, if enacted, will eliminate the Right-to-Work provisions of the 1947 Labor Management Relations Act (better known as the Taft-Hartley Amendments). To view the bill, click here.
While the bill has little chance of passing before 2009, it should send a clear warning to workers and employers in the 22 "Right-to-Work" states that labor bosses at the AFL-CIO and Change to Win federations are hell bent on requiring workers to pay dues or be fired.
. union 310 up, 160 down
an association that uses thuggery, hooliganism, bribery and blackmail to get the wage level raised above its true value for lazy workers
those dumb union workers at the printers drove all the print shops out of business and then had no jobs at all
by andy1 Sep 25, 2004 email it 1 comment
2. union 150 up, 99 down
group of people who take breaks and several lunches throughout the day.
the union told me i work to hard..
by op Mar 11, 2004 email it 0 comments
3. union 157 up, 102 down
The reason why my job is going to India.
Rambabu: Steve, why are you the only American programmer working at Visa in Foster City?
Steve: Because unions aren't allowed here and business lobbyists got their way in Congress.
Rambabu: Why does a programmer need to make $40 an hour out here, while programmers in India do well on $3 an hour?
Steve: Unions allow workers to get paid more for doing less, which raises taxes and construction costs, while destroying education.
by smelly armpit Sep 22, 2005 email it 1 comment
4. union 122 up, 90 down
1. Workers unite to fight the man; the man is so damn powerful individuals have no chance, but if we all stick together, maybe we've got a chance to earn a decent wage.
2. The same organization gets people "taken off the schedule" because they won't give up 20% of their paycheck. See irony.
1. Thanks to the union for the 40 hour work week, health insurance, sick days...
2. This union extortion could turn a democrat into a republican
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5. Union 80 up, 54 down
Outdated social construct perverted from a once noble mission into socioeconomic virus destined to usher in the next great depression.
In the 1920's, unions protected people from slave wages and conditions. Over time, they won the war and the American middle class boomed. Today, having fulfilled their mission, rather than fading away, they continue to fight in a kind of sad, desperate grasp at hanging on to their own existence. They are not unlike the ACLU. Having gained the major victories and won all the good fights, they seek out the most petty, trivial, and even downright morally reprehensible battles in effort to justify their continued existence.
How come Japanese cars perform better, get better mileage, and are safer?
Well, maybe it's because the Japanese don't have cut $2000 of features out of every car to fulfill rich union retiree obligations. Or perhaps it's because they have more money to hire the best engineers because they don't pay uneducated, unskilled workers $25-35/hr to do manual labor.
Wait. Wait. I got. Perhaps it's because they're workers haven't been poisoned by American unions and feel like a craftsman trading equally with their company rather than leeches trying only to suck out as much as possible while exerting the minimal amount of effort... hmmm?
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by Fascist Pork Aug 8, 2006 email it 0 comments
6. union 30 up, 21 down
A democratic worker organization that enables employees to join together with one another in order to negotiate compensation, benefits, working conditions, and other terms of employment with their employer. Unions ensure that employers are 1) fair, 2) accountable and 3) responsive to employee concerns. Unions establish a process by which to deal with workplace issues and ensure that said process is applied evenly to employees.
By joining together with my coworkers to form a union, we fought for and won better benefits and a voice at work.
union labor union worker rights worker fair respect justice power
by Lboogie Aug 16, 2007 email it 0 comments
7. union 70 up, 75 down
Labor unions suck...all they do is hurt themselves (not getting payed and freezing their asses off striking after collective bargaining fails)...they also hurt the consumer by giving them one less option in purchasing decisions...and hurt the firm by making them looose all their money and eventuallty they run out and cant pay the fucking union people
ALL LABOR UNIONS DO IS CAUSE INFLATION IN THE US ECONOMY AND SIT ON THE ASS EATING A FUCKING SANDWITCH TELLING PEOPLE TO WORK SLOWER BECAUSE THEIR FUCKING FAGS WHO NEED TO BE ARRESTED...FUCK THAT BITH
*me working hard*
Big fag labor union man-stop working u asshole we can get this job done in 23451214 days instead of one. we can waste the tax payers money so i can stick my finger up my ass and eat because im a fat ass labor union asshole
by LABOR UNIONS SUCK Mar 31, 2005 email it 0 comments
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Some readers may not understand the ramifications of this, so here is a brief explanation of Right-to-Work versus Non-Right-to-Work:
Prior to the Taft-Hartley Amendments to the National Labor Relations Act, it was legal for unions in all 50 states (48 at the time) to negotiate "union (income) security" clauses into collective bargaining agreements (CBA), which requires all workers covered by a CBA to finance the union through dues or fees or be fired. In essence, if a workers fails to pay the union, the union (under the CBA) has the right to require the employer to terminate the employee.
In 1947, over President Truman's veto, Congress amended the NLRA by passing the Taft-Hartley (LMRA) amendments. This allowed states, for the first time, to pass so-called "right-to-work" laws, which enable workers to work at a unionized employer without being fired for refusing to pay union dues.
There are currently 22 Right-to-Work states. To see a map of which states provide the freedom to pay or not pay a union without the threat of termination, click here.
If unions succeed in getting their union-backed candidates elected this fall and this bill passes, workers who choose to keep their own money from the pockets of the union bosses will suddenly be faced with the
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2. Fuck 10242 up, 1135 down
From "Monty Python"
Perhaps one of the most interesting words in the english language today, is the word fuck. Out of all the english words that begin with the letter 'f' ...fuck is the only word refered to as 'the f word... It's the one magical word. Just by its sound can describe pain, pleasure, hate and love. Fuck, as most words in the english language is derived from german ...the word fuieken, which means to strike.
In english, fuck falls into many grammatical categories:
As a transitive verb for intance ...John fucked Shirley.
As an intransitive verb...Shirley fucks.
Its meaning is not always sexual, it can be used as...
An adjective such as ...John's doing all the fucking work.
As part of an adverb ...Shirley talks too fucking much.
As an adverb enhancing an adjective ...Shirley is fucking beautiful.
As a noun ...I don't give a fuck.
As part of a word ...absofuckinglutely -or- infuckingcredible.
And as almost every word in a sentence ...Fuck the fucking fuckers.
As you must realize, there aren't too many words with the versatility of fuck...such as these examples describing situations such as:
Fraud ...I got fucked at the used car lot.
Dismay ...ahhh fuck it.
Trouble ...I guess I'm really fucked now.
Agression ...Don't fuck with me buddy.
Difficulty ...I don't understand this fucking question.
Inquiry ...Who the fuck was that?
Dissatisfaction ...I don't like what the fuck is going on here.
Incompetance ...He's a fuck-off.
Dismissal ...Why don't you go outside and play hide and go fuck yourself...
I'm sure you can think of many more examples.
With all these multi-purpose applications, how can anyone be offended when you use the word. We say use this unique, flexible word more often in your daily speech.
It will identify the quality of your character immediately.
Say it loudly and proudly...
...FUCK YOU!
See examples above...
by Bombadil Nov 5, 2004 email it 19 comments
3. fuck 6416 up, 1262 down
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Translation: Fuck you.
by EJL Feb 17, 2004 email it 8 comments
4. fuck 2844 up, 746 down
This is the infamous F-word. the first swear word anyone learns. it is the most versatile word in the english language, with most of its definitions not within the english language. it can be used any way you like, insert it in between any word, sentence, letter. it probably fits. the definitions below are some common usages and phrases.
1. v. to have sex
2. n. the act of having sex
3. adj. with suffix -ed. general derogatory meaning
4. a general insult
5. n. attention or care of (usually lack thereof)
6. v. to disregard, ignore (used with -it, -that)
7. v. to mess up, destroy, mangle, etc. (used with suffix -up)
8. exclaimation of emotion
9. derogatory dismissal
10. expression of confusion
11. very, extremely
12. n. a person you don't like
13. bother, agitate
14. v. to be in distress
1. i like to fuck.
2. that was a good fuck.
3. he is fucked.
4. fuck you.
5. i don't give a fuck.
6. fuck that.
7. he fucked up the car really badly.
8. oh, fuck!
9. fuck off.
10. what the fuck?
11. that was fucking amazing.
12. he's a fucker.
13. are you trying to fuck with me?
14. I'm fucked.
by asdf May 13, 2003 email it 1 comment
5. fuck 2523 up, 710 down
The only word in the English language that can form a grammatically complete, stand alone sentence.
Fuck, fucking fuckers fucked.
by Havoc Apr 1, 2003 email it 13 comments
6. fuck 1526 up, 511 down
the word of all words, the only word you can use in any situation.
1. Oh Fuck!!!!
( anger, excitment, sadness, confusion, stupidity, pleasure, disappointment, hysterical, boredom, exhaustion, happiness, fright, frustration, shock, being disgusted, depression, surprised, embarrasment, being asamed, jealousy, lonliness, anxiousness, shyness, and anything fucking else you fucking people can feel!!!)
by anonymous Sep 3, 2003 email it 0 comments
7. FUCK 1884 up, 1179 down
A different name for the erotic pleasures shared between two people
As I lie expectantly on the comfortable couch, wearing only the see-through nightgown he bought me, he approaches. I spread my legs and am immediately arroused. He takes off his boxers and I see the largest most wonderful penis I have ever seen. He then lays ontop of me and strokes my breast gently. Soon his fingers move down my silky smooth body and rest on my
2. asshole 3032 up, 463 down
someone being arrogant, rude, obnoxious, or just a total dickhead....
Sean is the biggest fucking asshole I've ever met in my life!
by Jenna Tools Nov 30, 2002 email it 2 comments
3. Asshole 1766 up, 479 down
Your butt hole. Were your shit comes out.
"I got hair on my asshole!"
by escapedgoat Sep 30, 2004 email it 1 comment
4. asshole 1179 up, 241 down
A person in another car who cuts you off to get to the next lane, almost hits you while talking on the phone.
that asshole just cut me off
by miney Jun 2, 2005 email it 0 comments
5. asshole 1051 up, 362 down
Anyone who doesn't do exactly what you think they ought to do, exactly when you think they ought to do it.
That asshole took my parking space.
by Unrepentantfenianbastard Apr 1, 2004 email it 0 comments
6. asshole 929 up, 271 down
An obnoxious, arrogant, self-centered male who women can't seem to get enough of.
Stan thought his relationship with Jenny was great until she dumped him for an asshole.
by vicfan Mar 24, 2004 email it 2 comments
7. Asshole 715 up, 232 down
The worst kind of person. You cannot fully construct a meaning that fully encompasses what this vicious insult means. If you're an asshole, you are disgusting, loathesome, vile, distasteful, wrathful, belligerent, agoraphobic, and more. Assholes are human fecal matter. They are the lowest of the low. They transcend all forms of immorality. It is the very worst of insults; to be called an asshole is to have your very soul ripped apart and shat on. I say that the word "asshole" is the worst cussword of the english language, worst than fuck, shit, and cunt combined.
See this site:
www.thedipstop.com/Asshole.html
by Eric Melech Apr 16, 2005 email it 0 comments
1. asshat 4252 up, 206 down
One who has their head up their ass. Thus wearing their ass as a hat. Asshat
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2. asshat 976 up, 197 down
A person, of either gender, whose behavior displays such ignorance/obnoxiousness that you would like to make them wear their own ass as a hat.
Usage: "Can you believe that my boss is making me stay until 9 pm on a Friday!?" "What an asshat."
by c g ball Sep 22, 2005 email it 0 comments
3. asshat 1028 up, 571 down
a unit vector in the ass direction
(similar to i hat, a unit vector in the i (or x) direction, j hat, k hat, etc.)
"Andrew is such an asshat."
"Totally. His unit vector is definitely pointed in the ass direction."
by andiland Aug 11, 2005 email it 0 comments
4. asshat 495 up, 112 down
describing when one's head is so far up one's ass that one is wearing the ass as a hat. in other words, extreme stupidity.
A: Look at all those hurricane victims on their roofs, waving at the helicopters, begging for emergency food to be dropped down! Why don't they just leave?
B: You asshat.
stupid idiot asshole punk dummy
by ami am Dec 26, 2005 email it 0 comments
5. asshat 264 up, 71 down
A close cousin of the Ass-clown, typically identified by a jovial expression and an outward misunderstanding of how he/she is perceived, combined with a generally misguided conception of what is sociably acceptable amongst his/her fellow peers.
Said persons' frequent attempts at humor usually lead to he/she making an ass out of his/herself. Not to be confused with ass-hole.
"Quit throwing pennies at that homeless man, you asshat."
"Hey asshat, thanks for double parking."
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by asshater Aug 13, 2006 email it 0 comments
6. asshat 166 up, 71 down
One who has their head up their ass, thus wearing their ass as a hat. Someone who is very ignorant, stubborn or dull.
"Gah! Dan won't pay me back my cash! Freakin' asshat!"
asswad asshole idiot moron shithead
by Dervish Apr 14, 2006 email it 0 comments
7. ASSHAT 112 up, 63 down
one who is oblivious to the world around them,lacking common sense,their head might as well be up their ass.
ec isn't going to vegas so he can put rocks around his yard,what an asshat,he is going to miss the best time ever!
ass hat moron idiot numbskull
by LAUGHING SKULL Nov 15, 2006 email it 0 comments
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1. trailer trash 385 up, 45 down
Derogatory description for person who seems well-suited to residential life in a mobile home park and is distinguished by poor hygiene, foul language, slovenly or slutty clothing, and general ignorance. Recreations include drinking malt liquor in lawn chairs under tattered R.V. awning and teenage pregnancy. Close synonymn for poor white trash. Can also be used as literal term for personal effects strewn by tornado when ripping though mobile home park.
"Bambi acts like such trailer trash when she chugs malt liquor and belches."
"She can clean it up, but underneath she's still trailer trash."
by sharona Nov 6, 2004 email it 1 comment
2. Trailer trash 107 up, 24 down
First of all you dont need to live in a trailer to be trailer trash, and only a small percentage of ppl who actually do live in a trailer are considered trailer trash and their characteristics are...
annoying
loud mouths
dirty houses and clothes
greasy hair
their kids are out of control
lazy
It is so embarasing hanging around her, she is straight up trailer trash.
trailor trash tt traler trash trailler trash tralor trash
by victoryia Oct 15, 2006 email it 0 comments
3. trailer trash 110 up, 31 down
Britney Spears and Kevin Federline
Look at the D-Class Britney Spears and Kevin Federline, looking like Trailer Trash as usual.
britney spears kevin federline hillbilly country omg
by Your Mom's Name Jan 15, 2007 email it 0 comments
4. Trailer Trash 97 up, 39 down
See Trailer Park Trash. Intelligence of a broke down camero, ain't goin nowhere(double negative, cinder blocks might fall, and the bar is lowered once again). Think NASCAR is a real sport. Beer comes in "BEER" cans. Pabst Blue Ribbon is a holiday special or after beating their wife or kids. Girls are prized. Learn how to count in 1's for later careers.
Only place where a guy would fuck a tail pipe of a firebird over a slut.
People that think that Wal-mart is disneyland.
by Beast Nov 18, 2003 email it 2 comments
5. trailer trash 70 up, 45 down
A hillbilly, or redneck, who does crack, crystal meth, or other drugs of that nature...and of course, lives in a trailer
that meth-head over there is trailer trash.
by anonymous Oct 9, 2004 email it 0 comments
6. trailer trash 72 up, 56 down
Trashy people who live in trailers.
That whore ain't nothin' but trailer trash.
by DiamondPrincess Aug 4, 2003 email it 0 comments
7. trailer trash 116 up, 101 down
Any low-life cousin-fucking cop.
All police, including deputies and sherriffs, are nothing but low-life, cousin-fucking butt-picking trailer trash.
cop retard inbred double-wide special ed dropout
by laughing at the cops Oct 26, 2006 email it 0 comments
1. trailer trash 385 up, 45 down
Derogatory description for person who seems well-suited to residential life in a mobile home park and is distinguished by poor hygiene, foul language, slovenly or slutty clothing, and general ignorance. Recreations include drinking malt liquor in lawn chairs under tattered R.V. awning and teenage pregnancy. Close synonymn for poor white trash. Can also be used as literal term for personal effects strewn by tornado when ripping though mobile home park.
"Bambi acts like such trailer trash when she chugs malt liquor and belches."
"She can clean it up, but underneath she's still trailer trash."
by sharona Nov 6, 2004 email it 1 comment
2. Trailer trash 107 up, 24 down
First of all you dont need to live in a trailer to be trailer trash, and only a small percentage of ppl who actually do live in a trailer are considered trailer trash and their characteristics are...
annoying
loud mouths
dirty houses and clothes
greasy hair
their kids are out of control
lazy
It is so embarasing hanging around her, she is straight up trailer trash.
trailor trash tt traler trash trailler trash tralor trash
by victoryia Oct 15, 2006 email it 0 comments
3. trailer trash 110 up, 31 down
Britney Spears and Kevin Federline
Look at the D-Class Britney Spears and Kevin Federline, looking like Trailer Trash as usual.
britney spears kevin federline hillbilly country omg
by Your Mom's Name Jan 15, 2007 email it 0 comments
4. Trailer Trash 97 up, 39 down
See Trailer Park Trash. Intelligence of a broke down camero, ain't goin nowhere(double negative, cinder blocks might fall, and the bar is lowered once again). Think NASCAR is a real sport. Beer comes in "BEER" cans. Pabst Blue Ribbon is a holiday special or after beating their wife or kids. Girls are prized. Learn how to count in 1's for later careers.
Only place where a guy would fuck a tail pipe of a firebird over a slut.
People that think that Wal-mart is disneyland.
by Beast Nov 18, 2003 email it 2 comments
5. trailer trash 70 up, 45 down
A hillbilly, or redneck, who does crack, crystal meth, or other drugs of that nature...and of course, lives in a trailer
that meth-head over there is trailer trash.
by anonymous Oct 9, 2004 email it 0 comments
6. trailer trash 72 up, 56 down
Trashy people who live in trailers.
That whore ain't nothin' but trailer trash.
by DiamondPrincess Aug 4, 2003 email it 0 comments
7. trailer trash 116 up, 101 down
Any low-life cousin-fucking cop.
All police, including deputies and sherriffs, are nothing but low-life, cousin-fucking butt-picking trailer trash.
cop retard inbred double-wide special ed dropout
by laughing at the cops Oct 26, 2006 email it 0 comments
fuck all you non union kiss asses that are happy living paycheck to pay check, i'm not i work to hard and my job is to dangerous to fuck around with a monoply, vote yes stick together.
August 13, 2008 5:14 PM
Anonymous said...
i dosen't take long around here to get senority because eveyone either quits or gets fired. so if you want to keep working here and actually like and enjoy this work lets vote yes and be able to think about retiring here. or you can just work here for "now" until you need more money and go on to bigger and better things when in all actually this is a state of the art changelling job where there shouldn't be many openings and people should be lucky (like fairpoint, and cmp to get in
winslow, for a better future (at least half of us that is)"yeh i'm talking to all you preachers we have"
August 13, 2008 5:34 PM
brent marr portland said...
It sounds like we have alot of PRO UNION scrappers on this . our next meeting ought to have a good turn out .
15 years with the company and only 32,000 . sounds like we have people with a reason to fight for a unionized work place .
the next meeting will tell us how much fight we have in us .
32,000 is less than half of what a phone worker makes with less time on the job .
time warner has shafted us long enought .
If your tired of feeling like a number call my number .
brent marr
423-2998
August 13, 2008 6:34 PM
Anonymous said...
big bisness has been making big profits off small people for long enought . time to get a fair deal .
ot king portland
August 13, 2008 6:44 PM
Anonymous said...
no more song and dance from keith paul and phil . time warner pay and work loads suck and they know it .
one more unhappy lewiston tech .
August 13, 2008 6:48 PM
Anonymous said...
It seems since Mr. Ripa has taking charge of tech ops, things have gone too hell. I remember b4 him things were fine. no union talks nothing. So twc higher ups what does that tell you. we are only as good as our leaders. if not union then please higher a new regime............
August 13, 2008 7:07 PM
Anonymous said...
A note too all of you Brent haters. Brent has been doing cable before most of you were born. He has nothing too gain other than protecting the future of our techs. He does not want techs 10 years from now going through the bull shit that we all go through today. I'm proud to work with him and proud of him for what he is trying to accomplish. Brent is the only one with the balls too stand up to one of the biggest companies in the world. So my question is... What are all you Brent haters doing to better out jobs? I can answer it for you. NOTHING!!!!!!. Brent you the man.. keep up the good work my friend. vote union hell yah!!!!
August 13, 2008 7:13 PM
Anonymous said...
What do you think.we are all stupid?You expect us to believe a tech who has been here 15 years makes less than 15.50 an hour and gets no overtime or standby or commisions all year.lets get real and stop spreading pro union lies!
August 13, 2008 7:48 PM
Anonymous said...
thats no bs man. Thats what I make. when you start out at 7 bucks a hour. 15 years ago. sad when the starting pay has only gone up 4 dollars in 15 years. 10 years of it we had no career path to earn extra pay.
August 13, 2008 8:22 PM
Anonymous said...
aman i have personally met brett and he is a calm and melow guy, he did nothing to persuay my vote just stated past facts, if he's getting paid congrats, "even thou i highly dought it" brett thank you for fighting for whats right and lets fight as a group of under compesated lineman. spell check that 37 errors fuck you?
August 13, 2008 8:48 PM
Anonymous said...
Brent, I appreciate you're efforts and look forward to getting this union in here. Just over 5 years here and sick of BS from managemeant. I to have been promised raises for takeing books only to have the "path" change and not recieve a raise. I work 2 jobs to support my family. Managemeant sucks. Any new moron techs that haven't gotten a clue you won't be here long if you think its a fair shake here.
August 13, 2008 10:13 PM
Anonymous said...
LEE, Maine - China will host four Lee Academy satellite schools, with possibly five more in South Korea, and those ventures will help fund a $2 million renovation of the town campus, Headmaster Bruce Lindberg said Wednesday.
Lindberg signed agreements with Chinese authorities to create campuses in Shenzhen, a subtropical port city of 12 million in southern China just north of Hong Kong; Shijiazhuang, a northern city of 9 million southwest of Beijing; and Chengdu, a city of 11 million just south of the center of China.
The schools are scheduled to open in September 2009.
The private academy’s contract to create the first American high school on the Chinese mainland in Wuhan, a city of 9.1 million 500 miles north of Hong Kong and 600 miles south of Beijing, was signed in April. That school will open in February.
Symptomatic of China’s efforts to become an economic world power and Lee Academy’s desires to grow - at a time when many Maine public schools are shrinking in budget and population - the four schools will each have populations of 400 to 600 Chinese students within three years, Lindberg said.
"They want to have American schools in their cities as an opportunity for their students," Lindberg said Wednesday of the Chinese officials with whom he has dealt. "It’s not something that we even have to try to sell. We didn’t approach the Koreans. They approached us because they heard about what we intend to do in China."
A private academy founded in 1845, Lee has contracts with local school boards to educate students from SAD 30, which serves Lee, Springfield, Webster and Winn. The school also serves students from Greenbush, Kingman, Topsfield, Vanceboro and the Passamaquoddy Tribe of Maine. Tuition, room and board is approximately $26,000 per year for seven-day boarding students.
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BROOKSVILLE, Maine - A local toddler walked away from a fall out of a third-story window Monday afternoon.
Nineteen-month-old Aidan DeBeck, the son of Sara and Christopher DeBeck, fell an estimated 25 to 30 feet from a playroom window at his home on Harborside Road, but aside from a little soreness and a few tears, he’s doing fine, his mother said.
Sara DeBeck said Aidan’s adventure began sometime after 2 p.m. Monday, when she put him down for a nap.
The DeBecks are doing some remodeling, so his regular second-floor bedroom is filled with furniture. Aidan has been sleeping in a playpen in the playroom on the third floor, Sara DeBeck said Tuesday.
"I put him in the playpen, which he’s just started climbing out of," she said. "He wasn’t really sleepy, so I gave him some books, put the gate up and turned on the monitor."
DeBeck then went downstairs to check on her 3-year-old daughter, Grace.
Listening to the monitor, she heard Aidan climb out of the playpen, but he seemed to be playing quietly.
She was about to check on him when she heard a thump.
"I asked my daughter if she made the sound," DeBeck said. "She said, ‘no.’ I could hear him crying, but in the monitor it sounded far away. Then I noticed the curtain from the room was lying on the ground."
DeBeck then realized that her son had either pushed through the screen of an open window or fallen through it. She estimated he fell 25 to 30 feet from the third-floor window and landed on the patchy grass in the yard below.
And then, he got up.
"He was crying. But he had gotten up and was walking around the side of the house," his mother said. Shaking, the distraught woman called her mother, who lives next door. A neighbor heard her shouting and came over. Then they called 911.
Dispatchers at the Hancock County Regional Communications Center called Peninsula Ambulance and the Brooksville Fire Department and put the LifeFlight helicopter service on alert. Fire Department personnel and paramedics arrived and, although Aidan appeared OK, they recommended taking him to the hospital as a precaution.
Because of Aidan’s age, the LifeFlight crew had not waited for a second call, and the helicopter already was in the air when the call came. They took young Aidan and his mother to Eastern Maine Medical Center in Bangor.
Again as a precaution, the staff at EMMC decided to keep Aidan overnight for observation. Later that night he was up and about, running around the pediatric unit at the hospital, his mother said.
"In the end, he had no injuries at all," she said. "It was just amazing."
Aidan was back at home Tuesday, none the worse except for a little soreness, she said. He has become something of a local star with the media interest in the incident. His uncle calls him a "superhero."
Tuesday evening Aidan had not yet taken another nap in the third-floor room, and it may be awhile before he does.
"We don’t know what we’re going to do about sleeping yet," Sara DeBeck said. "But he’s not going to be in that room alone ever again. Not with the window open."
Aidan is an active, curious child, his mother said, but he has never done anything like this before.
"I said his curiosity got the best of him this time," she said.
She said she’s just happy everything turned out all right.
"I call him a rock star," she said. "Then I told him never to do anything like that ever again."
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A of Bangor, ME - 08/13/08
Why should she have to pay lifeflight back when the paramedics on the ground had already determined that this wouldn't be needed? Thank goodness Lifeflight is there and didn't want to waste the time to make sure they were needed, but asking the family to pay for their decision to not wait seems a bit extreme. They got there, determined it wasn't needed but offered to fly them to the hospital anyway, seems like a we're going that way anyway, hop in scenario to me. I'm sure the whole family is just very grateful that this turned out as well as it did.
J of DOWNEAST, ME - 08/13/08
Holy cow I can't believe the comments. Maybe that is just the family's way of dealing with the stress..... This could happen to anyone.... He was in a playpen, she heard him climb out and was going up to check on him. Who know he would get up on hte window and push on the screen. They are very lucky..... ans I am sure they will get the bill... don;t worry..
Jim of Amity, ME - 08/13/08
She should have to pay the emergency and LifeFlight fees 100% for being so stupid!You cannot trust a monitor!Just ask Eric Clapton-I'm sure he would give up every nickel he has to have his child back!
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Center For Union Facts' UnionFacts.comThe Center is the latest public relations campaign and front group devised by “notorious D.C. lobbyist”1 and
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Anonymous said...
Brent, I appreciate you're efforts and look forward to getting this union in here. Just over 5 years here and sick of BS from managemeant. I to have been promised raises for takeing books only to have the "path" change and not recieve a raise. I work 2 jobs to support my family. Managemeant sucks. Any new moron techs that haven't gotten a clue you won't be here long if you think its a fair shake here.
August 13, 2008 10:13 PM
Anonymous said...
LEE, Maine - China will host four Lee Academy satellite schools, with possibly five more in South Korea, and those ventures will help fund a $2 million renovation of the town campus, Headmaster Bruce Lindberg said Wednesday.
Lindberg signed agreements with Chinese authorities to create campuses in Shenzhen, a subtropical port city of 12 million in southern China just north of Hong Kong; Shijiazhuang, a northern city of 9 million southwest of Beijing; and Chengdu, a city of 11 million just south of the center of China.
The schools are scheduled to open in September 2009.
The private academy’s contract to create the first American high school on the Chinese mainland in Wuhan, a city of 9.1 million 500 miles north of Hong Kong and 600 miles south of Beijing, was signed in April. That school will open in February.
Symptomatic of China’s efforts to become an economic world power and Lee Academy’s desires to grow - at a time when many Maine public schools are shrinking in budget and population - the four schools will each have populations of 400 to 600 Chinese students within three years, Lindberg said.
"They want to have American schools in their cities as an opportunity for their students," Lindberg said Wednesday of the Chinese officials with whom he has dealt. "It’s not something that we even have to try to sell. We didn’t approach the Koreans. They approached us because they heard about what we intend to do in China."
A private academy founded in 1845, Lee has contracts with local school boards to educate students from SAD 30, which serves Lee, Springfield, Webster and Winn. The school also serves students from Greenbush, Kingman, Topsfield, Vanceboro and the Passamaquoddy Tribe of Maine. Tuition, room and board is approximately $26,000 per year for seven-day boarding students.
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BROOKSVILLE, Maine - A local toddler walked away from a fall out of a third-story window Monday afternoon.
Nineteen-month-old Aidan DeBeck, the son of Sara and Christopher DeBeck, fell an estimated 25 to 30 feet from a playroom window at his home on Harborside Road, but aside from a little soreness and a few tears, he’s doing fine, his mother said.
Sara DeBeck said Aidan’s adventure began sometime after 2 p.m. Monday, when she put him down for a nap.
The DeBecks are doing some remodeling, so his regular second-floor bedroom is filled with furniture. Aidan has been sleeping in a playpen in the playroom on the third floor, Sara DeBeck said Tuesday.
"I put him in the playpen, which he’s just started climbing out of," she said. "He wasn’t really sleepy, so I gave him some books, put the gate up and turned on the monitor."
DeBeck then went downstairs to check on her 3-year-old daughter, Grace.
Listening to the monitor, she heard Aidan climb out of the playpen, but he seemed to be playing quietly.
She was about to check on him when she heard a thump.
"I asked my daughter if she made the sound," DeBeck said. "She said, ‘no.’ I could hear him crying, but in the monitor it sounded far away. Then I noticed the curtain from the room was lying on the ground."
DeBeck then realized that her son had either pushed through the screen of an open window or fallen through it. She estimated he fell 25 to 30 feet from the third-floor window and landed on the patchy grass in the yard below.
And then, he got up.
"He was crying. But he had gotten up and was walking around the side of the house," his mother said. Shaking, the distraught woman called her mother, who lives next door. A neighbor heard her shouting and came over. Then they called 911.
Dispatchers at the Hancock County Regional Communications Center called Peninsula Ambulance and the Brooksville Fire Department and put the LifeFlight helicopter service on alert. Fire Department personnel and paramedics arrived and, although Aidan appeared OK, they recommended taking him to the hospital as a precaution.
Because of Aidan’s age, the LifeFlight crew had not waited for a second call, and the helicopter already was in the air when the call came. They took young Aidan and his mother to Eastern Maine Medical Center in Bangor.
Again as a precaution, the staff at EMMC decided to keep Aidan overnight for observation. Later that night he was up and about, running around the pediatric unit at the hospital, his mother said.
"In the end, he had no injuries at all," she said. "It was just amazing."
Aidan was back at home Tuesday, none the worse except for a little soreness, she said. He has become something of a local star with the media interest in the incident. His uncle calls him a "superhero."
Tuesday evening Aidan had not yet taken another nap in the third-floor room, and it may be awhile before he does.
"We don’t know what we’re going to do about sleeping yet," Sara DeBeck said. "But he’s not going to be in that room alone ever again. Not with the window open."
Aidan is an active, curious child, his mother said, but he has never done anything like this before.
"I said his curiosity got the best of him this time," she said.
She said she’s just happy everything turned out all right.
"I call him a rock star," she said. "Then I told him never to do anything like that ever again."
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Why should she have to pay lifeflight back when the paramedics on the ground had already determined that this wouldn't be needed? Thank goodness Lifeflight is there and didn't want to waste the time to make sure they were needed, but asking the family to pay for their Berman with his firm, Berman and Company.
The Center for Union Facts is a front group focused on damaging the public image of unions, depressing workers’ rights, pushing legislation that would make it more difficult for workers to join unions, and furthering an anti-union business climate.
Berman earned his status as one of The Hill’s top lobbyists, along with Jack Abramoff,2 by working on behalf of unpopular clients like the tobacco, alcohol, and fast food industries. Berman’s campaigns have attempted to relax drunk driving laws, argue obesity is not a public health issue, prevent increases in the federal or state minimum wage, and attack advocacy groups like Mothers Against Drunk Driving (MADD).
The New Mouthpiece for the Anti-Union Network
When Berman & Company officially launched the Center on Feb. 13, 2006, Berman kicked off its anti-union public relations campaign by orchestrating a ‘protest’ and media opportunity in front of the headquarters of the AFL-CIO, unveiling a website, www.unionfacts.com, and buying pricey full-page ads in The New York Times, The Washington Post,and The Wall Street Journal. Berman planned to spend $5 million3 on an initial launch of print, radio, television, and internet ads to spread the campaign’s anti-union messages to national and regional markets.
In May 2006, the Center produced a sensationalist television ad featuring actors posed as unhappy union members, and bought airtime for it nationally on CNN, FOX News, and NBC. Yet a number of stations refused to air the commercial, determining that the Center for Union Facts had crossed the line.4 As one station manager explained about its decision to reject the ad: "We believe that the spot is designed to be inflammatory, incendiary and panders to the lowest common denominator stereotypes about unions and union officials."5
In August 2006, the Center launched a new $1 million television, radio, and print ad campaign in Michigan, Montana, Nevada, and Oregon,6 which attacked public employees, implying they are overpaid and ineffective. Berman’s antics drew immediate scrutiny in the press and by government officials. Montana Attorney General Mike McGrath challenged the ads, calling them “inaccurate” and “demeaning”7 and the Helena Independent Record called out Berman’s attempts to disconnect the ads from a controversial state ballot measure.8
Berman was caught flip-flopping about the rationale for the ad placements in the four states, which all have radical spending-cap measures pending on the fall ballot. While Berman initially claimed there was no special reason why the states were chosen9 - and that they definitely weren’t connected to any multi-state political strategy - he finally admitted the ballot measures “were a factor” in choosing the states.10 These measures just happen to be bankrolled by the fringe libertarian group Americans for Limited Government, run by Howie Rich, a wealthy, but relatively unknown real estate mogul.11 The measures also just happen to be opposed by unions, among others. The media revealed that a Berman staffer recently made a presentation on the ads at a conference of Americans for Limited Government12, and although a Berman spokesperson confirmed the presentation occurred, she tried to deny any connection the Center has to the group.13
Berman has tried to insert himself as the new high-profile mouthpiece for the anti-union network. Through these large ad buys and a multi-million dollar budget, the Center has acquired a sizable amount of earned media. Berman has authored op-eds for the Center in the following conservative newspapers: The Washington Times, The Examiner (DC edition),and the Pittsburgh Post-Gazette. Berman has also been quoted as an “expert” on union issues in The New York Times, the Pittsburgh Post-Gazette, and in wire articles prepared by United Press International.14
Who’s Behind the Center?
While the Center claims to represent the interests of workers,15 the organizations and individuals tied to the Center, in addition to Berman’s history as an industry lobbyist, reveal a hidden agenda to dismantle workers’ rights:
The anti-worker agenda behind the Center
The Center’s website asserts that it is not “part of a political effort,” and just “about education,”16 But Berman has contradicted those claims in interviews with The New York Times, The Boston Globe, and The Wall Street Journal, where he admitted to launching the Center to halt the use of card check as a method of forming unions, to generate support for the Secret Ballot Protection Act, which would outlaw the currently voluntary card check process, and to “wage a campaign against the Employee Free Choice Act,”17 bipartisan legislation that would require employers to recognize unions formed by the card check process.
The Center for Union Facts’ legislative agenda is strikingly similar to the U.S. Chamber of Commerce’s. The big business lobbying group both adamantly opposes the Employee Free Choice Act, and is in strong support of the Secret Ballot Protection Act. Berman formerly devised union avoidance strategies for the U.S. Chamber of Commerce,18 and he still has strong ties to the Chamber through Randel Johnson, Vice President for Labor at the U.S. Chamber of Commerce.19 Berman told The New York Times that he asked Chamber of Commerce officials at a state conference to recommend that businesses in their states donate to his anti-union campaign.20 Randel Johnson has repeatedly denied any Chamber funding of the Center, yet admitted “he had served as an adviser to the Center.”21
On its website, the Center claims it is “supported by foundations, businesses, union members, and the general public.”22 Berman will only divulge that several companies and a foundation fund the Center, but will not release the names of his donors.23
No individuals, foundations, or corporations have come forward to admit any sponsorship of the Center. Why wouldn’t they want to distance themselves from Berman’s hyperbolic and unsupported rhetoric? Berman gets paid to say what responsible business leaders don’t want attributed to them. The Washington Post reported that food industry officials, who would only be interviewed about Berman, "on the condition that they not be identified by name or by where they work, said that by keeping the sponsors anonymous, Berman’s group can be more vociferous, provocative and irreverent in its criticisms.24
As recently as 2005, Berman stated that “All of my clients are corporations.”25 Berman and his various front groups have received funding from the tobacco, food, restaurant, and hotel industries, including such companies as Coca-Cola, Tyson Foods, Wendy’s, Host Marriott, and Brinker International, which owns the Chili’s restaurant chain,26 as well as Philip Morris—which gave Berman nearly $3 million in 1998.27
Berman & Company disclosed its industry-supported agenda when describing itself as a “Research and communications firm for the hospitality and beverage industry” in a 2002 lobbyist registration form on record with the U.S. Senate.28
Berman’s PR agenda is clearly driven by the profit concerns of his industry clients, as he himself claimed, "...we don't chase the smaller issues...our work is restricted to and focused on issues that affect shareholder value. These big issues include labor costs…”29
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FOR YOU WHO THINKS i'AM LYING. i GOT A 11 CENT RAISE. i GUESS i WAS MAKING TOO MUCH FOR THE YEARS THAT i HAVE BEEN THERE. SO i GET SCREWED BECAUSE I'VE DONE GOOD AND WORKED MY WAY UP THE PAY SCALE, BUT FOR MY GREAT WORK AND STUFF I AM WORTH 11 CENTS...
time warners raise system makes no cents { ha ha get it no cents ]. any body that got 11 cents must be mad as a wet cat .
time warner is looking more and more desperate as time gos on .
11 cent raise is an all time low for a company that counts its profits in the billions .
start signing your union cards and lets change this bad dream .
15 years with the company and only 32,000 . sounds like we have people with a reason to fight for a unionized work place ." I've been here far less than that and make way more than that. Remember "Performance raises" are based upon your "Performance" if you don't perform you don't get a good raise. Maybe taking some initiative and pride in your job would help you out not some 3rd party that you think is gonna fight for you, remember the union is a business too, they aren't here to help they are here to make money.
August 21, 2008 7:58 PM
Anonymous said...
So the one that thinks I need to "be real" We can go over the math if you want, but I was just asking a question.
August 21, 2008 8:06 PM
Anonymous said...
I believe the company is making an effort and has been for a while. I think we are being impatient and shoud see what else comes our way. I look forard to the recognition I have been getting.
August 21, 2008 10:08 PM
Loud and proud augusta said...
Hey Phil - great tactics come to our meeting tell us work load is too high and we are undrpaid, blah, blah. Give us a little bump in pay and hope we go away. So now what are you going to do about the real problem? Work load. When are we going to get the time we need to do the jobs the right anyway? I am sick of listening to the fucking same song and dance about my repeats. If you gave me enough time to do the job right they would be less.
You managers and up need a fucking reality check as you have no idea what goes on in these houses all you know how to do is push a pencil and tell us about all the installs you guys did when you were techs installing video only service. Get out in the fuckin field or at least listen to what your supervisors have to tell you. They know what the fuck goes on but you guys took away all of their control and now they are just there to take the fall when shit goes wrong. Oh yeah I remember the guy we had in augusta a few years back tell us we were low on the totem pole, bottom feeders in the lake. Made us all over here feel real good about ourselves. Oh yeah he is a manager go figure wicheback. We were ready to form a union then and we were still adelphia. This shit adds up and we don't forget shit like that. We want some respect and a lot of us tike pride in our work. put on a tool belt and show me how to do it in 12 points time you friggen morons. Yeah I have done it all I/R then maintenance then construction. nothing has changed same old shit. At least now that i am i/r i dont have a boss that screams at me. least we can now tell you how we feel about the way you run shit. your fan club is listening now. now we get stuff and we wont quit until we get more money and less work. brent i am with ya man. nice to see ya at the meeting
August 21, 2008 10:22 PM
Anonymous said...
Hey MIKE ATnonymous.....did you ever wonder why no one missed you when you left I/R.....or maintanance......or construction....and here you are again...."so happy to be back" because those construction guys treated you so badly. You might want to take a good, long look in the mirror every once in a while. But first, get some cheese to go with your whine!!! You talk trash about everybody here...even some of us that stood up for you. One thing I'll thank you for...you've helped me decide where I stand and it ain't on the fence anymore.
August 21, 2008 11:01 PM
Mike Atwater said...
I Did not write that, but I see that just because I had a question about something, thats cool. Im glad my own team could sell me out just because of a question. Thanks guys.
August 22, 2008 6:30 AM
Anonymous said...
Mike - you are an idiot - Happy to see that you have you've shared this fact with the rest of the world. We were a baby when you worked with us in construction and your still a baby - grow up
August 22, 2008 7:40 AM
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August 23, 2008 8:38 AM
Anonymous said...
Bump in pay was ridicoulous. thanks for the xtra 175 bucks a year. well 85 after taxes. I'm sure management got a bump in pay as well. They shouldnt. We need some new leaders, union or not....
August 23, 2008 1:37 PM
Anonymous said...
Waited to long for this vote to happen, think everything has been smoothed over by the company for the moment and when the union is out of sight, the shit will hit the fan again.
August 23, 2008 3:03 PM
Anonymous said...
175 bucks a year? Thats a little over .8 cents an hour. Is your math not so good? I got much more then .8 cents. Just another question because I feel I am being lied to over and over by people with their own agenda.
why do we have to work late while others go home? why does my family sacrifice because the big CD in dispatch wont change. oh dont miss your lunch fat ass and make sure you are out on time asshole. oh yeah think of me i am still out working my route dumbass. is that where they put you when you cant make it as a sup? oh yeah manager...we have seen a lot of that. they must of been the retards that calculated this raise as i only make 62 cents more than a new hire and i have been here for 2.5 years. busting my ass etc. we must unionize now as we are all now on the radar for expressing our freedom of speech and will be targets. we need the protection as management is going to railroad us.
Who got the 11 cent raise ? .
didnt i hear that time warners CEO got 13 million in pay and compensation [ 50 grand a day ].
the raises we are getting is a PIG WITH PERFUME ON IT .
time warners ceo gets $6250.00 an hr and we get 11 cents what a joke .
step up sign your union card .
I HAVE .
openly support this union of hard working techs .
put a stop to this poor treatment of good people .
brent marr
423-2998
Holy Drama Batman!
Posts using peoples names are supposed to be deleted. And yet over and over again there are personal attacks and names being used. Is this the type of communication the union supports?
This blogspot has caused more hard feelings, trouble, and in fighting than anything TWC has done.
Whoever is running this site should follow the rules they set up and delete inflammatory comments and the intentional name dropping of other techs.
It makes us all look childish.
i'm still underpaid! but time warner has listened and gave us money and the opportunity to make more. my sup is the man and i will take that as a raise also. no union needed here
"was on the fence, now no way i'm actually making money" this is my first time on here and what bullshit, had to check it out after today and i'm sorry i did. grow up and do your job.
cd
i'm still underpaid! but time warner has listened and gave us money and the opportunity to make more. my sup is the man and i will take that as a raise also. no union needed here
"was on the fence, now no way i'm actually making money" this is my first time on here and what bullshit, had to check it out after today and i'm sorry i did. grow up and do your job.
cd
i'm still underpaid! but time warner has listened and gave us money and the opportunity to make more. my sup is the man and i will take that as a raise also. no union needed here
"was on the fence, now no way i'm actually making money" this is my first time on here and what bullshit, had to check it out after today and i'm sorry i did. grow up and do your job.
cd
OK, so your one out of 300 techs that got what he wants. So why you on this site anyway. you have no complaints.
VOTE UNION BOYS
ENOUGH WITH THE LIES
Yes only 1 out of 300. well us guys down here in portland are fed up with the B.S and we should have enough votes to win teh whole thing. jump on or move out of the way. What do you have to lose anyway they have already taken your pride.how long you going to keep climbing poles for pennies when all the other utilities are making jack? As Brent states over and over make the call to better your future.
portland i/r 4 years
Sadly the union appears disorganized. Yup, I've been to a meeting and it felt like being invited to a Mary Kay party. Next time bring more people, next time bring more people. How many meetings are their with just 2,3, or even just 10 people?
Think about this when you are pondering a contract. There is one representative from each office (a tech) and jenn napi to negotiate a contract. At your next weekly meeting look around and try to find that one person you think is articulate enough, knowledgeable enough, and can even spell negotiate. How confident are you now?
Maybe Portland can win by itself, but it will need about 100%. The union dropped the ball by dicking around for too long, and TWC listened to the issues and at least attempted to address them.
The Union has only helped stir up animosity and break us apart. No union rep has spoke up on this website about sticking together, or warning people about using names, and monitoring the content. Is this the kind of representation you want?
Not me.
It's NO for me.
get used too it cause it will be for you. We will and have the majority. You will thanks us someday when your making 30 bucks a hour..
I've put in my time and taken my lumps. I also know what MY responsibilities are. I knew when I took this job that it was not a 9-5 job. If I want to make sure I get out on time every day I would be a CSR or dispatcher. Every job has its good and bad points. That is called work. A lot of job satisfaction depends on what you put into it. I like the fact that I don't have a boss I see every day. I like that I get the freedoms I have, working outside. I don't like the workload being as bad as it is lately, but that is the type of work we do. I don't think that I am going to vote yes for a union, but from reading this site, apparently that makes me a jerk. There are a growing number of us who do not discuss union at all anymore because every time we state our opnion the pro-union techs jump all over us. I understand that they are trying to share their opinion, but just because I don't agree with yours does not make me an @$$hole. There was a post recently that stated the union has only helped stir up animosity and break us apart. I completely agree and it is too bad. This whole situation could have been handled a lot better and there probably would have been more yes votes, possibly even mine. There are too many "hot heads" that just cause animosity and discontent to make a real stab at this. For those of you who still support the union, that is your right and I understand why, but take a little time and try to understand that there are different opinions out there and we aren't all "stupid" or "morons". We just stop talking about it so we don't have to deal with the repercussions of disagreeing with you.
- Silent IR Tech Portland
I've put in my time and taken my lumps. I also know what MY responsibilities are. I knew when I took this job that it was not a 9-5 job. If I want to make sure I get out on time every day I would be a CSR or dispatcher. Every job has its good and bad points. That is called work. A lot of job satisfaction depends on what you put into it. I like the fact that I don't have a boss I see every day. I like that I get the freedoms I have, working outside. I don't like the workload being as bad as it is lately, but that is the type of work we do. I don't think that I am going to vote yes for a union, but from reading this site, apparently that makes me a jerk. There are a growing number of us who do not discuss union at all anymore because every time we state our opnion the pro-union techs jump all over us. I understand that they are trying to share their opinion, but just because I don't agree with yours does not make me an @$$hole. There was a post recently that stated the union has only helped stir up animosity and break us apart. I completely agree and it is too bad. This whole situation could have been handled a lot better and there probably would have been more yes votes, possibly even mine. There are too many "hot heads" that just cause animosity and discontent to make a real stab at this. For those of you who still support the union, that is your right and I understand why, but take a little time and try to understand that there are different opinions out there and we aren't all "stupid" or "morons". We just stop talking about it so we don't have to deal with the repercussions of disagreeing with you.
- Silent IR Tech Portland
I've put in my time and taken my lumps. I also know what MY responsibilities are. I knew when I took this job that it was not a 9-5 job. If I want to make sure I get out on time every day I would be a CSR or dispatcher. Every job has its good and bad points. That is called work. A lot of job satisfaction depends on what you put into it. I like the fact that I don't have a boss I see every day. I like that I get the freedoms I have, working outside. I don't like the workload being as bad as it is lately, but that is the type of work we do. I don't think that I am going to vote yes for a union, but from reading this site, apparently that makes me a jerk. There are a growing number of us who do not discuss union at all anymore because every time we state our opnion the pro-union techs jump all over us. I understand that they are trying to share their opinion, but just because I don't agree with yours does not make me an @$$hole. There was a post recently that stated the union has only helped stir up animosity and break us apart. I completely agree and it is too bad. This whole situation could have been handled a lot better and there probably would have been more yes votes, possibly even mine. There are too many "hot heads" that just cause animosity and discontent to make a real stab at this. For those of you who still support the union, that is your right and I understand why, but take a little time and try to understand that there are different opinions out there and we aren't all "stupid" or "morons". We just stop talking about it so we don't have to deal with the repercussions of disagreeing with you.
- Silent IR Tech Portland
I agree with you. I am pro union. There are some idiots on here that take it too far. Being a ass to people isnt going to get votes guys. I think its a select few that run there mouths. I value your opinion. Not all of us pro union guys or girls are like that. I wouldnt judge your vote on a certain few people being mouthy and stuff. Vote for what you believe in. thats all you can do. I can assure you the mouthy ones will not be voted in as leaders. We dont need hot heads making decisions....
You know I have been checking this site every now and then just to see what was being said on here. And I am getting kind of tired listening to everyone jump on Brent. First thing is this: Brent didn't make the call to the union. he is pro-union as am I. I started being pro-union but then we had some meetings and we were heard. We got a raise and the work load has started to get alittle better. Now lets think about this...... hmmmm. Why do you think that happened?? Maybe they have decided that we are worth alittle more money? Or was it to shut us up? Think. Anyone who wasn't here in '01 has not been through this. So do what I did. Talk to techs that have been here since then. After talking to them I am off then fence and back to pro. Am I gonna preach to you? Nope. We are all big boys and girls. Am I gonna swear at you and call you idiots? Nope. It is your choice. But get all the facts. From both sides. If you are not getting answers here look them up. But remember that everything can change at the drop of a hat without a contract.
Sales* 16.55 Bil
Income* 1.09 Bil
Sales Growth* +35.60%
Income Growth* +1.80%
Net Profit Margin 6.61%
Debt/Equity Ratio 0.66
* last 12 months
This is what TWC has done in the last 12 months. AND just so all the non-union guys can see some proof here is the web page: http://moneycentral.msn.com/detail/stock_quote?Symbol=twc
All I really want out of this is a voice and some respect. Do you know that there is mang. out there that thinks that we will sluff off with less work? Oh yea and I have heard this one before: A trained chimp can do this job. There is some respect for you! So I will let all non-union guys on here say what they wanna say. I don't care if they are sups or managers or vp's or techs. Gotta climb some poles tomorrow. By the way if you are gonna scream at people then at least put your first name on here.
Mike
Thursday, October 02, 2008
Thinking Outloud...
I miss my old jump off. It's been since July and I need to call him. I think because typically the summer is a nasty time for me emotionally, I just kinda threw him in the toilet with the rest of my life. Speaking of which, I need to call more than my jump off's if I expect to have standing relationships.
It's been two weeks since I've met with Janet Jackson and I am still processing that. I have 3 pages written of my essay which will become a blog at some point...I just don't know when.
I'm in love with my penis all of a sudden. And this came out of no where, like I have this strange need to show it to people...lol, we'll come back to this later...I know where it came from tho. It's funny when you start becoming comfortable with your body, you start doing and paying attention to things you haven't done before.
I'm glad that I've waited this long to allow a man to enter my body. I think that self respect and finding the right one to share that intimate experience with is priceless.
My brother is right, I think too much and I should just live.
I can't believe what I'll be doing in 16 days!!!
I am glad that I can follow and trust my instincts. But since I know that they are accurate 100% of the time, I know something that I can't share yet.
It's really interesting to see how people react...and the guilty ones always react the loudest, the most and the hardest. Is it ever really that serious?
P.S. Besides the Subway on 17th and Corcoran, where the hell can a nigga get a decent Pastrami??? ooooh - it's soooo off my diet tho.
Labels: thought process
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Wednesday, October 01, 2008
SEASON 6 PREMIER
Trent slides in the backdoor to open the Season live & laid back
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Tuesday, September 30, 2008
September Music In Review: New Music Tuesday (Lite)
The long awaited album of American Idol Alumnae, Oscar totting, Jennifer Hudson was released on September 30th, (hopefully this album can make up for B.E.T's Best New Music Artist award that she racked up before the album came out, last year) the 13 track set makes excellent use of Jennifer's usually heavy, soulfully robust voice that is undoubtedly a refresher from the crap guised as R&B as of late. Jennifer is an phenomenal recording artist - she makes excellent use of the studio by displaying maximum talent, revealing it on a minimal level, giving her the cross over appeal that could easily crown her the next Aretha Franklin. Although I was expecting a little more R&B, a little more soul - what I got was a perfectly sprinkled Clive Davis record very remnant of Whitney Houston's debut album. I could have done without the experimentation, but somehow it works and balances out what we would have expected. Vocally the album gave me everything I needed and more. Superb debut from an entertainer with limitless potential. B
Standout Tracks: Spotlight, My Heart, Pocketbook, Giving Myself, Invisible
P.S. I love the fact that Jennifer and Fantasia did a song...but I could have done without the sewer litter subject matter.
I've been a fan of Robin Thicke since he entered on the scene under the string of Pharell Williams and Andre Harrell, riding through New York City on a Bicycle with long hair resembling a washed out transplant hippy from San Fransisco light yeared to present day. I think what I love the most about Robin Thicke he is himself...and the original Justin Timberlake, if that makes sense, if you get what I am saying has been consistent in making great music from the start and that's what he does. He is very accurate in his experience being white singing soul (black) music (ask Teena Marie how she feels)and I love that he voices that, however, he's popular because he's white. Many BLACK artists who have been clearly been influenced by Marvin Gaye, Donny Hathaway and Stevie Wonder have not seen the minimal success that Mr. Thicke has...so I think he should continue doing him and enjoy his privileges while he can...because Maxwell is on the horizon, but that doesn't mean he didn't make a phenomenal CD. Put on your headphones or what ever listening device you have and the output will instantaneous remind you of the orchestrations of Barry White. The vintage soul sound of the 70's will creep through with enough dash of acoustic guitar to remind you of a salsa dancing scene...or a a feel to watch Saturday Night Fever. I think Robins use of instruments is brilliant. He infuses strings and horns better than I've heard anyone do in a while - and the fact that he uses instruments that you can distinctively identify makes him more universal, which makes him a real musician. Overall the cd is a great feel good CD that is for clear relaxation purposes...I think Terrance Howard was trying to achieve what Robin did with his new cd...take notes. B
Standout Tracks: Magic, Loverman, The Sweetest Love, Something Else, Cry No More, Sidestep
Joe is one of my favorite male singers. Johnny Gill, Brian McKnight, Rahsaan Patterson are the others. What I like best about Joe is that he always seems to some how craft the perfect R&B CD each and every time, this time is no different, except he didn't write any of the tracks, which is far left from what the 7 Grammy Award nominated, 16 year industry vet usually does. When an artist goes off and does something different a few things could happen; but what does usually happen is that "magic" that makes them there isn't as strong as it usually is. Joe defied the odds and put together a stellar R&B that Usher should be jealous of. While Joe's material isn't bad, it' isn't the the material that I'm use to hearing him sing. He usually gives us ballads and more raw singing. The signing and the ballads, yes - but there was a lot more fast tempo songs than I expected. Vocally, Joe will always be on point - he can sing anything and make it feel like hot chocolate on a winter day. I appreciated the fact that he included snippets from his next cd. What I don't appreciate is how underrated Joe is as a singer and writer. But everyone will get there due.
Standout Tracks: Why Just Be Friends, By Any Means, Chameleon, Sorry, Hurt Behind My Eyes. A-
Ne-Yo has an innate ability to write songs out of this world - he also has that creative spark to entertain you during a live performance. So it should be no surprise that the modern day Babyface came with an R&B/POP infused CD that is going to only solidify his place in music. The only two things I didn't like about his CD were his constant sipping of Jesus Juice that allowed him to channel his inner Michael Jackson more than once. I could almost see Ne-Yo doing the "Smooth Criminal" in the booth and grabbing his Sidekick exposed dick in honor of his idol. The other thing I could have done without was the all of the cross over writing he was doing on this album, but this only validates my theory that he's done with performing and he only wants to focus on writing - the thing that not a one industry vampire can suck him of. And it doesn't hurt that he has a backbone and isn't afraid to call you out, I appreciate him 100% more for that. Another great CD, but I don't think we'll be getting anymore...and I think we're all okay with that, but if there is another one it will be in a while and we'll either won't care or appreciate it better than we did the others.
Standout Tracks: Nobody, Single, Miss Independent, Fade Into The Background B-
P.S. Why hasn't he done something with Guy, New Edition or Babyface first? New Kids on the Block could have waited.
Labels: music review
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Monday, September 22, 2008
4 Keeps: The Introduction
Current mood: hopeful
you speak to me in the still of the night - when I'm myself. Unedited by the worlds politically correct assumptions. Only holding me back from saying what I really wanted to say to you.
somewhere along the complexities of our lives; we were taught to deflect and pretend. But in the end the immediate unmasking took place and i somehow missed the sign that you threw me...only holding you back from saying what you really wanted to say.
yes...if you only knew.
watching from afar knowing you were hot to the touch.
never making eye contact...only glimpses of your character...now remembering when it happened.
now i'm sitting here with my decision already made.
you made the effort. you planted the seed.
it's up to me to water it.
and it keeps pushing me to say...
i'm on my way.
Labels: new friendships, relationships
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Saturday, September 20, 2008
Downgrade To The Maxx: The 90's Revisited (Lite)
Anyone who knows me knows that I swear by late 80’s early 90’s music. You name it, Shanice Wilson, Janet Jackson, Pebbles, Karyn White, Lalah Hathaway, Bobby Brown, Guy, Whitney Houston, Johnny Gill…can someone please send Karyn White a message and tell her that we are still waiting on a show and a interview or something…thank you.
Now, so I am sitting with Andre, thrashed on a midnight run to Popeye’s… (OMG, the actual thought of me writing this out loud made me laugh in shock and utter disbelief. A midnight run to Popeye’s? That is bizarre. But it happens to the best of us.) So as I am driving down the block, I hear an advertisment – yes AD-VER-TIS-MENT, not advertisement, there is a difference, that Johnny Gill, Bobby Brown and Ralph Tresvant will be performing a concert in Los Angeles on November 9th. I had to pull over the car and make sure I heard this right…my first concert ever in LIFE WAS THE NEW EDITION, BBD, RALPH TRESVANT W/ AL B. SURE! CONCERT AT THE FORUM! DON’T PLAY! I immediately made my decision to be at ticket master tomorrow morning after I get an Oil change to buy a front row ticket in that muthafucka, because this will put the Icing on the cake after seeing Janet Jackson perform the other night…I am still trying to process that. Why was I crying tho…?
Anyway. In my honest opinion of the court, there is one male entertainer other than Michael Jackson that will get my vote – and that is BOBBY BROWN. Call it whatever yall want to call it but BOBBY BROWN is a showman out of this planet. I don’t care what the man does when he’s off, but when he is on that stage he is serious about connecting with a crowd and giving them a show that is unforgettable and I have to witness this myself, because artists like he and Janet don’t even come out that often.
Its like why isn’t Johnny Gill, who is a premier singer (Remember Silent Prayer with him and Shanice? Don’t trip!) Still making records? He has fans, I we need a song…what yall really need to do is get the Johnny Gill album with “Rub You The Right Way” on it and get into his track, “Just Another Lonely Night” and you’ll understand why Brian McKnight is popular. Johnny Gill can sing circles around a few people
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