Sears Midwest Region Union Sears Midwest Sears Midwest
This Is not the offical Sears myspace page, we are using it get support for sears to get a union for the service techs.....Thank's For Your Interest....
We would like to invite all Sears Techs nationwide to a conference call on March 22nd 6:30 p.m. central time. The dial in number is 906-481-2000, the ID number is 469147 followed by the # sign. You will be asked for your name, you can say your name or, if you are not comfortable giving your name when asked, make one up. If you wish, you can e-mail questions in to the below addresses before or during the call and we will answer them during the conference call without identifying who sent the question. If you are comfortable speaking on the call, that of course would be fine.
If the conference call is dialed in from a land line the customary long distance charges will apply. If you dial in from a cell phone the contract with your carrier will apply. We will receive a summary stating how many callers participated in the call, but we do not receive the numbers that have called in.
The e-mail addresses for questions are as follows:
brian_heins@ibew.org
Ronald_hug@ibew.org
We encourage everyone to participate, and look forward to hearing from you and answering all questions.
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Sears Midwest Region Union Working to make a better work place Posted at 5:53 PM Nov 22, 2008 view more
This is from an article in the 1/28 Fort Worth Star Telegram...
Union membership jumped 12.4 percent of the nation's work force last year,amid wide spread job losses and credit woes. The ranks of organized labor rose by 428,000 workers in 2008,the biggest annual gain since the government began compiling such data in 1983 ,The Bureau of Labor Statistics reported Wednesday. It's also the second year in a row that unions have added to their ranks. Membership increased by 311,000 in 2007,to account for 12.1 percent of workers.
These numbers will only continue to grow the more management cuts benifits,ignores worker rights and strips companys of millions of dollars for management bonuses.
December 10th, 2008 Posted in Aside, Millenial Generation
For those of you not in the Des Moines area, Principal Financial Group (one of the city’s biggest employers) laid of 550 people yesterday. Andy Drish, a Gen-Y blogger and Principal employee, put it best when describing the lay-offs: “Companies tend to think that Gen Y isn’t ‘loyal.’ Now maybe they’ll understand why we keep our job options open. We’d be foolish not to.” Wow. Well said. The days of corporate America “taking care” of their employees are long gone. Take note.
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sounds like the ball is gathering speed. calarodo is done, texas is real close, and now upper midwest is gathering a full head of steam. if all three of us unight with all the other unionized centers will domino into a unionzed service for all of sears centers. Now if management could see that this would cut out the bull and let the techs do are job and make the co money. we all know if the co does well so do we
Just some quick facts from a report called "How unions help all workers" by Lawrence Mishel and Matthew Walters. Unions have a substantial impact on the compensation and work lives of both unionized and non-unionized workers.
• Unions raise wages of unionized workers by roughly 20% and raise compensation, including both wages and benefits, by about 28%.
• Unions reduce wage inequality because they raise wages more for low- and middle-wage workers than for higher-wage workers, more for blue-collar than for white-collar workers, and more for workers who do not have a college degree.
• Strong unions set a pay standard that nonunion employers follow. For example, a high school graduate whose workplace is not unionized but whose industry is 25% unionized is paid 5% more than similar workers in less unionized industries.
• The impact of unions on total nonunion wages is almost as large as the impact on total union wages.
• The most sweeping advantage for unionized workers is in fringe benefits. Unionized workers are more likely than their nonunionized counterparts to receive paid leave, are approximately 18% to 28% more likely to have employer-provided health insurance, and are 23% to 54% more likely to be in employer-provided pension plans.
• Unionized workers receive more generous health benefits than nonunionized workers. They also pay 18% lower health care deductibles and a smaller share of the costs for family coverage. In retirement, unionized workers are 24% more likely to be covered by health insurance paid for by their employer.
• Unionized workers receive better pension plans. Not only are they more likely to have a guaranteed benefit in retirement, their employers contribute 28% more toward pensions.
• Unionized workers receive 26% more vacation time and 14% more total paid leave (vacations and holidays).
Unions play a pivotal role both in securing legislated labor protections and rights such as:
Q Management is hinting that we could lose the benefits we now have. Is that true? A The purpose of forming a union is to win improvements in wages and benefits, not to lose them. We start with what we have and go up. On average, unionized workers earn a third more than non-union workers in wages and benefits. Occasionally in organized facilities workers agree to grant concessions to aid an ailing company, but this comes after years of winning improvements.
The employees vote on whether or not to accept a contract. Would you vote to accept a contract that took away your benefits? Think about it. If having a union meant that the employer could reduce your benefits, why would the employer be fighting the union so hard?
Besides, it is against the law for the employer to retaliate against the union by taking away wages or benefits.
I hope that that there was a thank you for our past union brothers and sisters yesterday. They put a lot of time and effort so we can enjoy our holidays with pay, 40 hr work week,paid vacations,and what few benifits we have left. Support your districts effort and become an IBEW member and you future will change for the best.
just remember only use 4 squares when you wipe and only wipe 3 times and you can only crap between 10 and 12 after 12 sylicone your ass shut till you get home!!!!!!this is a company rule or it will be if needed
