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Capping pay, sapping incentives
The Washington Times ^ | 2009-06-08 | U.S. Sen. David Vitter & U.S. Rep. Tom McClintock

Posted on 06/08/2009 11:10:01 AM PDT by rabscuttle385

Imagine working at a company that treats every employee exactly the same, irrespective of their individual effort. No matter how hard you work or how much your co-workers slack off, you get exactly the same pay. For millions of people, America's outdated labor laws and one-size-fits-all collective-bargaining agreements make this a reality.

Maybe this is why studies show union members are less satisfied with their jobs than are nonunion workers and many Americans simply refuse to work in union shops. Indeed, just 9 percent of nonunion workers tell pollsters they would like to join a union, and private-sector union membership has declined steadily for a generation.

Why is it that a bargaining process designed to improve workers' satisfaction and happiness collectively should produce such dissatisfaction and unhappiness individually?

(Excerpt) Read more at washingtontimes.com ...


TOPICS: Business/Economy; Editorial; Government; US: California; US: Louisiana
KEYWORDS: 111th; bho44; cardcheck; laborlaws; mcclintock; realconservatives; unions; vitter

1 posted on 06/08/2009 11:10:02 AM PDT by rabscuttle385
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To: calcowgirl

McClintock ping!


2 posted on 06/08/2009 11:10:18 AM PDT by rabscuttle385 ("If this be treason, then make the most of it!" —Patrick Henry)
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To: rabscuttle385

It may just get me to finally retire so i can get paid rather than paying a higher % to the govt.


3 posted on 06/08/2009 11:13:06 AM PDT by bestintxas (It's great in Texas)
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To: rabscuttle385

Imagine

Losing your best employees to foreign companies who are not O’s prey.


4 posted on 06/08/2009 11:17:34 AM PDT by Carley (OBAMA IS A MALEVOLENT FORCE IN THE WORLD)
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To: rabscuttle385

My ex is a member of a Carpenter’s Union and was very pro-union until I pointed out...no matter how long he’d been in the field...no matter how much more experience he had.. the little greenhorn carpenter who worked with him... made as much as he did. He looked as if I’d thrown cold water in his face. He’d never thought of it that way. Sigh. I guess ignorance is bliss...


5 posted on 06/08/2009 11:20:42 AM PDT by LaineyDee (Don't mess with Texas wimmen!)
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To: rabscuttle385
"Imagine working at a company that treats every employee exactly the same, irrespective of their individual effort."

Hmmmmm......Sounds like the Teachers Union!

There are fantastic teachers out there and I wish they were paid more. The problem is, there are crappy teachers out there who should be fired who are paid the same.

6 posted on 06/08/2009 11:25:50 AM PDT by alice_in_bubbaland (Markets and Marxists Don't Mix! Smile you're on Janet's Candid Camera!)
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To: rabscuttle385; afnamvet; ALOHA RONNIE; ambrose; antceecee; atomic_dog; AVNevis; B4Ranch; b9; ...

PING!

McClintock Ping List.
Please freepmail me if you want on or off this list


7 posted on 06/08/2009 11:30:20 AM PDT by calcowgirl (RECALL Abel Maldonado!)
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To: rabscuttle385

“Imagine working at a company that treats every employee exactly the same, irrespective of their individual effort. No matter how hard you work or how much your co-workers slack off, you get exactly the same pay. For millions of people, America’s outdated labor laws and one-size-fits-all collective-bargaining agreements make this a reality”.

That’s exactly what went on in the old Soviet Union under Communism. It’s unbelievable this is happening under our noses and the majority of the public are too dumb to see it.


8 posted on 06/08/2009 11:35:42 AM PDT by kenmcg (aS WACKY AS IT MAY)
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To: calcowgirl
"Under current law, it is impossible for the most determined achiever to be rewarded in any material way beyond the most complacent co-worker."
9 posted on 06/08/2009 11:46:18 AM PDT by Gene Eric
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To: rabscuttle385
I just spent the last 2 years working for an electrical distributor that was owned by the French. It is one of the largest in the world.

I doubled my sales goal in 2 years yet the “policy” was everyone got the same increase even those who had sales decreases. We were on a fixed bonus plan so even the bonus was a fixed number regardless of sales volume.

Well the economy tanked, so they kept the 3 people who had less than 1 year's experience, lower sales and I get to post on FR.

10 posted on 06/08/2009 11:50:40 AM PDT by Wurlitzer (Welcome to the new USSA (United Socialist States of Amerika))
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To: calcowgirl

BTTT


11 posted on 06/08/2009 12:10:16 PM PDT by E.G.C.
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To: bestintxas
It may just get me to finally retire so i can get paid rather than paying a higher % to the govt.

Come on in, the water's fine!

12 posted on 06/08/2009 2:26:35 PM PDT by Graybeard58 ( Selah.)
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To: calcowgirl
I just baffles me that the lameassed opposition party cannot seem to capitalize on this weakness!!!

Tom McClintock sure knows how to do it!!!

13 posted on 06/08/2009 7:17:26 PM PDT by SierraWasp (Galloping suffocating American Socialism stinks like BO!!!)
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To: calcowgirl

Thanks for the ping Calcowgirl!




14 posted on 06/09/2009 10:36:23 PM PDT by Seadog Bytes (OPM - The Liberal 'solution' to every societal problem. (Other People's Money))
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