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randys1

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54. Only ASSHOLES would be against unions...unless it is police unions...maybe I have to

Sat Jan 10, 2015, 08:32 PM

Jan 2015

change my position again on police unions, I mean they are gonna kill who they want union or no union...

I am back in favor of police unions

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United Replaces Unionized Baggage Handlers With Min. Wage Contractors, Things Instantly Fall Apart [View all] Quixote1818 Jan 2015 OP

DUH Omaha Steve Jan 2015 #1

What gets me is they charge $25 per bag Quixote1818 Jan 2015 #2

And $100 for a second bag. tblue Jan 2015 #11

Only ASSHOLES would be against unions...unless it is police unions...maybe I have to randys1 Jan 2015 #54

Wish I was smart enough to get an MBA and figure out a genius business plan like THIS! hatrack Jan 2015 #3

I wonder if another unsaid dynamic is part of it Populist_Prole Jan 2015 #4

+100. Contempt indeed. They don't think those jobs are worth anything either. NewDeal_Dem Jan 2015 #14

Taylorism Populist_Prole Jan 2015 #25

Here's the business plan RobertEarl Jan 2015 #8

This: ^^^ CrispyQ Jan 2015 #21

Just to be clear.... ALL costs are passed onto the customer... Adrahil Jan 2015 #33

I don't think Skywest below wing was unionized Sen. Walter Sobchak Jan 2015 #5

Hopefully, those minimum wage employees won't supplement income by swiping luggage contents. nt TheBlackAdder Jan 2015 #6

Damn, if United hears this, they'll cut wages even more jberryhill Jan 2015 #12

... Warren DeMontague Jan 2015 #53

Minimum wage = higher probability of damaged or scuffed luggage. Enjoy. TheBlackAdder Jan 2015 #7

Gee, who could have predicted this? NaturalHigh Jan 2015 #9

Management doesn't give a shit... SoapBox Jan 2015 #10

The Airlines now suck up to the 1%. Tommymac Jan 2015 #46

Remember how deregulation was sold by saying it would make things better for the consumer? dflprincess Jan 2015 #64

New airline business model: take away everything a ticket used to pay for, make flying a misery... Hekate Jan 2015 #13

More than two decades. Carter deregulated the airlines. NewDeal_Dem Jan 2015 #15

I don't see people cutting back on flying, though CrispyQ Jan 2015 #22

Exactly...people put up with it. dixiegrrrrl Jan 2015 #27

And DIA is getting worried: kiva Jan 2015 #16

Thats the only thing that will get their attention Ruby the Liberal Jan 2015 #19

I live in a tourist city. kiva Jan 2015 #24

Damn the Cheapskates.. from Waltons on down Cha Jan 2015 #17

amen demigoddess Jan 2015 #63

Well my flight took less than two hours last November malaise Jan 2015 #18

I think Miami has about the worst Immigration clearing I've experienced. mnhtnbb Jan 2015 #37

I though everyone knew "United Breaks Guitars"? IdaBriggs Jan 2015 #20

And here I didn't think that United's "service" could get any shittier...... (nt) Paladin Jan 2015 #23

Fly United� Jackpine Radical Jan 2015 #26

I live in Houston, which was a Continental hub cloudbase Jan 2015 #28

I got home to Denver on last Wednesday morning at 12:00 am at a frigid -13 degree weather.. The Shredder Jan 2015 #29

You pay peanuts, you get monkeys. GoneOffShore Jan 2015 #30

That's the free market gratuitous Jan 2015 #32

Rich people don't fly commercial. They all have their own jets and pilots. So bullshit the average valerief Jan 2015 #31

I have learned to pack a carry-on for a week's stay. MineralMan Jan 2015 #34

I do the same. I've done 2 weeks in Europe with only carry-on. OTOH I've had Delta mnhtnbb Jan 2015 #39

Meaning that it's just a matter of time before they charge for carry-ons . . . hatrack Jan 2015 #47

Some already do. MineralMan Jan 2015 #50

I have always said. Half-Century Man Jan 2015 #35

Interesting how there's nothing in mainstream media reporting this. mnhtnbb Jan 2015 #36

typical Capitalism: Provide the WORST service possible at the highest PROFIT Locrian Jan 2015 #38

I was a road warrior back in the 80's. Stonepounder Jan 2015 #40

Not to mention the potentially aggressive TSA agents. I won't fly anymore either. Dark n Stormy Knight Jan 2015 #42

Same here Sherman A1 Jan 2015 #57

This trend toward crappy service so the higher ups can acquire yet more wealth is so frustrating. Dark n Stormy Knight Jan 2015 #41

Sounds like the guys that run Pitney Bowes nt 7962 Jan 2015 #43

republican congress takes over and all goes to shit in a week. rurallib Jan 2015 #44

Where did you get the information that SickOfTheOnePct Jan 2015 #45

The article indicated they originally used the airport's unionized baggage handlers BumRushDaShow Jan 2015 #48

If you click through to the other articles SickOfTheOnePct Jan 2015 #49

I think the article is only referring to what happened at *this particular airport* BumRushDaShow Jan 2015 #55

Nothing in your aricle discusses unionized workers being let go SickOfTheOnePct Jan 2015 #61

The Denver Post article indicated that this was a shared responsibility BumRushDaShow Jan 2015 #62

Remember when the Trucker sulphurdunn Jan 2015 #51

I normally get mad at entitled yuppies who refuse to check their bags and instead cram them into the Warren DeMontague Jan 2015 #52

Some MBA figured out Turbineguy Jan 2015 #56

Stupid bean-counting nitwits . . . another_liberal Jan 2015 #58

My husband works for United and they are jerking the union workers by not negotiating kimbutgar Jan 2015 #59

It'll be a nightmare scenerio... ReRe Jan 2015 #60

, blkmusclmachine Jan 2015 #65

Always a good idea... czarjak Jan 2015 #66

We take the train for almost any longer trip. AllyCat Jan 2015 #67