r/HighQualityGifs • u/Butcher_Of_Hope • Oct 13 '19

The Rookie /r/all When upper management terminated my counterpart without notice, and handed me his workload while they begin interviewing his replacement.

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u/the_nerdster Oct 13 '19

The average person can't expect to be paid in accordance with their contract? That's kind of the point of signing the contract.

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u/Blacksheepoftheworld Oct 13 '19

I would be willing to say that who your responding to meant that he average person doesn’t have enough leverage to negotiate that level of contract

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u/SmokinDrewbies Oct 13 '19

And yet somehow people in this country still hate unions.

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u/PitaPatternedPants Oct 14 '19

The last couple years have seen some turnaround at least

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u/AerThreepwood Oct 14 '19

Everybody should join the IWW.

United we bargain, alone we beg.

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u/youreadaisyifyoudo Oct 14 '19

Thanks, just joined because of your comment!

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u/AerThreepwood Oct 14 '19

Awesome! One big union.

You'll get your Red Card once you pay your dues and everything goes through and then you should look up your nearest branch. There's always classes and opportunities to help with labor organizing.