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03-14-2021, 11:40 AM #1UnregisteredGuest
We are right back where we started
I’m getting ready to retire so I won’t matter to me but I wish to wake up the younger officers. Some May remember and other won’t have a clue of what I’m about to mention but here goes:
We left the PBA some time ago because the PBA sucked- pure and simple. Captain James Biardi was the PBA head at the time. Then we came back which the PBA did get us a raise but as soon as they got us back they went right back to the old days and they suck-pure and simple. Guess what- Captain James Biardi is in charge once again.
Unless we can break the cycle and have someone other than Captain Biardi negotiate for us we will be right back to where we started when we got rid of the PBA last time.
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03-15-2021, 12:41 AM #2UnregisteredGuest
The definition of insanity is repeating the same thing but expecting a different result.
The true mission of unions and bureaucracies is to create ways to suck more money out of their members' paychecks. If you guys have not figured that out yet you are hopelessly lost.
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03-16-2021, 02:05 PM #3UnregisteredGuest
Florida is a Right to Work state. All the unions are useless...
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03-17-2021, 09:28 PM #4UnregisteredGuest
The last person that was fighting for the workers was Phil Coty. And I think they finally fired him a couple years ago.
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03-17-2021, 09:34 PM #5UnregisteredGuest
What you don't understand is that PBA, FOP whatever the flavor of the month is, are not "Unions." They are "Collective Bargaining Units." There is a huge difference. Florida is not a union state like New York, New Jersey, Pennsylvania, etc. Florida is what we call a "Right to Work" State. That actually means the opposite of what it sounds like. "Right to Work" states are employer friendly. Unions, in the common sense of the word, are prohibited in Florida. For example, Union States allow employees to strike as a tool in bargaining for better pay and working conditions. Right to Work states like Florida, prohibit that. For this very reason, the PBA (like any other Collective Bargaining Unit) has very limited ability to negotiate for your pay and working conditions. This is why it seems to you like the PBA "sucks pure and simple." It's not that they suck, it's just that their hands are tied. They are extraordinarily limited in their abilities and have very little leverage to bargain with.
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03-18-2021, 01:41 PM #6UnregisteredGuest
"Right to work" means anyone has a right to work and cannot be forced to join a union to do so.
Whatever you want to call them, FOP and PBA are a total waste of money and useless to negotiate pay and benefits. This has been proven over and over again. Only fools give them their hard earned money.
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03-19-2021, 01:45 PM #7UnregisteredGuest
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03-21-2021, 04:29 PM #8UnregisteredGuest
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03-22-2021, 01:23 PM #9UnregisteredGuest
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03-23-2021, 01:12 AM #10UnregisteredGuest
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