While reading the news on CNN this morning, I ran across this article. Apparently, the folks who work in the hotels around Greece, feel they should be paid more during the Olympics... Now, I'm a union guy myself, even if I'm not a good one, and I'm a business owner, so I can see both sides of the issue... Here's my take on this... This is the union trying to take advantage of the situation... Yes, the hotels stand to make a good buck during the Olympics, but, the employees aren't going to be hurting either... There will be overtime galore most likely, there should be plenty of tips to be made too...
The article mentions that transit workers are talking about the same type of striking. Both of them are saying it is because the government has decided to give the government security people a bonus during that time... I suppose letting them know that the government does not own the hotels wouldn't help... I also suspect that the security folks will be taking a higher risk themselves during that time, so call it hazard pay if you like...
Now, if the hotel workers were going to use the Olympics as a leverage point to get better pay across the board, I would be a bit more forgiving... At that point, I'd think, hey, perhaps these people are getting the shaft, and now they have something they can use to fix that... Instead, all I am seeing is people trying to cash in on the Olympics...
'Course, I could just be in a bad mood today too... Whatever...