CUPE (Canadian Union of Public Employees) is one the largest unions around. Unfortunately, that means they have workers in many different areas that can affect our lives when they go on strike. For the past month or so, CUPE members at the U of S and U of R have been striking. They've mainly been striking for more money and the fact that they don't want their pay increases based on performance reviews. Well, welcome to the real world. I know that in the union you feel you're above all the rest of us poor laborers who have to work everyday where our performance is evaluated, and thus come year end, our increases are directly related to our performance.
All I have to say to all of you is BOOHOO. Suck it up and deal with it. The only ones who should be worried are thosewho don't perform well. The rest of you shouldn't have any problems getting the more than generous 17.85% raise over the next three years. The ones who perform well shouldn't be carrying those who don't. My raise only amounts to barely 3% each year, so consider yourselves very lucky to be getting that much. They complain that their standard of living is suffering because their raises aren't large enough. With inflation at around 2-3% each year, your raise is well above that. Some of these people are the same ones who are the first to complain when their kids' tuition increases just to pay for their wage increase.
You can bet that tuition will be increasing as a result of this wage increase. So, I feel for the students who are paying for this more than once - first by missing classes because their professors won't cross the picket lines (which is completely stupid) and then next year when their tuition increases.
Tuesday, November 27, 2007
Congratulations Riders!
Well, in case you haven't heard, which would almost be impossible around Saskatchewan these days, the Riders have won the Grey Cup. Even though I'm not a big CFL fan, I will offer congratulations to the team for their big win. I watched parts of the game and it wasn't pretty. It was an ugly game and the Riders should consider themselves lucky that Winnipeg just played worse than themselves as they didn't play good football either. I'm not a big Kerry Joseph fan. I don't think he's that good a quaterback, but some of the other players did well - James Johnson, Andy Fantuz, etc. So, good job to coach Kent Austin on the win and keep up the good work.
Thursday, November 22, 2007
Things That Bug The Hell Out Of Me
Periodically, I'm going to have a list of what bugs me. It'll be my outlet to keep me sane. Anyway, here are some of them -
- CSI Las Vegas - there are numerous problems I have with this show. I was watching it tonight. I can't ever remember one of the shows where they didn't get the guilty person. Also, how could they ever do what they do when it's always dark in the building?
- unions bug me to no end.
- winter
- CSI Miami. More specifically, Horatio Cane on that show. Always looks at everything sideways and is over-dramatic.
- ER. How can so many bad things only happen to the staff of the ER?
- Canada's child custoday laws. Completely favor the mother in almost every way.
- Canada's child support laws. Again, favor the mother.
- Canad'a gun registry. Has done nothing to keep guns off the street. Makes criminals of otherwise law-abiding citizens. Should be done away with all together.
- people who want tasers's banned.
- Canada's pronunciation of the word lieutenant. For those who don't know, up here it's pronounced Leftenant. Stupid if you ask me. I pronounce it the proper way, not the Canadian way.
- continuity in many TV shows and movies I watch. People hate when I point out a mistake because I tend to notice many of them.
- public schools (or anywhere for that matter) who won't allow the word Christmas to be used. It's a friggin Christmas tree, not a holiday tree people. I have to laugh when public school employees won't have anything to do with Christmas, yet they want the Christmas holidays off. Why, what are you celebrating?
- Quebec in general and the French that live there.
- Microsoft
- Telus Mobility's digital rights management policies.
- Sasktel's monopoly over the digital network in Saskatchewan. They won'd allow Telus customers such as myself access to their digital network outside of the major cities, so I have no cell coverage outside of the city. I wonder if a person could sue Sasktel if they had a major emergency and didn't have access to cellular service because Sasktel wouldn't allow them to as is the case now.
- Americans who think they came in and saved the whole world in World War 2. The fact is that they sat back and watched Canadians (and others) die for a couple of years before they decided to help out.
Anyway, I think that's enough for now. I'm sure there'll be more soon.
- CSI Las Vegas - there are numerous problems I have with this show. I was watching it tonight. I can't ever remember one of the shows where they didn't get the guilty person. Also, how could they ever do what they do when it's always dark in the building?
- unions bug me to no end.
- winter
- CSI Miami. More specifically, Horatio Cane on that show. Always looks at everything sideways and is over-dramatic.
- ER. How can so many bad things only happen to the staff of the ER?
- Canada's child custoday laws. Completely favor the mother in almost every way.
- Canada's child support laws. Again, favor the mother.
- Canad'a gun registry. Has done nothing to keep guns off the street. Makes criminals of otherwise law-abiding citizens. Should be done away with all together.
- people who want tasers's banned.
- Canada's pronunciation of the word lieutenant. For those who don't know, up here it's pronounced Leftenant. Stupid if you ask me. I pronounce it the proper way, not the Canadian way.
- continuity in many TV shows and movies I watch. People hate when I point out a mistake because I tend to notice many of them.
- public schools (or anywhere for that matter) who won't allow the word Christmas to be used. It's a friggin Christmas tree, not a holiday tree people. I have to laugh when public school employees won't have anything to do with Christmas, yet they want the Christmas holidays off. Why, what are you celebrating?
- Quebec in general and the French that live there.
- Microsoft
- Telus Mobility's digital rights management policies.
- Sasktel's monopoly over the digital network in Saskatchewan. They won'd allow Telus customers such as myself access to their digital network outside of the major cities, so I have no cell coverage outside of the city. I wonder if a person could sue Sasktel if they had a major emergency and didn't have access to cellular service because Sasktel wouldn't allow them to as is the case now.
- Americans who think they came in and saved the whole world in World War 2. The fact is that they sat back and watched Canadians (and others) die for a couple of years before they decided to help out.
Anyway, I think that's enough for now. I'm sure there'll be more soon.
Saskatchewan Roughriders in Grey Cup
Well, many of you have probably heard that the Riders are in the Grey Cup, which is the CFL's (Canadian Football League) highest honor (and yes I realize I'm using the American spelling, but I will continue to because I think the Canadian was of spelling some words is kind of dumb). Anyway, some people who know me know that I don't really watch the CFL. I prefer the NFL. I think it's more exciting and rougher and all around more interesting. Yes, some people think that football's football and there is no difference. Watch some games of each league though. They are different. The other reason I don't really watch the CFL is that most of the games are on TSN, which is a channel I don't receive. I don't receive that channel because I'm not going to pay for it just to watch the CFL. Football is the only game I watch and there are only a handful of games on CBC, but the commentating is terrible. I watched one game a couple of weeks ago, and the commentators wouldn't shup up long enough to hear the officials announce the penalties. So I muted the game and just watched it.
Anyway, back to my point. My prediction is that the Winnipeg Blue Bombers will squeak out a win. I don't want to be negative against our team, but the Riders somehow manage to lose key games, especially in the second half. That being said, even though I don't really care who wins the game because my team is the New England Patriots, the only thing else I will say is GO RIDERS GO.
Anyway, back to my point. My prediction is that the Winnipeg Blue Bombers will squeak out a win. I don't want to be negative against our team, but the Riders somehow manage to lose key games, especially in the second half. That being said, even though I don't really care who wins the game because my team is the New England Patriots, the only thing else I will say is GO RIDERS GO.
My Blog
Well, I've succumbed to the pressure. Actually there was no pressure. I just couldn't think of anything better to say. I just wanted to do this and get my thoughts (not that I have many profound ones) out there. Not quite sure why, but I'll give it a shot and see how it goes. Anyway, thanks for stopping by, and I'll try to keep this as current as I can.
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