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<blockquote data-quote="Superteeth2478" data-source="post: 3576658" data-attributes="member: 73024">Never said the part-timers weren&#039;t to blame (at least to an extent, what with the chicken or the egg problem with part-time representation). Thing is that now a lot of part-timers will see what is in all actuality a crappy deal that sounds good in the short-term, and if they do vote (again, most won&#039;t), they&#039;ll probably vote yes. At the very least you can expect those at $10.35 unskilled and $11.00 skilled to jump on a $2.00 raise like it means something in the long run. And guess what, they won&#039;t give two hoots about how it will affect full-timers or even themselves in the long run. And that&#039;s because there hasn&#039;t been a brotherhood between the part-timers and the full-timers ever since the pay rates between the two diverged 30+ years ago.At the end of the day it&#039;s not about who sold the part-timers out (whether it be the union or the company), or even if they were &quot;sold out&quot; at all. A brotherhood is supposed to fight for each other.At some point the full-timers should have bent down and offered a helping hand to the part-timers, but that hasn&#039;t happened in the past how many contracts? So let&#039;s see how this plays out now that you have easily bought part-timers to vote against. Because you better believe that the union and the company are going to spin this to get part-timers to vote yes, and remember, they outnumber the full-timers greatly. So of all the times full-timers have been blaming part-timers for their lot due to them not voting, this is really the time they&#039;d better pray that they don&#039;t vote.</blockquote>

[QUOTE="Superteeth2478, post: 3576658, member: 73024"] Never said the part-timers weren't to blame (at least to an extent, what with the chicken or the egg problem with part-time representation). Thing is that now a lot of part-timers will see what is in all actuality a crappy deal that sounds good in the short-term, and if they do vote (again, most won't), they'll probably vote yes. At the very least you can expect those at $10.35 unskilled and $11.00 skilled to jump on a $2.00 raise like it means something in the long run. And guess what, they won't give two hoots about how it will affect full-timers or even themselves in the long run. And that's because there hasn't been a brotherhood between the part-timers and the full-timers ever since the pay rates between the two diverged 30+ years ago. At the end of the day it's not about who sold the part-timers out (whether it be the union or the company), or even if they were "sold out" at all. A brotherhood is supposed to fight for each other. At some point the full-timers should have bent down and offered a helping hand to the part-timers, but that hasn't happened in the past how many contracts? So let's see how this plays out now that you have easily bought part-timers to vote against. Because you better believe that the union and the company are going to spin this to get part-timers to vote yes, and remember, they outnumber the full-timers greatly. So of all the times full-timers have been blaming part-timers for their lot due to them not voting, this is really the time they'd better pray that they don't vote. [/QUOTE]

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