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Unionizing part III

Today, I was told that there is a rumor that the higher ups are looking to find out who is organizing the union and then fire them.

That is, of course, not legal, but then it is also hard to prove.

What I need to do is get a group of brave workers and send a letter to the "higher ups" stating that we are the organizing committee. That puts a nice piece of protection, because it proves that they know who is unionizing and it looks really suspicious when they fire them.

Of course, there is no one else putting their neck on the line with me and I've received no e-mails at my union e-mail address.

I should just give up and let the idiots suffer, but I'm not going to, not yet.

Unionizing Part II - Oh Shit!

Shit! Shit! Shit!

So, I've been placing these cute little business cards in the break room. That say, "Sign an authorization card" and it lists the union website and my e-mail address: GNunion@gmail.com

I've been slow having people sign the authorization cards, because I wanted to build interest first and get support from other workers. So, I handed out some and gave extra to people that wanted to help.

I got a frantic call from another worker before I went to work the next day. She told me that one of my helpers was giving out authorization cards to dealers in the pits under the cameras. You can be fired for that and plus that ruins any surprise tactic we might have had.

Luckily, that went unnoticed. Then I learned that another dealer, from another shift, found one of my business cards and put it on a live blackjack game. This dealer was suspended for three days. All because of me. Shit! Well, because of me and because that dealer clearly lacked any sort of common sense...what an idiot!

Anyway, since this all happened, it has been announced that the dealers' break room is going to get a plasma TV and a remodel. (It hasn't been remodeled since the 70's). This is a tactic to prevent unionization. It is the buddy-buddy method of making the dealers think that everything is going to be better from now on. It is my favorite tactic, because some good comes out of it, even though all the nice things end once the election is lost (which it won't be).

Also, some of the extra board dealers (who have been extra board for 2 years or more) have been approached and told that they were going to be made full time. Also, part of the buddy-buddy system.

Unionizing Part I

I met with the union reps today. They were nice. They were a little more rough than I expected. By rough, I mean they were mafia-like. By mafia-like, I mean they were Italian and wore gold jewelry with their shirts unbuttoned. They work for the Transport Workers Union which has decided to take Las Vegas Dealers under their wings.

They were impressed that I had already stolen the schedules for all three shifts. I knew they would need the schedules to create a database and to monitor progress.

They gave me a lot of authorization cards for co-workers to sign, as well as some buttons and bumper stickers.

That's pretty much the gist of it.

In case you are unsure, unionizing works like this:

1. 70% of all the dealers at the Golden Nugget need to sign authorization cards in order for their to be a vote (30% legally, but the Transport Workers Union has high standards).

2. When all of the cards are turned in, there is a vote to determine whether or not there should be a union. I think you only need 51% for that, I could be wrong. Of course, before there is a vote, the company tries to dissuade everyone from voting union.

3. When the union is voted in, nothing happens until their is a contract negotiation. Then the union is official.

SCCC

I put up a Subconscious Can Can Cult webpage for fun.

http://www.myspace.com/subconsciouscancancult

I guess it was to be expected.

Your Score: Eeyore

You scored 16 Ego, 16 Anxiety, and 11 Agency!

"Do you know what A means, little Piglet?"

"No, Eeyore, I don't."

"It means Learning, it means Education, it means all
the things that you and Pooh haven't got. That's what A means."

"Oh," said Piglet again. "I mean, does it?" he
explained quickly.

"I'm telling you. People come and go in this Forest,
and they say, 'It's only Eeyore, so it doesn't count.' They
walk to and fro saying 'Ha ha!' But do they know anything about
A? They don't. It's just three sticks to them. But to the
Educated--mark this, little Piglet--to the Educated, not
meaning Poohs and Piglets, it's a great and glorious A.

You scored as Eeyore!

ABOUT EEYORE: Eeyore lives in his own thistley corner of the forest and wonders why people don't come to visit him more often. He is master of the Guilt Trip, and is always gently forgiving his visitors for neglecting him. Eeyore considers himself to be smarter than the other inhabitants of the Hundred Acre Wood, and is often exasperated by their habit of having adventures and general merriment.

WHAT THIS SAYS ABOUT YOU: You are an anxious person, and you tend to expect the worst. Your friends find you somewhat cynical at times, because you have found that it is best to expect disappointment. You often feel unappreciated by the people you work with, but you rarely actually try and do anything to change that fact.

Your close friends admire you more than you think they do. They wish that you would learn to stop worrying so much and actually start trying to fix what is bothering you. If something is making you unhappy... change it!

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