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[Times Up]

Trump has done more for the economy and job growth that the last president did

What goes down eventually bounces back up.

 

[GoodyNN]

You mean the one where the entire store is closed for two weeks and only a few are transferred to other locations?

Or they're all transferred, but only a few make it back to the home store.

 

[HardlinesFour]

What I don't understand is... this store JUST opened. Like... literally within the past year. How can this already be happening?

 

[hufflepuff]

What I don't understand is... this store JUST opened. Like... literally within the past year. How can this already be happening?

I think it opened around 2013?

ETA I just realized you might be thinking Brooklyn since it says the Brooklyn region. They recently had a store open.

 

[HardlinesFour]

I think it opened around 2013?

ETA I just realized you might be thinking Brooklyn since it says the Brooklyn region. They recently had a store open.

Your right... Brooklyn had one open last year. The location is just silly and horribly planned because it's a 5-minute walk from the next store @ Atlantic Terminal.

But... I was thinking of another store they opened out on Long Island. As it turns out, they opened four small-format stores, and are on track to open yet another later this year. The Huntington Station store is very close by to the new format store.

 

[oath2order]

I don't know that retail is the right setting for union representation.

However, as a spouse of a union worker I have kick-ass health insurance. We pay NO monthly premium.. NONE. 10% co-insurance for most services, and if we utilize the preferred clinic (doctor visits, x-rays, PT, labs, dental cleanings and fillings, etc) no co pay.

Spouse also gets time and a half for all hours worked over 8 each day. My state's law is OT for hours over 40 in a week.

So, unions definitely have a place in our society!

My mother worked at a grocery store under their equivalent of "instocks TM" and was a part of the union. She said it was helpful. But grocery is different.

THIS. yes it’s illegal to prevent a union from forming but target has big time lawyers who will find ways to prevent it without “preventing” it like shutting down a store for renovations.

Target really made it easy to do this with their whole push in the news as "investing in our stores".

Trump has done more for the economy and job growth that the last president did

According to what metrics?

 

[redeye58]

Trump has done more for the economy and job growth that the last president did

Wrong thread.

 

[commiecorvus]

Wrong thread.

More like wrong font.

 

[redeye58]

Trump has done more for the economy and job growth that the last president did

FIFY

 

[bikebryan]

THIS. yes it’s illegal to prevent a union from forming but target has big time lawyers who will find ways to prevent it without “preventing” it like shutting down a store for renovations. Bottom line is if you try to unionize at Target, you’re not only putting your own job at risk but also the others in your store who want no part of it (by forcing them to transfer when the store is closed) and I don’t think that’s fair.

Also by and large for entry level jobs our pay and benefits aren’t that bad. In a year and a half, we’ll be making over double federal minimum wage.

Go ahead and unionize. Target does not have to recognize it. They simply close, reorganize with NEW employees and re-open. A union would have no power if they have no contract or Master Agreement with the employer, and come on, do you really think that Target would do that? Without SERIOUS government pressure (taking LLOOTTSS of time)? The chances of that in the current political climate are between zero and none.

 

[Tessa120]

Right now it's very hard to form a union and make the employer sit at the negotiating table. It's very hard because many of the worker protection laws have been weakened over and over, and the businesses with the deepest pocketbooks have been pushing a lot of anti-union propaganda for years in the hopes of weakening workers' resolve to group together to get better protections.

But if people don't grab onto what is left and group together in order to have a better chance at keeping what is left, then everything is going to go away. Read Upton Sinclair's The Jungle if you want a peek at a future where workers can't group together and pool their resources to pay for lobbyists to go head to head with big business lobbyists and demand that everyone gets treated well.

 

[GoodyNN]

What I don't understand is... this store JUST opened. Like... literally within the past year. How can this already be happening?

Perhaps enough of their current TMs came from traditional grocery stores that do have unions and decided to try to get one started at Spot.

 

[Hardlinesmaster]

A pharmacy at spot when union in ny & then got sold to cvs.
Exclusive: Target pharmacy workers form union, first in company's... - https://www.google.com/amp/s/mobile.reuters.com/article/amp/idUSKCN0RG2Z720150917

 

[qmosqueen]

Huntington Station Target workers seek union vote - https://libn.com/2018/08/13/huntington-station-target-workers-seek-union-vote/

 

[Darth vader]

What I don't understand is... this store JUST opened. Like... literally within the past year. How can this already be happening?

It opened 5 years ago

 

[qmosqueen]

This news today

Target Corp.'s location in Huntington Station, N.Y., could become the retailer's first-ever unionized store next month as a judge has cleared the way for workers to vote on whether to organize.


https://www.google.com/amp/s/www.bi...7/target-store-faces-rare-union-vote.amp.html

https://www.bizjournals.com/twincities/news/2018/08/27/target-store-faces-rare-union-vote.html

 

[can't touch this]

RIP that store

 

[redeye58]

I see a remodel of indeterminate length in their future.

 

[can't touch this]

Even assuming they don't close the store...

store: "we the workers want $25 an hour plus comprehensive health insurance with no premium"

HQ: "no"

store: "fine, we're striking then"

HQ: "ok" *unfurls NOW HIRING banner* *refills all positions in 2 business days*

 

[SpilledTea]

Even assuming they don't close the store...

store: "we the workers want $25 an hour plus comprehensive health insurance with no premium"

HQ: "no"

store: "fine, we're striking then"

HQ: "ok" *unfurls NOW HIRING banner* *refills all positions in 2 business days*

Pretty much.

Although, unemployment is pretty low right now, so it might be a bit of a struggle to hire almost a whole store of TMs.

 

[redeye58]

If there are nearby sister stores, they'll farm out TMs to cover basic operations while corp conducts mass-hire events.

 

[can't touch this]

my store seems to have no trouble conjuring up a huge batch of new hires whenever they please, particularly when there's a payroll shortage

 

[Amanda Cantwell]

People don’t understand that especially at this level, we’re all replaceable. Easily. A union at target will have no power as target will either “renovate” the store and close it or as another poster said just let them strike and then rehire new people

 

[Aredhel]

Toilets flush. So many levels.

 

[Frontlanegirl]

Even assuming they don't close the store...

store: "we the workers want $25 an hour plus comprehensive health insurance with no premium"

HQ: "no"

store: "fine, we're striking then"

HQ: "ok" *unfurls NOW HIRING banner* *refills all positions in 2 business days*

Good luck trying to hire those replacements. Most stores in my area are hurting for new people.