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Tag: Strike

Video: CMU President on Strike

By JGillman, Section Multimedia
Posted on Tue Aug 23, 2011 at 09:48:11 AM EST
Tags: Central Michigan University. President. George Ross, Michigan, Strike, Unions, Injunction, CMU (all tags)

This is a clip of Central Michigan University President George Ross yesterday. In my view he was overly gracious to the union, but for a little better understanding of what really happened, its worth 10 minutes of your time.

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Fear

By JGillman, Section News
Posted on Tue Aug 23, 2011 at 08:48:24 AM EST
Tags: Overpaid Faculty, Fear, Jobs, High Income Brackets, Michigan, CMU, Strike, Judges Order (all tags)

A Judge has ordered the striking faculty back to work. And they will.

Faculty association leaders say members will be back in classrooms Tuesday.
"We will obey the court order and return to work tomorrow," Laura Frey, CMU Faculty Association president, said in a statement. "But this does not end the issue. The faculty remains strong and committed to securing a fair and equitable contract for members."

That's right you will.

The faculty strike was illegal. Not in the normal civil sense, but that it would have allowed the ultimate response from the administration that would be appropriate. Firing their greedy a$$es. The use of union tactics against employers must occasionally be squashed, as in this case. The labor tactics designed to extract all that is takeable from employers does indeed have legal refute. For Michigan taxpayers who support higher education, that is a good thing.

But those workers, all 97% who voted to pursue the action are apparently not without some reservations about their actions. Seeing the writing on the wall, they rightfully understand that its all over for them in this economy if they were to remain negligent and unmindful of their obligations in order to receive compensation at all.

Nothing like wondering where the next Filet Mignon and red wine dinner will be coming from.

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A Message To Our Legislators - Beware False Choices

Priorities

By JGillman, Section News
Posted on Wed Jan 12, 2011 at 10:41:49 PM EST
Tags: DSO, Michigan, Detroit, Strike (all tags)

Wow.. The importance!

Umm maybe, this wasn't such a great idea after all? From the Washington Times:

"Striking Detroit Symphony Orchestra musicians are calling for a return to bargaining more than three months after walking off the job.
The musicians renewed their call Wednesday for management to reconsider a compromise proposal announced in December by then-Michigan Gov. Jennifer Granholm and U.S. Sen. Carl Levin."

"Uh fellas? My tummy hurts.." "..Yeah stinky, I know I'm hungry too." "Hey, you guys hear bout fingers? apparently he's a greeter at Walmart.."

Reconsidering is indeed sometimes a good idea.

Especially when sitting on the bottom of the ladder of importance, and the flood waters are rising. Keeping a head above the waves sometimes requires a change in posture.

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