(TUNE: “The Age Of Aquarius”, The Fifth Dimension)
When the Union members form a strike
That Union bosses don’t permit …
Then I’ll tell you (though you may not like),
You’re up .. the creek of s**t!
Your strike is broken by
A batch of bureaucracy,
A batch of bureaucracy!
Bureaucracy …
Bu-reau-cra-cy!
Legally, it’s been a while that
You are not allowed to wi-i-ildcat!
Breaking up your little soiree,
All because the NLRA
Is a part of the U.S. Code;
It’s enough to make your head asplode!
Bureaucracyy-yyy-yyyy-yyyyy …
Bu-reau-cra-cy!
At the begining of the storline part of me still hoped director england will show up as a brick joke for that classic “thanks for nothing douchebags” line.
On a side note those machines are being an irritable bunch of jerks just cause they got riled up eo easily, also I just noticed that the time this website says I post my comments is different from the time on my phone, must be timezones.
It’s not a strike. It’s a work stoppage. That means Tip, Bubbles, and the CO2 bomb can cross their line without fear of reprisal other than getting their heads broke.
As far as we’ve been told, they were all converted into the hamsters’ battle mechs, though it was never stated whether those were all the Madblood androids or just the all the ones Dave could fit into a 53′ box trailer.
Weirdly, Tip is correct, although there are exceptions. If the leadership of a union is behaving unreasonably with regard to the membership, or refusing to take reasonable actions, like negotiate contracts on behalf of the union, then the members of the union can file paperwork with the National Labor Relations Board to authorize them to take action independent of the union. In other words, there’s a bureaucracy that can authorize unauthorized strikes. That’s the part that should create the Captain Kirk Loop.
No, really.
The really funny part is that, legally, employees of the union are not allowed to KNOW about wildcat strikes before they happen, or else they have to try to prevent them. This comes from the fact that there are actual rules to real strikes, in terms of when and why they’re allowed.
So, if a union official walks into a room where employees are talking about wanting to do a wildcat work action, the union official basically has to cover his or her ears and go “La, la, la, I can’t hear you…”
I actually saw it happen. It was quite funny at the time.
Also, I don’t think there’s any such thing as an “illegal strike” unless you’re an air traffic controller or certain other specific classes, in which case it’s illegal whether or not it’s wildcat or not.
My understanding is that wildcat strikes are only “illegal” in the sense that they don’t conform to the laws under which unions and striking employees are *protected*. It’s not like you’re going to go to jail for it, but you might get fired without recourse.
man, a “machine union” is such a bad idea. its like organizing a “black union” or a “white union”. if the skinhorse team and everyone in the building organized themselves a union all these problems would prolly be solved much easier 😐
(but also i guess that would destroy all conflict in the comic so i can see why it wouldn’t happen)
(TUNE: “The Age Of Aquarius”, The Fifth Dimension)
When the Union members form a strike
That Union bosses don’t permit …
Then I’ll tell you (though you may not like),
You’re up .. the creek of s**t!
Your strike is broken by
A batch of bureaucracy,
A batch of bureaucracy!
Bureaucracy …
Bu-reau-cra-cy!
Legally, it’s been a while that
You are not allowed to wi-i-ildcat!
Breaking up your little soiree,
All because the NLRA
Is a part of the U.S. Code;
It’s enough to make your head asplode!
Bureaucracyy-yyy-yyyy-yyyyy …
Bu-reau-cra-cy!
Damn, Tip is not playing around even with these guys.
You know, I don’t think I actually knew the definition of a Wildcat Strike before this.
In this place of employment, I’m surprised there are no actual wildcats participating.
Dang it, you beat me to it.
I wonder how this concept could affect literal wildcats…
“Wildcat protests exclusion from union. Brer Fox speaks out in support.”
At the begining of the storline part of me still hoped director england will show up as a brick joke for that classic “thanks for nothing douchebags” line.
On a side note those machines are being an irritable bunch of jerks just cause they got riled up eo easily, also I just noticed that the time this website says I post my comments is different from the time on my phone, must be timezones.
It’s not a strike. It’s a work stoppage. That means Tip, Bubbles, and the CO2 bomb can cross their line without fear of reprisal other than getting their heads broke.
By the way, what union does the CO2 bomb belong to? Given its function and eventual end-use, I doubt service is its only joy.
On the contrary, I think it’s having a blast.
(Groan) +2, would wince again/10
Yes, an absolute gas.
This may be anti-machinist (organicist? faunist?), but that’s more original thought than I would have expected from a copying machine.
The older machines at the primary distribution center probably fileshare late-night stories of The Kirk to deliciously scare the new appliances.
Dayum, Eddurd, that’s a great one. “Soiree” & “NLRA”: genius.
Are the Madblood ‘droids still in charge of the Machine Union?
As far as we’ve been told, they were all converted into the hamsters’ battle mechs, though it was never stated whether those were all the Madblood androids or just the all the ones Dave could fit into a 53′ box trailer.
Not all of them, actually. Remember this? (Massive spoiler warning for those who haven’t finished Narbonic)
Oh yeah. I forgot about that.
Weirdly, Tip is correct, although there are exceptions. If the leadership of a union is behaving unreasonably with regard to the membership, or refusing to take reasonable actions, like negotiate contracts on behalf of the union, then the members of the union can file paperwork with the National Labor Relations Board to authorize them to take action independent of the union. In other words, there’s a bureaucracy that can authorize unauthorized strikes. That’s the part that should create the Captain Kirk Loop.
No, really.
The really funny part is that, legally, employees of the union are not allowed to KNOW about wildcat strikes before they happen, or else they have to try to prevent them. This comes from the fact that there are actual rules to real strikes, in terms of when and why they’re allowed.
So, if a union official walks into a room where employees are talking about wanting to do a wildcat work action, the union official basically has to cover his or her ears and go “La, la, la, I can’t hear you…”
I actually saw it happen. It was quite funny at the time.
…Well. Now I know.
Also, I don’t think there’s any such thing as an “illegal strike” unless you’re an air traffic controller or certain other specific classes, in which case it’s illegal whether or not it’s wildcat or not.
My understanding is that wildcat strikes are only “illegal” in the sense that they don’t conform to the laws under which unions and striking employees are *protected*. It’s not like you’re going to go to jail for it, but you might get fired without recourse.
man, a “machine union” is such a bad idea. its like organizing a “black union” or a “white union”. if the skinhorse team and everyone in the building organized themselves a union all these problems would prolly be solved much easier 😐
(but also i guess that would destroy all conflict in the comic so i can see why it wouldn’t happen)
I see Tip did some research after the last union strike.