Union threatens to strike at Six Flags Magic Mountain

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TheAcrophobicEnthusiast said:

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It's laziness like this which is ruining America.

In fairness, if these are indeed full time employees, things such as health insurance and paid time off shouldn't even be something you have to fight for.

Yeah, that's pretty weird not to offer the basics to full-timers, though the story seems ambiguous about whether or not they're trying to include part-time as well.

note the significant "clarification" added at the bottom of the article.

Really crappy reporting.

Reporter probably is a member of the National Union of Journalists.

With the clarification that can be read a few ways now.

1) Union and Management are at a disagreement in contract negotiations. (Quite common in negotiations)

2) Part time Union employees get less benefits and are asking for benefits closer to what full timers get.

My guess (Read: Purely Speculation) is that SFMM is doing the old trick of hiring a lot of their workers at 35 hours per week to avoid classifying them as "Full Time." So many places do this to get what are essentially full time workers but without having to pay for any kind of benefits.

Make that 39.

With the clarification, that makes the story less compelling.

Also, newspapers can't afford to hire real trained journalists or editors anymore, with the possible exception of the NYT and the Washington Post.

Even NYT has been sketchy recently. Washington Post, LA Times, and The Economist have been pretty reliable though.

How has it been sketchy?