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November 27, 2004
Mythology crosses another line!
Dennis hit the nail on the head with that last post about the damnable toll-takers' strike. Today's Inquirer featured a gruesome addition: As Black Friday shoppers crammed into the King of Prussia mall, a pro-union Santa stood vigil with striking Pennsylvania Turnpike toll collectors nearby on day three of their first-ever strike.The problem with this strike is twofold: It's a disgrace all the way around, and the public is more than unsympathetic. Truly, the world would be a better place without tolls or toll takers. Notice that the best they can come up with is support from imaginary animals -- Santa's reindeer! Ungrateful ungulates! How dare they approve of harrassing the Christmas shoppers! posted by Eric on 11.27.04 at 11:54 AM
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I think the strike was a great idea. It has allowed the workers to go directly to the public with their grievances. The mind boggles to think that one could believe that $18 an hour is a decent wage in the Northeastern U.S. Putting the toll system in the hands of a private contracting business that aimed to operate the thing by computers ... Would the cost savings be that great? Doubtful. Between installation, maintenance, repairs, technical support, upgrades, hardware purchase and license fees for the software, you are talking about a huge package of money for relatively dumb tools. bink · November 28, 2004 11:09 AM Hardship is in the eye of the beholder. If almsot $19 aren't good enough for mindless work in the NE, perhaps one should consider moving elsewhere? A friend who was laid off from computers a couple of years ago found work as a grocery clerk. He had trouble sympathizing with his fellow workers intention to strike over the fact that they were being asked to pay $12 a month towards their insurance. Everywhere in non-unionized land people pay quite a lot more. So, are the unions right to be fighting for goodies for their people? In a way, I suppose. But they're also killing the goose and its fabled egg laying capacities. Because while they're piddling about this, there's non-unionized Walmart eating their lunch. Much as we hate it, (and we do. Just parking is a chore) even we have resorted to walmart for the big once-a-month shop. Their groceries are on average 1/3 cheaper than normal stores and when you're feeding a teen and a pre-teen that stuff adds up. Meanwhile, the unions are demanding unrealistic goodies for everyone in the store, and jacking up the prices in their store. Giving the advantage to non-unionized shops. P. Portia · November 28, 2004 02:46 PM |
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From government-employee labor unions to Trajan to Santa's reindeer. Interesting. Only here in Classical Values can we find such tie-ins.
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