Comments on: Union hacks want to take away CVS worker’s rights to confidential union elections

By: cvs werker

cvs werker — Wed, 24 Aug 2011 16:47:10 +0000

Yes I work for cvs and while the company buys new chains in hawaii and puerto rico its store managers get raises and bounus’ while the workers get a 2% raise its a crock

By: Vern Nelson

Vern Nelson — Tue, 28 Jun 2011 03:00:56 +0000

Damn, this is the shit that Art was writing when I was in jail? Thank God I never saw it … till now……

OK. Anything THIS year that says “admin” was put up by me (and doesn’t contain much original writing which is why I don’t use my name.) Anything from BEFORE this year that says “admin” is NOT by me!

By: BlacqueJacque

BlacqueJacque — Tue, 28 Jun 2011 02:22:49 +0000

This opinion was obviously written by management for CVS and clearly shows the author does not possess even the slightest inkling of what goes on in an organizing campaign – well, actually he does, from the bosses point of view.

By: jack

jack — Mon, 27 Sep 2010 03:25:23 +0000

i think cvs should go union…they should force them to Pay More!

By: j lane

j lane — Sat, 25 Apr 2009 00:43:10 +0000

I just got fired because the unions are coming here in Florida.They couldn’t stand it if I was a union member as I wanted breaks for pharmacists on a 12 hour shift.

By: Art Pedroza

Art Pedroza — Thu, 02 Apr 2009 13:06:52 +0000

16,

I don’t hate unions – but I don’t like it when they get too greedy.

I actually belong to a union, as a teacher at Cerritos College. But I joined of my own volition.

I have seen union thuggery up close as a longtime activist against project labor agreements.

By: get it right

get it right — Thu, 02 Apr 2009 12:23:13 +0000

art, are you going to respond to my question or hide?

By: get it right

get it right — Tue, 31 Mar 2009 09:13:11 +0000

Ok, Art, fess up…tell us your ‘this is why I hate the unions’ story. You can’t even accept good points by your readers! Tell us what happened to you that made you hate the union…I just think I need to hear that story so I don’t just keep on thinking your an irrational person when it comes to the union issue.

By: Art Pedroza

Art Pedroza — Tue, 24 Mar 2009 06:05:03 +0000

Kerr,

I wonder how many expired products are in the union stores? I doubt you have a baseline comparison to offer.

And we don’t know if these products are dangerous or ineffective.

The fact is – this entire argument is a smokescreen to cover up your attempts to take away workers’ privacy.

Never mind employers who intimidate those trying to unionize, everyone knows that the biggest thugs in the workplace are union goons.

By: Kerr Mudgeon

Kerr Mudgeon — Tue, 24 Mar 2009 04:46:32 +0000

Art,
- Where did you get the info that Toyota pays better than GM? If that is so, why are Southern US Senators who have Toyota plants in their states insisting that GM and Chrysler LOWER their pay & benefits to the same rates as Toyota? Whose pockets are they in?
- We were supposedly talking about “customer service”, not about the age of the buildings or average income of the customers. Do poor customers deserve poor service because they’re poor?
- I’d say that if “nearly 300 CVS stores” were surveyed, and 43 percent of them had expired infant formula, milk, or eggs for sale, it’s not an insignificant statistic. That is empirical evidence of sloppy or uncaring store management… or greed.
- As for your last statement, re-read BlissD’s comment, above. In many instances, companies do all they can to stop or win union-choice elections, including the use of various types of intimidation, including hiring “corporate thugs” and firing union supporters; then, when the employees vote to join unions, the companies stall the 1st contract negotiations for as long as possible – sometimes for years. THAT is shameful!
cook,
I usually read expiration dates, but maybe not everybody does all the time, like when a mother rushes in to buy Art’s “fart pills” for her sick kid. In any case, the store shouldn’t have expired merchandise on its shelves.

By: Art Pedroza

Art Pedroza — Mon, 23 Mar 2009 19:10:00 +0000

BlissD,

Toyota is non-union – and their workers make more than the guys at GM.

Do you think ANYONE at Toyota would want to be a union guy at GM instead?

I don’t think so…

By: BlissD

BlissD — Mon, 23 Mar 2009 17:39:48 +0000

READ the employee free choice act. http://thomas.loc.gov/cgi-bin/query/z?c111:H.R.1409:

It allows EMPLOYEES to CHOOSE whether they want a secret ballot or to join a union more quickly by signing authorization cards then verified by a neutral third party (clergy member, arbitrator, etc). It also PUNISHES EMPLOYERS who break the law when workers try to join a union. There is no economic penalty now for doing so.