SPSE-UPTE Invites You to a reprise of UPTE’s presentation to the
National Academy of Sciences Committee to review the quality of the Management and
of the Science and Engineering Research at the Department of Energy’s National
Security Laboratories:
“Effects of Privatization on the DOE/NNSA
Labs’ Science and National Security Missions”
Date: Monday, February 28
Place: Building 123 - Auditorium
Time: Noon to 1pm
For additional information contact the SPSE-UPTE office at 449-4846
National Academy of Sciences Committee to review the quality of the Management and
of the Science and Engineering Research at the Department of Energy’s National
Security Laboratories:
“Effects of Privatization on the DOE/NNSA
Labs’ Science and National Security Missions”
Date: Monday, February 28
Place: Building 123 - Auditorium
Time: Noon to 1pm
For additional information contact the SPSE-UPTE office at 449-4846
Comments
(unrealistic raises and benefits, cannot fire a non-productive worker, etc...)nowadays not part of the solution.
The police and firefighters should be left alone .
But all other unions need to go!
The best political commentary I heard (about decertifying unions in Indiana, the issue of the week)
is,
if you were a large employer and after what you saw on the news in Indiana wouldn't you have second thoughts about moving your company to that state?
In that situation I would move my company to a
"right to work state" like Texas.
Last thought.
Numi in Fremont was the only unionized Toyota facility in the US.
I have to believe they might have kept the doors open if that was not the case.
All those union employees followed their leadership off the cliff.
February 19, 2011 11:24 AM
This makes your entire post contradictory. What makes these workers special? Who do you least want to see go on strike? These are people employed by local and state governments. Don't governments have enough internal policies and regulations to avoid serious abuses against these people? Your comments early in your post "(unrealistic raises and benefits, cannot fire a non-productive worker, etc...)," apply to all public sector unions.
I do agree with you somewhat that any union (including police and fire) demotivates an individual and almost gives members a robotic quality.
But if someone is going to risk their life for me and my family (like police, fire and the military) they deserve more.
I, for one, trust you more than DOE or LLNL managers.
When I employ a tradesman, the job is done well.
The song of DOE/LLNL managers is the excuse for failed expectations.
February 24, 2011 11:16 PM
Since only about 12% of private-sector workers are unionized, it probably isn't because he's a union member.