[ale] Way OT - the death of Twinkies

[Michael Potter]

Perhaps the problem is that they make things people do not want to buy.

On Wed, Nov 21, 2012 at 11:35 AM, Jim Kinney <jim.kinney at gmail.com> wrote:
> On 11/20/2012 03:27 PM, Sparr wrote:
>>
>> On Sat, Nov 17, 2012 at 9:20 AM, Lightner, Jeff <JLightner at water.com>
>> wrote:
>>>
>>> Interestingly their main union had actually signed a contract and it was
>>> a lesser union that went on strike.   A co-worker of mine said that he had
>>> heard or read that other union did it because they decided they'd make more
>>> money on unemployment than with the new contract with all the concessions it
>>> had.
>>
>> Obvious fix for this would be to not give unemployment to them in this
>> situation. How is "strike until the company collapses" any different
>> from "quit voluntarily" in terms of unemployment eligibility?
>
>
> The striking employees have zero decision ability as to the continuation of
> the business. Only management can make that decision. The strikers want XYZ
> and the managers decide to fire them all by shutting down the business. The
> striking employees did not choose to become unemployed, they chose to
> strike. Their unemployment benefit is based on their last 90 days pay
> average. If they were striking for 89 of them, they are totally screwed. I'm
> not clear if strike pay counts towards the employment pay used to calculate
> unemployment rate. I do know that strike pay is (typically far) less than
> regular working pay (but better than unemployment).
>
> No matter it's looked at, it's bad for far more people than benefit from
> this.
>
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