nyc boat show cancelled?
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Don't be so quick to bash the Unions. The company I work for is union and the owner is doing pretty well. I've worked for both, and the non-union contractor I worked for didn't offer any type of retirement no healthcare and I got screwed on prevailing wage jobs 5 times that I know of. Who knows there may be more. The unions are there to protect the workers rights so they don't get screwed by greedy contractors. Don't make such a general statement about union workers cause there are good union workers out there as well as good company owners and contrators.
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Don't be so quick to bash the Unions. The company I work for is union and the owner is doing pretty well. I've worked for both, and the non-union contractor I worked for didn't offer any type of retirement no healthcare and I got screwed on prevailing wage jobs 5 times that I know of. Who knows there may be more. The unions are there to protect the workers rights so they don't get screwed by greedy contractors. Don't make such a general statement about union workers cause there are good union workers out there as well as good company owners and contrators.
Now, here is why I blame it directly on the unions at the Javits: 150 dollars to plug an outlet in on top of rental is ridiculous, at least they charge you again to unplug it . Try to bring in any of your own things that they also rent, and they will be broken or damaged the next morning. 3 guys needed to run a forklift (yes, i know why 3).. but for 5 minutes of forklift time it costs you the full hour. Then, they almost DEMAND a 50 dollar tip, and if you don't the next morning something in your booth is broke or has a grease stain. Then there is the attitude, oh and god forbid you need to get something at your booth in a timely matter and there is a coffee brake scheduled. All this on top of some of the most expensive exhibit prices in the country is not a good combination.
I would hate to know what marinas pay to get boats into the show by union riggers, ontop of the already ridiculous booth space costs.
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Don't be so quick to bash the Unions. The company I work for is union and the owner is doing pretty well. I've worked for both, and the non-union contractor I worked for didn't offer any type of retirement no healthcare and I got screwed on prevailing wage jobs 5 times that I know of. Who knows there may be more. The unions are there to protect the workers rights so they don't get screwed by greedy contractors. Don't make such a general statement about union workers cause there are good union workers out there as well as good company owners and contrators.
Unions were a great idea when pay was 10 cents a day for a 15 hour day, 7 days a week. Now they have gone too far in the other direction. It is self correcting tho, millions of unionized workers have lost there jobs as manufacturing moves over seas and as the American auto industry self-destructs, all thanks to the unions.
No rational person can believe someone should be paid $150 to plug in an extension cord, and a system where these type of abuse happen is bound to fail (like GM)
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looks like they moved the show back to it's traditional dates that were from way back, it always was a nice mid winter break to get rid of cabin fever go to the city have a drink or 2 go see the tree at rock center then stroll around the show, the last good NYC show was when Cig was there with the debut of the playboy edition, the last couple of years we have skipped the show taken a day or two midweek and made a mini vacation at the AC show.
doing business in the city and having friends that work at the javitz, and in locals in all the trades in the city that's just the price of doing business in NYC
in fact i'll be drinking with them watching todays giant's game
i'll tell em they are the scourge of the boat show circuit
doing business in the city and having friends that work at the javitz, and in locals in all the trades in the city that's just the price of doing business in NYC
in fact i'll be drinking with them watching todays giant's game
i'll tell em they are the scourge of the boat show circuit
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I predict you will see many Boat shows either cancelled or scaled way back this year. From a dealers standpoint, I can tell you the COST to us is STUPID. We did 14 diff show last year, we have commited only to 3 this year. I have argued with the promoters, told them that the pricing is unjustified, my exact words were "Either you cut the cost in half, or we are doing half as many shows, you all choose"
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Unions are destroying America. The pendulum has swung too far in the unions favor. If unions really existed to "protect the workers rights (whoever said a pension or any benefit was a right) so they don't get screwed by greedy contractors" that would be fine. But the biggest source of greed in America today is in the unions. Unfathomable, unbridled, off the scale greed. It is not executive compensation that is destroying GM, it is the unions. It is not "greedy mgmt" that has destroyed the manufacturing base in America, it is the unions.
Unions were a great idea when pay was 10 cents a day for a 15 hour day, 7 days a week. Now they have gone too far in the other direction. It is self correcting tho, millions of unionized workers have lost there jobs as manufacturing moves over seas and as the American auto industry self-destructs, all thanks to the unions.
No rational person can believe someone should be paid $150 to plug in an extension cord, and a system where these type of abuse happen is bound to fail (like GM)
Unions were a great idea when pay was 10 cents a day for a 15 hour day, 7 days a week. Now they have gone too far in the other direction. It is self correcting tho, millions of unionized workers have lost there jobs as manufacturing moves over seas and as the American auto industry self-destructs, all thanks to the unions.
No rational person can believe someone should be paid $150 to plug in an extension cord, and a system where these type of abuse happen is bound to fail (like GM)
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Actually, GM announced they were selling off a couple Friday..
As far as them using them: I have a meeting with CONGRESS..
I HAVE to be there for the welfare of my company..
I can fly commercial elbow to elbow with NO room to prepare with my colleagues, or I can take the company jet..
No brainer dude, don't be such a hater...
As far as them using them: I have a meeting with CONGRESS..
I HAVE to be there for the welfare of my company..
I can fly commercial elbow to elbow with NO room to prepare with my colleagues, or I can take the company jet..
No brainer dude, don't be such a hater...
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Actually, GM announced they were selling off a couple Friday..
As far as them using them: I have a meeting with CONGRESS..
I HAVE to be there for the welfare of my company..
I can fly commercial elbow to elbow with NO room to prepare with my colleagues, or I can take the company jet..
No brainer dude, don't be such a hater...
As far as them using them: I have a meeting with CONGRESS..
I HAVE to be there for the welfare of my company..
I can fly commercial elbow to elbow with NO room to prepare with my colleagues, or I can take the company jet..
No brainer dude, don't be such a hater...
I'm not a hater. I'm very happy with all the union contractors I've worked for. Everyone shouldn't be hatin' on the unions here.
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