Comments on: Circuit City Slaughter http://www.unitedprofessionals.org/blog/2007/04/24/circuit-city-slaughter/ Issues that matter and resources for white collar workers of any profession or employment status. Sat, 22 Nov 2008 06:51:46 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.5.1 By: AKS http://www.unitedprofessionals.org/blog/2007/04/24/circuit-city-slaughter/#comment-19118 AKS Thu, 31 May 2007 00:13:49 +0000 http://www.unitedprofessionals.org/blog/2007/04/24/circuit-city-slaughter/#comment-19118 Agreed. A Union for white collar professionals is what is needed, not a 'revolution' which inevitably will end up violent and counter-productive. Will this Union loose its membership when it's members find jobs? I doubt it considering the underhanded way most people are laid off now-a-days. What is going on in America today, under the watchful eyes of the Democrats and Republicans is a life changing experience. It won't end when ones future looks bright again. Agreed. A Union for white collar professionals is what is needed, not a ‘revolution’ which inevitably will end up violent and counter-productive.

Will this Union loose its membership when it’s members find jobs? I doubt it considering the underhanded way most people are laid off now-a-days.

What is going on in America today, under the watchful eyes of the Democrats and Republicans is a life changing experience. It won’t end when ones future looks bright again.

]]> By: Stuart Smith http://www.unitedprofessionals.org/blog/2007/04/24/circuit-city-slaughter/#comment-14534 Stuart Smith Sat, 28 Apr 2007 21:42:49 +0000 http://www.unitedprofessionals.org/blog/2007/04/24/circuit-city-slaughter/#comment-14534 Barbara, While reading the latest issue of Forbes, I came across your article discussing the correct execution of networking and United Professionals. The recently unemployed workers of Circuit City are victims of a poorly managed company. Inefficiencies in their business processes led Circuit City to make the easiest reduction to their costs, labor. Does Satan already have a room prepared for the CEO of Circuit City? I will leave that answer to someone else. Part of the mission for United Professionals is to preserve the American Middle Class from downsizing and outsourcing. All of us here may embody the effort of grouping together as a united front, but a front for whom? For whom do we appeal to as a united front? Please do not burden these questions with a tone of negativity, but allow them to remind us to be congnizant of what the future entails. Will United Professionals manifest itself into the United Professionals Union? Will our immediate roster comprise of unemployed white collar workers? Will the resolve of this newly developed Union fade as its membership numbers decline when the current Union members find jobs? Do we envision a unionized white-collar labor force for Bank of America, Microsoft? I have to admit (take it with a grain of salt), currently I am more sold on the idea of United Professionals, than I am sold on the real impact in can have in the future. Without hesitation, your work on this is extremely valuable and needed in these changing times. Once we unite, what action are we prepared to take to protect this American Dream? Barbara,

While reading the latest issue of Forbes, I came across your article discussing the correct execution of networking and United Professionals.

The recently unemployed workers of Circuit City are victims of a poorly managed company. Inefficiencies in their business processes led Circuit City to make the easiest reduction to their costs, labor. Does Satan already have a room prepared for the CEO of Circuit City? I will leave that answer to someone else.

Part of the mission for United Professionals is to preserve the American Middle Class from downsizing and outsourcing. All of us here may embody the effort of grouping together as a united front, but a front for whom? For whom do we appeal to as a united front? Please do not burden these questions with a tone of negativity, but allow them to remind us to be congnizant of what the future entails.

Will United Professionals manifest itself into the United Professionals Union? Will our immediate roster comprise of unemployed white collar workers? Will the resolve of this newly developed Union fade as its membership numbers decline when the current Union members find jobs?

Do we envision a unionized white-collar labor force for Bank of America, Microsoft?

I have to admit (take it with a grain of salt), currently I am more sold on the idea of United Professionals, than I am sold on the real impact in can have in the future. Without hesitation, your work on this is extremely valuable and needed in these changing times.

Once we unite, what action are we prepared to take to protect this American Dream?

]]> By: Anonymous http://www.unitedprofessionals.org/blog/2007/04/24/circuit-city-slaughter/#comment-13302 Anonymous Wed, 25 Apr 2007 22:22:54 +0000 http://www.unitedprofessionals.org/blog/2007/04/24/circuit-city-slaughter/#comment-13302 Maybe I’m missing something here, but just what exactly in the Employee Free Choice Act would have saved the Circuit City workers? My take is that such a provision in law would only accelerate this practice. Perhaps the real legislative target should have been bureaucrats such as that Chicago Alderman who, upon being told that Wal-Mart would locate a store right in her very own district, rescinded her approval of the living wage bill! But the lack of any political, public or media outcry over that obvious corruption indicates that was also just another opportunity missed. Maybe I’m missing something here, but just what exactly in the Employee Free Choice Act would have saved the Circuit City workers? My take is that such a provision in law would only accelerate this practice. Perhaps the real legislative target should have been bureaucrats such as that Chicago Alderman who, upon being told that Wal-Mart would locate a store right in her very own district, rescinded her approval of the living wage bill! But the lack of any political, public or media outcry over that obvious corruption indicates that was also just another opportunity missed.

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