Comments on: Newsday Union Members Reject “Horrible” Contract

By: Steve

Steve — Fri, 29 Jan 2010 02:39:43 +0000

Long Island Press is a rag. Long live Newsday!

By: SUE BENJAMIN

SUE BENJAMIN — Thu, 28 Jan 2010 14:47:37 +0000

WHAT’S GOING ON W/THE DOLAN FAMILY – THIS WAS A LOCAL PAPER THAT SUPPORTED OUR AREA NOT ONLY IN THE NEW BUT W/THE EMPLOYMENT OF MANY LONG ISLANDERS – IT’S A SHAME TO SEE THE WAY THE IS BEING HANDLED FROM THE BUYOUT – IT SEEMS THAT THE DOLAN FAMILY IS DOING NOTHING FOR THE NEWSDAY COMPANY – THEY DID NOT BUY NEW MACHINES THAT WERE NEEDED TO TAKE ON MORE JOBS – THE PAPER CUT HEIR EDITORIALS DOWN TO NOTHING – WHEN THE PAPER WAS FOR SALE EVERYONE WAS AFRAID OF MURDOCK & WHAT HE WOULD DO W/THE PAPER – BUT THE BIGGER CONCERNS SHOULD HAVE BEEN THAT THE DOLANS BOUGHT THE PAPER TO SHOW A LOSSS SINCE THEY ARE MAKING SO MUCH W/CABLEVISION – THEY ARE LOSING THEIR SIGHTS ON THE MANY LOYAL PEOPLE WHO HAVE WORKED THERE FOR MANY YEARS & NOW ARE AFRIAD THAT EACH DAY MAY BE THEIR LAST – SHAME ON YOU DOLANS – WHERE IS THE RESPECT FOR THE AMERICAN PEOPLE WHO HAVE WORKED ALL THEIR LIVES TO BE BOUGHT OUT & DRAGGED DOWN BY A FAMILY OWNED BUSINESS WHO YOU WOULD HAVE THOUGHT WOULD HAVE LIKE TO HAVE SEEN THE PAPER THRIVE INSTEAD OF RAISING THE PRICE TO $1.00 -WHICH IS UNTHINKABLE TO PAY MORE FOR LESS – WHEN THE POST & DAILY NEWS STILL ARE .50 – WHATS THE LOGIC – BUT I GUESS THE DOLANS FT IN W/ THE SOLGAN – “IT’S THE SIGN OF THE TIMES” HOORAY FOR ME & TO HELL W/ALL THE HARD WORKING MIDDLE CLASS FAMILY ON LONG ISLAND – KEEP UP THE GOOD WORK DOLANS & LIKE YOU PLANNED THE NEWSPAPER WILL BE A THING OF THE PAST

SUE BENJAMIN

By: Ashamed

Ashamed — Thu, 28 Jan 2010 02:45:48 +0000

What about keeping Americans working???? You people that are happy more fellow Americans will be out of work, need to open your eyes, look around you with all the people out of work because we have no jobs left in this country need to wake up…….You just might be the reason this country is in the shape it is, I for one am ashamed of us as a country……

By: Joe Blow

Joe Blow — Tue, 26 Jan 2010 19:50:00 +0000

Kudos for Newsday employees standing up to the scumsuckers known as Cablevision, one of the worst companies in the country.

I hope they took the contract proposal and force-fed it up Dolan’s ass.

I will never, ever spend another nickel on MSG’s teams until Dolan sells them.

By: fredo

fredo — Tue, 26 Jan 2010 19:11:29 +0000

“Unions were created to protect the working people from being taken advantage of…… This was after the Triangle Shirt Factory fire that killed all of the employees (this included women and children). There was no means of escape and they all were burned alive.”

You are sadly mistaken if you think that unions today serve the same purpose as they did in the days of the Industrial Revolution. Today, you have unionized county clerical workers, teachers, baseball players, IT employees, etc. None of them are remotely likely to be burned to death. The only burning that occurs is money – they burn theirs and the employer burns its until they are both out of busines, a la the UAW.

By: Union Member

Union Member — Tue, 26 Jan 2010 18:23:58 +0000

As far as the comments made about the unions, well, I work for a company that is unionized.

We are paid less than most people. We pay into everything we get. No free lunches here.

Unions were created to protect the working people from being taken advantage of (yes, employers are still playing this old sneaky, underhanded game after all of these years). This was after the Triangle Shirt Factory fire that killed all of the employees (this included women and children). There was no means of escape and they all were burned alive.

By: JP

JP — Tue, 26 Jan 2010 15:59:27 +0000

AS FOR CABLEVISION
YIKES I HATE THAT BILL. REALLY. IT’S GOTTEN OUT OF HAND. THEY SHOULD ELIMINATE THE PER BOX CHARGE. IT FEELS LIKE THE OLD DAYS WHEN YOU HAD TO PAY FOR EACH PHONE. LETS FACE IT . . . IF YOU’RE A SINGLE RESIDENCE WHAT DIFFERENCE SHOULD IT MAKE IF YOU HAVE CABLE TV AVAILABLE IN EVERY ROOM.

By: JP

JP — Tue, 26 Jan 2010 15:55:43 +0000

NEWSDAY – I WORKED THERE, THE PAY AND BENEFITS ARE BETTER THAN ANYWHERE ELSE. HAD TO TAKE A HUGE PAYCUT, WITH LONGER HOURS, AND LESS BENEFITS ELSEWHERE AFTER BEING LAYED OFF. IT IS NOT REALLY THAT UNREASONABLE IN LIGHT OF THE ECONOMY WHAT THEY ARE REQUESTING – EVEN WITH THE PAY CUT YOU’D BE MAKING MORE THAN MOST PEOPLE IN THE SAME INDUSTRY ON LONG ISLAND.
WHAT’S NOT RIGHT IS THE INEQUITY OF SALARIES BETWEEN MANAGEMENT AND THE FLOOR, EVEN BETWEEN PEOPLE IN NON UNION POSITIONS.

By: Oh My

Oh My — Tue, 26 Jan 2010 13:53:39 +0000

Very simple answer. Boycott anything to do with the Newsday-Cablesvision empire.

It is high time these jerks suffer for all of the toruble they’ve created for Long Island.

Money grubbing, sub-par reporting, lack luster service…. yeah that’s a company that deserves to exist.

Force them into bankruptcy by not buying their products, or shut up.

By: StinkFoot

StinkFoot — Tue, 26 Jan 2010 12:35:37 +0000

F newsday, you pieces of crap, making us pay for access to your site on the internet, EAT IT. Hope you fade away.

Unions are killing this country, yes we would all love guaranteed jobs, but with this economy are killing companies like they have killed GM, with contracts that pay for workers even if they stay home, or how much our local PD gets paid way over what NYPD get paid. All becuase of stupid union contracts. How about the school custodian union which allows workers even after they have been arrested for drug possesion to retain their jobs. Once again it’s a union that protecteing them. Yeah F Newsday for being the worst run paper in NY, F the Unions for always wanting more than what they deserve.

By: Cristine K.

Cristine K. — Tue, 26 Jan 2010 05:21:23 +0000

Well, I can't say I am surprised. Greedy b*stards they are, figures they will keep holding out. Let's face it, PRINT IS DYING, I would rather take a good deal now than a bad one a few years down the road. http://www.businessinsider.com/newsday-union-trash-horrible-proposed-contract-by-landslide-473-10-vote-2010-1

By: Mary

Mary — Tue, 26 Jan 2010 00:13:47 +0000

Newsday…is that paper STILL in business? Those union workers are NUTS…they are VERY lucky they even have a job with that lousy, lefty, socialist newspaper. Now that Cablevision bought these losers…they can join the rest of the last place Cable picks…The NY Knicks..HAHAHA Cablevision…raising rates and taking channels away. Like one of the other comments I look forward to them going out of business so LONG ISLAND can finally get a WELL RUN, fair and balanced newspaper…after all these decades with Newsay Long Islanders deserve a BETTER choice..I read the Long Island Press :)

By: 5w30

5w30 — Mon, 25 Jan 2010 20:43:34 +0000

Yep. Newsday’s union personnel are getting advice from someone whose father is allegedly buried under the “G” in the west end zone of Giants Stadium. Smart. You mean newspaper or writers’ unions or guilds couldn’t represent Newsday hacks?

By: Wil

Wil — Mon, 25 Jan 2010 17:42:27 +0000

Oh My says:
January 25, 2010 at 12:11 pmI really hope newsday, cablevision and the entire organization all go under and that the owners end up penniless.
I dont think that will be the case. Maybe another “Taxpayer funded government Bailout” on the way? All these Union’s backed the president correct ? and have they lost anything in the last year?
NO, because of government taxpayer funded Bailout’s… Keep a eye on these whole mess, watch and see what goes on.. Its a game!

By: Wil

Wil — Mon, 25 Jan 2010 17:40:35 +0000

By: Debbie Ainsworth

Debbie Ainsworth — Mon, 25 Jan 2010 17:21:02 +0000

You are certainly right about it being all about the $$$$$$$$$$, isn’t that what Cablevision has been known for? They raise the rates and give you less than what you had before! In this economy where workers are trying to keep their heads above ‘water’, Cablevision and their management just want to keep adding to their pockets whilst taking away from the employees that are actually getting the work done (bank bail-out anyone??) Let’s hear it for the little guy for a change!!! I for one, am fed up with all the upper management that keep thinking they can just walk all over us and get away with it!!!! Unfortunately, most of the time we are at their mercy, but Newsday union took a stand and said, “Not this time”. Kudos to all you who voted NO. Now Cablevision/Newsday has to get back to the bargaining table and negotiate a fair contract that everyone can live with.

By: Oh My

Oh My — Mon, 25 Jan 2010 17:11:39 +0000

I really hope newsday, cablevision and the entire organization all go under and that the owners end up penniless.

By: xli

xli — Mon, 25 Jan 2010 16:45:40 +0000

LOL!
Better start saving your pennies, Cablevision ain’t gonna budge.
Go ahead and strike, we won’t miss that rag at all.

By: bisquit

bisquit — Mon, 25 Jan 2010 15:29:07 +0000

40 hour week is “longer hours”? What is the current work week?

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