Post by annq on Jul 22, 2013 20:57:30 GMT -5
I would like to disagree with Melissa. I have been in HR most of my life and besides the fact of at will employment the companies that I have in the past or currently working for do not have policies that you describe. Our position on outside employment is it it's allowed as long as it doesn't affect the workers ability to perform their primary job or as long as it isn't with a direct competitor. Our subcontracting is similar to the workers proposed contract. We will seek outside contractors when there isn't an adequate number of workers or our current workforce lacks in necessary skills, but not to simply replace them. I also don't know of too many companies that allows your boss to make the rules and then gets to decide if they are good or bad. In our company the employee is allowed to go all the way to plant manager is she/he disagrees with the decision their supervisors to the alleged grievance.
I don't want to see the workers become untouchable like some of the auto workers once was but after reading all the contracts it doesn't seem as though this is what our city workers want. I took notice that they have have the word "reasonable" throughout their proposed contract. Allowing one person to decide all doesn't seem like the government that I elected, why wouldn't the council be involved? I didn't elect this city manager and I can't vote him out of office if I don't like what he is doing. I also know it isn't common place for companies to promise a pay raise or promotion to a worker and then take it away. That's a good way to alienate your entire work force and I personally don't want to see any company doing that, especially my city government.
Personally I would like to see our city council actually talk to the workers and become part of these negotiations because they are who I voted for. I watched the council meetings online and seen our representatives ignore the residents who asked them to get involved and it was discomforting to say the least.
I don't want to see the workers become untouchable like some of the auto workers once was but after reading all the contracts it doesn't seem as though this is what our city workers want. I took notice that they have have the word "reasonable" throughout their proposed contract. Allowing one person to decide all doesn't seem like the government that I elected, why wouldn't the council be involved? I didn't elect this city manager and I can't vote him out of office if I don't like what he is doing. I also know it isn't common place for companies to promise a pay raise or promotion to a worker and then take it away. That's a good way to alienate your entire work force and I personally don't want to see any company doing that, especially my city government.
Personally I would like to see our city council actually talk to the workers and become part of these negotiations because they are who I voted for. I watched the council meetings online and seen our representatives ignore the residents who asked them to get involved and it was discomforting to say the least.
