Frankly, I don't think strikes or unions are a good idea. Birdmom has given the reasons why a strike is bad. I have seen what unions do, and some members of my family are former and current union members--and frankly, the unions screw their members over. I remember when I was living temporarily back East '95 to '98, when Caterpiller went on strike for a year and a half. Once there was this picture in the local paper of a striker who had just put in a whole week on the picket line, and upon getting her first strike paycheck, was holding her head in shock and grief over the amount--$88. She had house payments to make, bills to pay, and had just recently bought a Porsche. She had been making about $14/hr. before, had probably put in a full day's work every day on the line, for a measly $88--which she would have gotten for one day on the job. Knott's Berry Farm employees have been mulling over whether to form a union, but again I don't think it's such a good idea. Granted, when unions came into being, they did get things done,took on greedy industrialists (remember, this was before there was an income tax), and if you want a sample, Google "The Triangle Shirtwaist Factory Fire". Now the unions are corrupt, and some are no more than terrorist organizations. The Caterpiller plant that was struck for a year and a half that I mentioned earlier was shut down because the strike hit the company so hard that they had to shut the plant down to stay afloat. But think about the backlash a strike would generate--Disney, like Knott's, attracts people from all across the country and all around the world; some have been saving for years to come. If they come when you're on strike, what do you think the reaction will be? From what I've seen on this board, your bosses seem to be somewhat abusive of the privilege of being humans prone to error, but the management at Knott's is totally psychotic, just plain abusive, self-worshipping, brown-nosing cult leaders. Any members of this forum who have worked at Knott's can verify this. And those who say that when they go to Knott's and feel as if they're in a parallel dimension--you're right; it's "The Unfriendliest Place in the West--Especially to its Employees!" So many people are bailing out of Knott's, especially security, that the park is as good as dead. Those of you who haven't done so already, if you want the straight story, use Yahoo! to access
http://www.kbfdrama.com to hear what it's like backstage at Knott's. Really shocking and disgusting--and don't forget to read the posts on the thread labeled "HORRIBLE Health Dept. Inspections". No wonder so many guests bring their own food! I once actually had a guest ask me where her family could get some "safe" food. Before I heard about the inspections, I simply told her to go to the sit-down restaurants, which are more likely to have salad bars (her definition of safe food). If I worked there now ( which I don't--job hunting now ), I'd have told any guest asking about the food to smuggle their own food in, or otherwise get their hand stamped, go to a nearby restaurant, and eat there before coming back. According to health department records, Knott's was once fined when a guest ate at the Chicken Dinner Restaurant, got sick, and complained to the health department. All I can say is, Walter and Cordelia must be spinning in their graves. Ditto the three of their four kids who have since joined them. There should be a sign out in front of Knott's as well as the eating places associated with the park--"Danger--Eat at Your Own Risk!" I saw on
http://www.themeparkinsider.com that there was another accident on Perilous Plunge recently.
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