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fishonjazz said:
That just happened at my work as well.
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Yeah, our new contract is complete garbage. I was so hopeful, unemployment at all time lows, company gained 18% on their stock in 2017, tax breaks that don't directly affect this company, but creates a more competitive environment for employees, we constantly have several open positions. All that and we get a contract that's no better than the contract they got during the recession. SMFH. How we didn't send them back to the table to get a reasonable deal I can't understand.
 
Bulletproof said:
Yeah, our new contract is complete garbage. I was so hopeful, unemployment at all time lows, company gained 18% on their stock in 2017, tax breaks that don't directly affect this company, but creates a more competitive environment for employees, we constantly have several open positions. All that and we get a contract that's no better than the contract they got during the recession. SMFH. How we didn't send them back to the table to get a reasonable deal I can't understand.
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I believe its because most people are ****ing idiots, how some of them dress themselves in the morning is beyond me.

We got screwed because its not just our workplace or even all people who work in public hospitals but people who work in the sector who vote on the award. The union traded away an allowance (which im not sure everybody got) which paid us 24 bucks a week not much money but after 52 weeks it adds up. The allowance was basically for working with blood and trauma probably applied to 10,000 out of 30 or 40,000 members. The head of the union desperate to further her political career in the Labour Party basically screwed us, so we got and extra four percent per year over four years but lost 1200 bucks off our base to begin with.

This was still better than the last deal that was two years overdue and got us a whopping 1 percent. Ten years at the hospital and the parking has gone up more than pay has in real terms, parking on the street has put an extra 190 bucks a month in my pocket. (More like 120 after tax, parking used to be 72 bucks a month its now 48 per week.)
 
Bulletproof said:
Yeah, our new contract is complete garbage. I was so hopeful, unemployment at all time lows, company gained 18% on their stock in 2017, tax breaks that don't directly affect this company, but creates a more competitive environment for employees, we constantly have several open positions. All that and we get a contract that's no better than the contract they got during the recession. SMFH. How we didn't send them back to the table to get a reasonable deal I can't understand.
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Because for decades union rights have been diminished while a pro-business sentiment has swept both major parties.
 
Then vs than.

People often use then when they mean than. Then is always related to time. I did this, and then I did that. Than relates to preference. I would rather have this than that. If you say I would rather have this then that, you are saying you want both. You want first one, and then the other.

Bugs me.

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Stars Fan said:
Then vs than.

People often use then when they mean than. Then is always related to time. I did this, and then I did that. Than relates to preference. I would rather have this than that. If you say I would rather have this then that, you are saying you want both. You want first one, and then the other.

Bugs me.
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"Then" also relates to causality and the notion of superset/subset. A then B can mean that A causes B, of that for A to occur, B must also occur/have occurred.
 
One Brow said:
"Then" also relates to causality and the notion of superset/subset. A then B can mean that A causes B, of that for A to occur, B must also occur/have occurred.
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Point taken, however I think you are mistaking correlation with causality. Because A precedes B does not indicate that A causes B, merely that the occurrence of A is associated with the occurrence of B.
 
Stars Fan said:
Point taken, however I think you are mistaking correlation with causality. Because A precedes B does not indicate that A causes B, merely that the occurrence of A is associated with the occurrence of B.
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What you say is correct. I'm not sure how it is relevant to the different uses of "then", but it is correct.
 
colton said:
I was going to mention "if ... then" which relates to what you said.
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I don't like if comma then but I try to use it. I also don't like overuse of commas when a sentence flows better without them. Also, if-then is optional and more practical in verbal communication than written. For example "If you finish your homework, only then you can ride your bike.". The comma and then aren't necessary unless you want to emphasize a conditional statement.
 
Talking to people who never make eye contact or who make laser beam eye contact. Had a job interview today with one of each of these. The one who never made eye contact watched my teeth or throat the whole time. The other one nearly made me jump every time I glanced at her, she was like staring through my skull. Weird.
 
LogGrad98 said:
Talking to people who never make eye contact or who make laser beam eye contact. Had a job interview today with one of each of these. The one who never made eye contact watched my teeth or throat the whole time. The other one nearly made me jump every time I glanced at her, she was like staring through my skull. Weird.
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Was she hot doe?
 
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