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I would like to comment on the Jackson Indian and Central Tiger football game. We should be very proud of both teams and how both teams represent their communities with young men that are coached very well. We should be grateful and proud of the players and the coaches who are spending valuable time helping our young people in football and in life. My hat is off to our players and coaches.
THE Missourian had a great article a couple of weeks ago about Alex Schlitt and the Farmall tractor he restored. He needs your help; please watch the video at www.delotrc.com from him with the Oran FFA. The voting is going on for the next month for the video competition. He needs more support with everyone voting. He is the only entry in Missouri. You can vote as often as you like. Please get the word out and ask everyone to vote.
EVERYBODY in the Cape Girardeau area who is affected by the potential closing of the Cape Girardeau mail processing facility needs to start making some noise and calling Congress. If they think the mail service is bad now, losing the center in Cape Girardeau would make it a lot worse.
AS many as three years ago, the Humane Society of Southeast Missouri disclosed plans for a new shelter. At their annual auction in 2008 they displayed plans and were attempting to raise funds for this purpose. It would be nice if they were able to give an accounting of what's been raised, what's needed to get the job done, and an explanation of why there hasn't been any progress. They certainly were giving patrons the impression that the plan would have been in motion by now.
FOR those people complaining about the mascots' names being socially unacceptable, you guys need to get a hobby. It is a mascot. If the only thing to complain about a school is the mascot's name, then you're doing pretty good. We've got teachers out there who don't know how to teach or don't even like children. They don't need to be in there. That's what you need to be concerned about, not a mascot.
REPUBLICAN members of Congress and Republican governors are trying to break the unions. If it wasn't for the unions, everybody would be working for 50 cents an hour and have no health insurance. You can't blame the union people wanting a raise when the companies are paying the CEOs and top employees unheard of salaries and bonuses. Some have given up some benefits and wages to help keep their jobs.
THE high level administrative hierarchy of the Missouri State Teachers Association is getting far too much credit in getting the Missouri General Assembly to repeal the so-called Facebook Law. As a matter of fact, MSTA officials cooperated with Republican State Sen. Jane Cunningham in crafting the original overkill bill. It was only when rank-and-file teachers who were MSTA members saw that the legislation went so far in destroying freedom of association for legitimate educational purposes that those administrative officials who run MSTA saw that to save their hides they had better reverse course quickly.
MAKING much-needed cuts in defense spending won't solve the debt crisis in and of itself, but it will sure go a long way.
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"If it wasn't for the unions, everybody would be working for 50 cents an hour and have no health insurance."
That may be true... but a candy bar would still be a nickel or less. Also you would buy a nice car for about $600 instead of $40,000. It is all relative.
I agree the union help end the big man in town ruling everyone but now the unions has become the greedy ones.
Regrets,
How many towns around with a few hundred population would you say there are, where no more than about three people pretty much run things to suit themselves.
With your ego, Rick, you don't have a thing to worry about.
With your ego, Rick, you don't have a thing to worry about.
Rick,
How did you get so good looking with as little beauty sleep as you appear to get? ;-)
With all the problems in the world, why are we worried about how good looking Rick is(LMAO).
The economy today is totally different because it has went global. I do not want people working for nothing like the chinese and mexicans do and I believe in good skilled labor jobs. If a person is skilled in what he does pay him a decent wage if not then he will continue to remain making low wages. I do not believe in a "Right to Work State" for one reason why should the Union represent a worker that refused to join the Union when the contract between the Employer, Employees and Union was agreed upon? to me that is not fair but the worker still obtains the same benefits and rights under contract as the majority workers that did agree to join the union.
Ok, I know this isn't about any of the topics for today but I found some interesting investigative articles at http://www.kmov.com/news/investigates.
Please check them out. One is of a citizen of Jordan in O'Fallon, IL who abused/defrauded the food stamp program. Then there are two about Missouri EBT cards being used in Hawaii, California and Alaska, among other places. The second is about one household with 19 people that received $2,185.
Sad thing is in looking back, there are even more articles.
And those in government wonder why taxpayers are po'd?
forum loiters: "you guys need to get a hobby"
Rick: Why should the worker receive the same benefits as the majority of the workers that voted to unionize? ever notice when a pay increase is granted to employees the health insurance goes up as well happens every time. Professional Baseball players do negotiate there contract so does the worker when contract time comes around. Once the contract is agreed upon between the employer and union then it is voted on by the respected membership before it goes in to affect. The contract must be ratified by the membership (worker) not the employer or union.
Why should the worker receive the same benefits as the majority of the workers that voted to unionize?
Posted by swampeastmissouri on Sun, Sep 25, 2011, at 11:40 AM
Swamp: A non-union company will give their employees similar pay and benefits as a union company in order to keep the union out.
semo471: If a non union employer does that is fine then there is no reason for the workers to unionize, unless there is major problems between the employer and workers for some reason.
semo471: If a non union employer does that is fine then there is no reason for the workers to unionize, unless there is major problems between the employer and workers for some reason.
-- Posted by swampeastmissouri on Sun, Sep 25, 2011, at 2:58 PM
Swamp: That's true, I've worked in management at a couple of non-union companies and that's how they operated.
I do not believe in a "Right to Work State" for one reason why should the Union represent a worker that refused to join the Union when the contract between the Employer, Employees and Union was agreed upon?
-- Posted by swampeastmissouri on Sun, Sep 25, 2011, at 10:58 AM
Swamp,
I believe a "Right to Work State" can have it's advantages. Compulsive union membership goes against the grain for me. If the unions had to court the worker for his membership and show him that they could help him, instead of lining the pockets of the leaders, I believe the worker would benefit for it. As it is, leadership forces membership and political contributions along with other objectionable practices in my opinion.
I tried joing a union once, that I was qualified to do the work they claimed jurisdiction to. I was told if I did not have a Father or an Uncle who was a member I need not apply, because I would not be accepted. When I later became enough of a factor that I was noticed by them, it was suggested that I join them. I told them to stuff it.
Cut any kind of government non necessary spending would go a long way to help the nations debt. also quit spending all the money on equipment and fuel to fight this stupid war overseas.