I recognize that this statement has no practical value to those PWP who are
dealing with employment difficulties. I know, because I've had a few
myself and I have helped other disabled workers. But I cann't keep my MAC
still!
As a local labor union shop steward, I found the remarks from some at
management level to be just about what I would expect. Actually when
managers talk about P&L statements and workers taking advantage, I wonder
if they seriously consider what side of the equation they really stand on.
I think that they are too quick in assuming their high and important
position (Despite what they may claim to be the "real world.")
I am very happy that things have generally improved in labor-management
relations since my late grandfather's days. I am also fully aware that
those things that help ordinary people deal with major difficulties in
life, such as medical insurance, Social Security, disability insurance, and
more recently the ADA, came about because ordinary people insisted on their
God given rights, not the virtues of management. When my grandfather was
injured in an industrial accident in the mid 1920's, I understand that the
only thing available for him and his family was his fellow workers "passing
the hat." I'm very thankful that people disabled before me and others
concerned about the humanity God has given us (including the many managers
who have more productive things to do than be mesmerized by P&L) have
given me as a shop steward a wonderful law like the ADA. A law very useful
in making life better for people and life more difficult for those
management types overly engrossed in profit and loss and who assume that
workers as a general rule are taking advantage.
Charley Countryman (still making life difficult for
some
managers at 46/6) [log in to unmask]
