It’s amazing how motivating it can be to do your job well when you don’t have that safety net!

And, by the way, what the Jets are doing is tough, no doubt, for those affected, but fair. People need to grow up and realize nothing is guaranteed, but what the Jets are doing is about as close as you can get to one.

This man and his anti-union actions are what is wrong with America today. I can only sinceerely hope that this robber baron megalomaniac gets what he deserves.

I’d rather have no season, than one in which the owners go out of their way to strip freedom from employees.

“In the early 1940′s, shortly after the UAW was formed, many local union houses & local head union officials in Michigan were run by Communists.”

I guess it was just a matter of time before the tin foil hats came out.

This is how you’re treated when you don’t belong to a union.
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And GM is a good case of how a great American corporation/product is treated when they give in to vermin infested unions.

All this while putting over 209,000 current Gm employees world wide in danger of losing their jobs because of a Gm collapse. In the early 1940′s, shortly after the UAW was formed, many local union houses & local head union officials in Michigan were run by Communists.

You’re welcome!

Who admitted what? What are you reading? Go ahead & copy n paste where you read that. Don’t put words in my mouth, I never said any such thing.

“Unions have done a lot of good for a lot of working people in this country”

And I asked you to explain what good the UAW has done as an example. I want you to shower me with your knowledge. Conveniently left that out of your response however.

Instead of trying to dismiss what I typed & make up stories, you should try to articulate your points without coming off bitter & holier than thou.

“I’m not in a union & proud of that fact.”

That’s perfectly fine, and that’s your choice to make.

But why bash something you admitted you know nothing about? Unions have done a lot of good for a lot of working people in this country.

American by birth.
Union by choice.

Squalor? I think not. And I’m proud to say a union has never had, nor ever will, have any impact on my successes.

What I meant by “much worse’ is people who lose their jobs or companies that shut down completely. They don’t have a choice of taking a week off every month & at the same time collecting unemployment & potentially being reimbursed. I didn’t. I’m not in a union & proud of that fact.

The only point being made here is not yours. It’s that you’re just another bitter liberal who doesn’t embrace capitalism. Whinning about the rich while all the while having all the tools at your disposal to be rich yourself. Instead of trying to achieve success, you whine about those who have and consider them the enemy.

Being bitter is no way to go through life. Get over it.

“flapjack, you sound more like an idiot than a real man. How dare employees like to be treated fairly.”

So they get to keep their jobs, get to collect & are promised full reimbursement if there is a full season. You think this is unfair? Who is the idiot again?

Liberalism. American business = the enemy.

“The fact is those employees are being treated fairly & much better than in most of the rest of workplaces in America. Fact is unions ARE the problem, not the solution.”

Once again, you’re proving my point.

You’ve as much admitted that this one instance of what you call “fairness” is an isolated case, and that in fact there are employees working elsewhere that are being treated much worse.

Yeah, unions are a problem alright.
They’re a problem for the rich, corporate minded, profit driven a-holes that want nothing more than to be swimming in more money than they can spend in 10 lifetimes, while you and your family live in squalor.

As a business owner myself I agree with you to a point. However, in down times if you want to retain good talent, you have to show loyalty even though it may eat into you bottom line. But good employees remember stuff like this, and you hope you you’ll be rewarded in the future.

You made the original comment insinuating the Jets employees were being treated unfairly and that this wouldn’t happen with a union.

I fail to see the purpose of your latest comment.

The fact is those employees are being treated fairly & much better than in most of the rest of workplaces in America. Fact is unions ARE the problem, not the solution.

The NFL is a business. The goal of a business is to make money, not cater & bend over for unions. If people of this mindset got their way, people would stay employed in spite of declining revenues until the entire operation shuts down & everyone gets laid off. BRILLIANT! As long as the Union gets their say.

“Who needs a union when you have a fair employer?”

I think you just answered your own question.

Where did it say they were laid off? Some of you think it’s an employers responsibility to keep people employed regardless of profitability. It’s about business, not loyalty.

If your main goal is to keep people employed & not find ways to keep your business profitable & competitive, it’s pretty obvious you have never owned a business.

Unions? LMAO. PUHLEASE! An unpdaid week every month, while being able to collect, not lose insurance & actually be totally reimbursed if there is no stoppage….is a bad deal? All they have to do is reimburse the unemployment. Leave it to a liberal union lover to try to milk businesses dry.

If a business goes on hard times, employees pay the price. That’s the way it works. I took a 20% cut for 1 year WITHOUT collecting. Babies cry for unions. Men understand, accept & appreciate the fact that we aren’t let go totally.

Who needs a union when you have a fair employer? Crazy liberals, that’s who.

Remember that the NFL is a bausiness. If money is not being brought in due to a labor dispute, then obviously people are going to get laid off. Getting paid 4 days instead of the 5 you were is much better than getting laid off altogether. Owners and CEO’s dont exist to pelase you. They exist to make moeny. Thats how capitalism works

Unless they are planning to scrap the 11-12 season there is no reason to let them go. Besides, the owners have all that TV money so their is no problem with income streams…

This is how you’re treated when you don’t belong to a union.

Let me get this straight – the Jets employees are given free time to wander, money on the back end, government unemployment, IRS implicatons……this ought to be good.