Andrew Sage

Even though we know that we're lying and you know that you're lying.

I mean, if you want to talk about expression of power, you should read their management's rights clause.

Sorry, their so-called management's rights clause.

Oh, God.

Let me see if I can pull that up.

So...

Just to clarify, so management's rights is a clause that can be found in some union contracts because of collaborationists within unions in the 50s deciding that they actually didn't want to go for complete worker control of the means of production.

They just wanted to collaborate with management in order to get a better deal for wages.

I'm not going to comment on the history of that, but that's...

why they feel like they can include this in negotiations right now.

We haven't agreed to any management's rights.

But, quote, "...is agreed that the management of the company's business and the direction of its working forces are vested exclusively in the company and that the company retains all rights that it had before the execution of this agreement unless a right is clearly contracted away in this agreement by language that is specific and unambiguous."

These retained company rights include, but are not limited to, the following examples.

The right to direct and supervise the work of its employees.

The right to hire, promote, demote, transfer, and to discipline or discharge employees.

The right to create or eliminate jobs and to determine wage rates for newly created or materially modified jobs.

The right to determine training requirements and provide training to employees.

The right to uniform and attire standards.

the right to plan, direct and control operations, the right to determine products to be sold, services and products to be procured, used and or distributed, the right to determine the type and quantity of machines, equipment, location of cafes, the right to determine the amount and quality of work needed, the right to determine schedules of cafe operations,

the right to determine the number of employees needed, the right to determine the work schedule of employees, the right to lay off employees or relieve employees from work because of lack of work, the right to discontinue or introduce new or improved methods, operating practices, and cafes, the right to change the content of jobs and the qualification for such jobs, and the right to establish, modify, and enforce work rules of conduct or policies and discipline employees who violate such rules or policies, the right to establish, modify...