Management canceled talks after more than 40 workers showed up to bargaining this morning.
At this point, anyone who continues to offer wages that are outpaced by inflation need to be called out for what they’re actually giving you: a pay cut.
Never let them decide on the language, call it what it fucking is. A pay cut.
That’s what I told my previous job on my way out. Fuck em!
Hey, come back, you did not hear everything!! Obviously it’s 1% AND PIZZA*!!!
* Pizza available in the limit of one single 25cm pizza per department. Pizza costs, including delivery, 50% tip, and 33% handling fee, are included in the 1%. Pizza costs not refundable if you didn’t get or want pizza. Pizza is consisting of dough and tomato sauce only, all unsalted, gluten free, and raw, to accomodate all diets. Cost is 21.52 per pizza, rounded up to 25 for accounting simplification. Pizza is understood and accepted by all employees as a fitting and acceptable substitution for health insurance, 401K contributions, and the state mandated 10 min break every 4h. Employees understand that pizza is an acceptable substitute for bonuses, raises, and career advancement. By having pizza in the lobby, employees accept a legally binding agreement not to attempt forming, or be part of an union, for their entire employment at the company, and 25 years after. Individually specified pizza, with cooked ingredients, and other toppings, might be available to select management employees. By having pizza in the lobby, employees fully accept a legally binding agreement not to sue the employer for any and all pizza, or work, related injuries, any illness, and infirmities. Pizza is fully understood as a fitting and acceptable substitute for sick leave, days off, and paid holidays. Due to pizza costs, the day of work will now be of 16h. This is reflected by the additional raise, accompanying the pizza, and all together constituting the 1%. Due to inflation, the raise will be accompanied by a Company Utilities Team Subvention (CUTS) of 10% on all (non management) salaries. In the unlikely event the pizza is not enough, a second pizza event will take place next year, but employees will have to organize it and cover all costs, including the 33% handling fee. Enjoy your pizza, and remember to show lasting and continued gratitude for the opportunity to work in such a caring environment!
Very good selection of books. I went to one that had a section called Amish Fiction.
Me coming home from a half price books in Minnesota with a blu-ray of the anime version of And Yet the Town Moves, plus a Norwegian textbook for Romanians with a Norwegian-Romanian translation dictionary to boot, some gender studies books and leftist theory, something that I’m 99% sure was written by a cult leader, and Because Internet by Gretchen McCulloch
Edit: Oh shit I’m realizing this article is LITERALLY about that same Half Price Books I went to! Whaaat!
Oh shit I’m realizing this article is LITERALLY about that same Half Price Books I went to! Whaaat!
Brutal.
What does “brutal” mean in this context?
Your post was about how much you enjoyed your experience there and how they had a wide variety of leftist literature.
Followed up with the brick wall of capitalism hitting you in the face, oh it’s actually literally the one you’ve shopped at.
It’s brutally sad for everyone involved. The workers who are being fucked, the people who shop at Half Price, and the authors whose works are sold there. It’s a bad deal for everyone involved when a company can’t pay it’s workers properly, and will result in a slow degradation of the quality of Half Price Books until it becomes a full on shell of it’s former self and is sold to private equity who will squeeze out every last cent of value for themselves.
I see, you’re absolutely right about that, beautifully said.
Half Price Books has some pretty darn liberal employees, so the striking isn’t surprising at all. In retrospect I’m a little surprised I wasn’t in a union when I worked there, but they are Texas based.
Half Price Books workers in the Twin Cities called a two-day strike this morning…
“An hour later we all got messages that all four of the stores were going to be closed for the next two days.”
Not to sound like an “armchair labor general”, but is there a reason to announce the length of the strike?
Lol, pretty sure the HPB near me pays employees like $10 an hour.
DEW IT.
