tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3359799014847114554.post4951811613811577109..comments2024-03-28T03:17:03.641-04:00Comments on Local 157 blogspot: Carpenter Contract Ratification VoteJohn Musumecihttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04779087011271278329noreply@blogger.comBlogger6125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3359799014847114554.post-28229615930419156062012-03-12T18:16:26.028-04:002012-03-12T18:16:26.028-04:00National Labor Relations Act
Congress enact...National Labor Relations Act<br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br />Congress enacted the National Labor Relations Act ("NLRA") in 1935 to protect the rights of employees and employers, to encourage collective bargaining, and to curtail certain private sector labor and management practices, which can harm the general welfare of workers, businesses and the U.S. economy.<br /> <br /><br />NATIONAL LABOR RELATIONS ACT<br /> <br /><br />Also cited NLRA or the Act; 29 U.S.C. §§ 151-169<br /> <br /><br />[Title 29, Chapter 7, Subchapter II, United States Code]<br /> <br /><br />FINDINGS AND POLICIES<br /> <br /> Section 1.[§151.] The denial by some employers of the right of employees to organize and the refusal by some employers to accept the procedure of collective bargaining lead to strikes and other forms of industrial strife or unrest, which have the intent or the necessary effect of burdening or obstructing commerce by (a) impairing the efficiency, safety, or operation of the instrumentalities of commerce; (b) occurring in the current of commerce; (c) materially affecting, restraining, or controlling the flow of raw materials or manufactured or processed goods from or into the channels of commerce, or the prices of such materials or goods in commerce; or (d) causing diminution of employment and wages in such volume as substantially to impair or disrupt the market for goods flowing from or into the channels of commerce.<br /> <br /> The inequality of bargaining power between employees who do not possess full freedom of association or actual liberty of contract and employers who are organized in the corporate or other forms of ownership association substantially burdens and affects the flow of commerce, and tends to aggravate recurrent business depressions, by depressing wage rates and the purchasing power of wage earners in industry and by preventing the stabilization of competitive wage rates and working conditions within and between industries.<br /> <br /> Experience has proved that protection by law of the right of employees to organize and bargain collectively safeguards commerce from injury, impairment, or interruption, and promotes the flow of commerce by removing certain recognized sources of industrial strife and unrest, by encouraging practices fundamental to the friendly adjustment of industrial disputes arising out of differences as to wages, hours, or other working conditions, and by restoring equality of bargaining power between employers and employees.<br /> <br /> Experience has further demonstrated that certain practices by some labor organizations, their officers, and members have the intent or the necessary effect of burdening or obstructing commerce by preventing the free flow of goods in such commerce through strikes and other forms of industrial unrest or through concerted activities which impair the interest of the public in the free flow of such commerce. The elimination of such practices is a necessary condition to the assurance of the rights herein guaranteed<br /> <br /> It is declared to be the policy of the United States to eliminate the causes of certain substantial obstructions to the free flow of commerce and to mitigate and eliminate these obstructions when they have occurred by encouraging the practice and procedure of collective bargaining and by protecting the exercise by workers of full freedom of association, self- organization, and designation of representatives of their own choosing, for the purpose of negotiating the terms and conditions of their employment or other mutual aid or protection.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3359799014847114554.post-42575477462970713822012-03-07T11:58:36.949-05:002012-03-07T11:58:36.949-05:00One Contract, Once Wage & Benefit Rate for all...One Contract, Once Wage & Benefit Rate for all. It is time to boilerplate all the Contracts and to simplify them them with standard language.<br /><br />If the District Council can claim all crafts, and all members can vote on every other members contracts - then why in the hell do you need 8-separate Contracts? Aside from it being a "Make Work Program" every contract cycle, it has zero benefit to the membership. <br /><br />It does keep people employed at the Council, who members need not pay for and it kills some more trees printing the varying contracts.<br /><br />Under the Current Model, technically you have 8-separate Unions under the Umbrella of the NYCDCC. Accordingly, their should be 8-separate Votes for each Individual Contract, as opposed to one.<br /><br />Why should a form worker, vote on a Carpet-layer's contract? Why should a dock-builder vote on a Dry-wallers contract.....and so on.<br /><br />The DC has too much redundancy and many positions which can and should be eliminated altogether. This can be done w/o firing anyone, just ridding the Council of ineffective positions. It's time to start over and to re-define exactly what it is that these Council Employees do on a daily basis.<br /><br />In the final analysis, one contract, one wage & benefit rate for all and simplified/boiler plated language will eliminate the wasted time, effort, money and salaries which are unjustified in this or any other economy.<br /><br />Then, maybe, just maybe - the District Council can become lean & mean and focus on getting results. Those who don't produce & who stand around all day at the council water cooler should get their last two checks - just the same as any man or woman in the field.<br /><br />The Forde, Thomassen, Greaney Gravy Train is over boys. Time to get shit done, time to hold people accountable. Time to retire those at the DC with the credits for their full pension. Once they have that, their motivation is gone & they are simply feeding at the trough, so time to bring in new blood and shake things up.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3359799014847114554.post-35168413217568061152012-03-06T05:02:42.029-05:002012-03-06T05:02:42.029-05:00Vote no on theses contractor friendly contracts an...Vote no on theses contractor friendly contracts any member that is OUT OF WORK FOR ANY PERIOD OF TIME AND VOTES YES TO THESE ANTI UNION MEMBER AND PRO CORPRATE CONTRACTS should have their head examined what did these owners do for you in the last 5 to 10 years NOTHING yet you are going to vote YES on a deal that is custom made for them and their company lackeys vote NO AND RESTART TALKS ON A NEW PRO UNION AND UNION MEMBER CONTRACT USING OUR NEWLY ELECTED OFFICIALS TO REEPRESENT US.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3359799014847114554.post-76590763044688665222012-03-06T02:20:17.742-05:002012-03-06T02:20:17.742-05:00Thanks so much for taking me to http://nyccrfo.blo...Thanks so much for taking me to http://nyccrfo.blogspot.in/!<a href="http://www.agreements.org/category/contract-agreements/" rel="nofollow">Contract Agreements</a>Bosehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09850162650223557313noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3359799014847114554.post-32057231378569809682012-03-05T21:15:02.259-05:002012-03-05T21:15:02.259-05:00A notice stating a town hall meeting is being held...A notice stating a town hall meeting is being held on March 13 in regards to informing & educating the members about contracts they will be voting on via mail in ballots-should have been received two weeks before the scheduled town hall meeting. What good is a town hall meeting if nobody knows it exists except the few that are in the loop. With out proper notice of the opportunity to be informed & educated the members will be voting on something they wont understand. The contractors did not miss the boat on a proper timeline to educate the contractors and company guys, they gave contractors letters to give to employees weeks ago telling them how to vote. Why are we always stuck in quicksand and half stepping everything that is important to us while the clock is ticking?????Donny Arananoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3359799014847114554.post-20888205387917357292012-03-05T18:37:08.342-05:002012-03-05T18:37:08.342-05:00DROP DEAD UNITY TEAM !DROP DEAD UNITY TEAM !Anonymousnoreply@blogger.com