Union Rules & Hookers—-

A dedicated Teamsters union worker was attending a convention in Las Vegas and decided to check out the local brothels. When he got to the first one, he asked the Madam, “Is this a union house?”

“No,” she replied, “I’m sorry it isn’t.”

“Well, if I pay you $100, what cut do the girls get?”

“The house gets $80 and the girls get $20,” she answered

Offended at such unfair dealings, the union man stomped off down the street in search of a more equitable, hopefully unionized shop. His search continued until finally he reached a brothel where the Madam responded, “Why yes sir, this is a union house .

We observe all union rules.”

The man asked, “And if I pay you $100, what cut do the girls get?” “The girls get $80 and the house gets $20.”

“That’s more like it!” the union man said.

He handed the Madam $100, looked around the room, and pointed to a stunningly attractive blonde.

“I’d like her,” he said.

“I’m sure you would, sir,” said the Madam. Then she gestured to a 92-year old woman in the corner, “but Ethel here has 67 years seniority and according to union rules, she’s next.”

In a town that is controlled by Democrats and fully unionized, you’re not going to have contractors, so this is more like a cut the football team ploy to make the people appreciate the city government.

We used to have a Director of Maintenance who’d ALWAYS find a way to not get the boys out early on the first heavy snow day after the Legislature came into session. Of course, he’d be all on the radio and in the paper about how sad it was that they couldn’t get the roads plowed because the Leg just hadn’t appropriated enough snow removal money. It’s a game.

If they’ve been doing sidestreets on swing and grave, the “boys” are probably accustomed to getting all that premium and OT pay and aren’t going to take this very well. Actually, what the boys will do is find some other way to nick the employer for premium and OT and their foremen and supervisors will go along with it; you don’t cut those costs, you just move them. When you have a unionized workforce and a Democrat government, you don’t have supervisors, you have co-conspirators.

What we did in Anchorage, which was Alaska’s biggest plowing problem was keep a basic crew on and then rely on contractors to meed heavy demand and do almost all of the snow hauling. Since heavy equipment such as graders and dump trucks is usually sitting idle during winter, the owners are happy to have the work on a contract basis, which allows you to avoid the premium pay and OT. ‘Course, unions don’t like the contracting out much, so I doubt they’d do much of that in a union town like Chicago.