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chervilant

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16. Isn't that ironic!?

Sat Jun 8, 2013, 08:28 AM

Jun 2013

Whatcha bet prospective employers WILL hold it against you if you quit without notice?

(BTW, the guy who fired me has a reputation among his peers, and it isn't pretty. He's a bad reflection on the state agency for which he 'works' -- even *that* is in question -- and dog help the families unfortunate enough to have to deal with his derision and incompetence.)

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The Most Dishonest Words in American Politics: 'Right to Work' [View all] xchrom Jun 2013 OP

right to work states hamster Jun 2013 #1

I know. I live in one. K&R. nt raccoon Jun 2013 #12

How about Citizens United? Eddie Haskell Jun 2013 #60

Thanks for the list, Eddie. nt raccoon Jun 2013 #63

"Right to Work" also means chervilant Jun 2013 #2

"Employment at will" Freddie Jun 2013 #3

Interesting... chervilant Jun 2013 #11

While I generally despise RTW, Myrina Jun 2013 #14

Isn't that ironic!? chervilant Jun 2013 #16

No, that's not a consequence of so-called RTW. Jim Lane Jun 2013 #37

That's pretty much a standard worker's right hamster Jun 2013 #48

Probably. Travis_0004 Jun 2013 #57

Probably? hamster Jun 2013 #58

I didn't bother to research the policies of all 50 states if thats what you are asking. Travis_0004 Jun 2013 #59

The idea is to harass and intimidate the employee so much that they give up and quit. Skeeter Barnes Jun 2013 #61

Not wanting to "correct" you Freddie Jun 2013 #23

It does happen... Purplehazed Jun 2013 #36

We have a 3rd party administrator Freddie Jun 2013 #45

They don't know what they are talking about. duffyduff Jun 2013 #39

Correct. It's also about power. hamster Jun 2013 #49

+1 n/t duffyduff Jun 2013 #40

Has nothing to do with "at-will" employment duffyduff Jun 2013 #38

k/r marmar Jun 2013 #4

It is definitely an Orwellian construct of words. randome Jun 2013 #5

Right to work = Right to starve. byeya Jun 2013 #6

I thought they were "Trust me." WinkyDink Jun 2013 #7

Force loose wheel Jun 2013 #8

Then why use force at all? MillennialDem Jun 2013 #9

"None of the protection" Freddie Jun 2013 #25

I didn't say same pay either. Nothing. They're on their own. MillennialDem Jun 2013 #26

Florida is a "right to work" state. Teachers who are anti-union just reap all the benefits without Riley18 Jun 2013 #30

They don't get it, do they? Freddie Jun 2013 #34

Unfortunately a lot of people in non-union shops don't understand they're standing on... Gidney N Cloyd Jun 2013 #10

You got that right. It's incredible how many people who would be raccoon Jun 2013 #15

They are already being helped by a union. The fact that an employer doesn't want to deal with an byeya Jun 2013 #17

Decent pay and working conditions have been on the way out since NAFTA! Dustlawyer Jun 2013 #18

in other words Kali Jun 2013 #24

Some are, certainly. But I also think there's a lot of naiveté, a lot of people who... Gidney N Cloyd Jun 2013 #31

which is just ignorance covered with greed sauce. Kali Jun 2013 #32

;-) Gidney N Cloyd Jun 2013 #33

Strom Thurmond also said he didn't think a worker should HAVE to join a union. raccoon Jun 2013 #13

No one forces you... awoke_in_2003 Jun 2013 #64

Right to starve to death in a fucking dog-eat-dog world is what it really means. 1-Old-Man Jun 2013 #19

In other words Highway61 Jun 2013 #20

K&R Teamster Jeff Jun 2013 #21

It is because the history of labor has been systematically removed from our schools senseandsensibility Jun 2013 #22

Right to work- for less Johonny Jun 2013 #27

Fits right in with the venacular that gave us the "Clear Skies Initiative" amongst other things... cascadiance Jun 2013 #28

"Clean Coal" as if that were in any way possible. 1-Old-Man Jun 2013 #35

or "No Child Left Behind"... cascadiance Jun 2013 #41

that one is accurate Johonny Jun 2013 #43

It's right up there with The Patriot Act think Jun 2013 #29

How to discomfit a libertarian Jim Lane Jun 2013 #42

right up there with "No Child Left Behind" Skittles Jun 2013 #44

K & R! Lady Freedom Returns Jun 2013 #46

sheeesh, onethatcares Jun 2013 #47

They left out two words KamaAina Jun 2013 #50

Ideology trumps common sense for right-wingers YoungDemCA Jun 2013 #51

kick, devos family = blackwater HiPointDem Jun 2013 #52

Right to work was started by a Texas businessman hamster Jun 2013 #53

Why should someone pay dues to a union they find corrupt, ineffectual or racist? Sen. Walter Sobchak Jun 2013 #54

If the street you live on hamster Jun 2013 #55

If he's paying dues, the Union is obligated to do what they can for him. Skeeter Barnes Jun 2013 #62

In addition to "Right To Work"... Skeeter Barnes Jun 2013 #56

Amway Textex Jun 2013 #65