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Offline gPink

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When you can be replaced by a goat.....
« on: July 07, 2017, 04:51:56 AM »
....was your job really necessary?  :rotflmao:

Are goats taking jobs from union workers?

A battle is brewing at Western Michigan University this summer between a group of hungry goats and a labor union.

The 400-member American Federation of State, County and Municipal Employees has filed a grievance contending that the work the goats are doing in a wooded lot is taking away jobs from laid-off union workers.

"AFSCME takes protecting the jobs of its members very seriously and we have an agreed-upon collective bargaining agreement with Western Michigan," said Union President Dennis Moore. "We expect the contract to be followed, and in circumstances where we feel it's needed, we file a grievance."

The grievance alleges that the university did not notify the union that it was planning to use goat crews on campus, according to a chief steward report supplied to the Battle Creek Enquirer.

http://www.battlecreekenquirer.com/story/news/2017/07/06/goats-taking-jobs-union-workers/455237001/

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Re: When you can be replaced by a goat.....
« Reply #1 on: July 07, 2017, 08:28:35 AM »
I think that the goats should start their own union!

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Re: When you can be replaced by a goat.....
« Reply #2 on: July 07, 2017, 08:33:38 AM »
 ;D

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Re: When you can be replaced by a goat.....
« Reply #3 on: July 07, 2017, 09:19:15 AM »
I think that the goats should start their own union!

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They would but I've heard it's hard to get them to pay their union dues.

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Re: When you can be replaced by a goat.....
« Reply #4 on: July 07, 2017, 09:32:02 AM »
Do you think that these goats live in a nanny state?
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Re: When you can be replaced by a goat.....
« Reply #5 on: July 07, 2017, 09:38:56 AM »
Goats are not smart enough to file a grievance.
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Re: When you can be replaced by a goat.....
« Reply #6 on: July 07, 2017, 09:41:42 AM »
Goats are not smart enough to file a grievance.

Maybe not but I'll bet that they know someone who is.   :)
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Re: When you can be replaced by a goat.....
« Reply #7 on: July 07, 2017, 08:44:18 PM »
Probably this one..

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Re: When you can be replaced by a goat.....
« Reply #8 on: July 08, 2017, 04:42:15 AM »
Looks like the uni got the union's goat.
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Re: When you can be replaced by a goat.....
« Reply #9 on: July 08, 2017, 05:51:08 AM »
immigrant goats have replaced  local workers in the orchards.....

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Re: When you can be replaced by a goat.....
« Reply #10 on: July 08, 2017, 09:22:33 AM »
immigrant goats have replaced  local workers in the orchards.....


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