Wyatt earp
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This is hilarious , they raise MW and a worker bitches that she lost her 10 cent raise... 
Potato chip boss to workers: “Screw you and your f**king union” » peoplesworld
The claim to fame for the Canadian town of Hartland in New Brunswick, population 947, has long been its bridge - the Hartland Bridge, longest covered bridge in the world. But it's not the bridge that is putting Hartland in the news lately. This week people are turning their attention to this small town because of its potato chips.Or to be more precise, because of its potato chip workers.
On Tuesday morning, half of the employees at the Covered Bridge Potato Chip Company walked off the job and hit the picket lines. The workers, who are members of United Food and Commercial Workers (UFCW) Local 1288P, have had their union certified for more than two years but have yet to conclude a first contract with their employer.
Speaking to the People's World live via telephone from the the picket line in freezing sub-zero temperatures, UFCW representative Carl Flanagan said that seniority is one of the main issues at stake. He said that company president, Ryan Albright refuses to accept a seniority clause in the contract. "If a new person starts tomorrow, he wants to be able to call that person into work rather than someone whose been there five years. It's favoritism. He wants to do that so everyone will kiss his butt."
Wages are the other primary sticking point. The majority of the workers in the plant are making minimum wage even after years on the job. One striking worker, Betty Demerchant, told the Canadian Broadcasting Corporation (CBC), "The wage issue would be minimum wage. I've got a 10-cent raise in almost five years." Demerchant's main job at the plant is cutting potatoes, but she is trained in almost every other job as well.
Demerchant was being paid the New Brunswick minimum wage of $10 an hour when she got her 10-cent raise. When the province raised the minimum wage to $10.30, the company only paid her the new minimum. So she actually ended up losing her dime bonus
Potato chip boss to workers: “Screw you and your f**king union” » peoplesworld
The claim to fame for the Canadian town of Hartland in New Brunswick, population 947, has long been its bridge - the Hartland Bridge, longest covered bridge in the world. But it's not the bridge that is putting Hartland in the news lately. This week people are turning their attention to this small town because of its potato chips.Or to be more precise, because of its potato chip workers.
On Tuesday morning, half of the employees at the Covered Bridge Potato Chip Company walked off the job and hit the picket lines. The workers, who are members of United Food and Commercial Workers (UFCW) Local 1288P, have had their union certified for more than two years but have yet to conclude a first contract with their employer.
Speaking to the People's World live via telephone from the the picket line in freezing sub-zero temperatures, UFCW representative Carl Flanagan said that seniority is one of the main issues at stake. He said that company president, Ryan Albright refuses to accept a seniority clause in the contract. "If a new person starts tomorrow, he wants to be able to call that person into work rather than someone whose been there five years. It's favoritism. He wants to do that so everyone will kiss his butt."
Wages are the other primary sticking point. The majority of the workers in the plant are making minimum wage even after years on the job. One striking worker, Betty Demerchant, told the Canadian Broadcasting Corporation (CBC), "The wage issue would be minimum wage. I've got a 10-cent raise in almost five years." Demerchant's main job at the plant is cutting potatoes, but she is trained in almost every other job as well.
Demerchant was being paid the New Brunswick minimum wage of $10 an hour when she got her 10-cent raise. When the province raised the minimum wage to $10.30, the company only paid her the new minimum. So she actually ended up losing her dime bonus
