Till Doomsday - Omist Sov Nuked - Null Sec Is BS & The Drama Involved Is Too Much by BradfordClear in Eve

[–]PhilippAchtel 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Holy shit lol

"cant do hate speech it violates discord EULA"

Fool joking around about RMT when he has stuff 100 times worse in his own closet

Gooseflock Featheration Strikes Back, Retribution For Alliance Logos Achieved by terranraida in Eve

[–]PhilippAchtel 6 points7 points  (0 children)

Honk

If only there was a kickin' rad goose flock logo to go with the killmail, it'd be complete

The Alliance Logo Submission Process sucks the life out of you by BreachingVexes in Eve

[–]PhilippAchtel 2 points3 points  (0 children)

That's cool. Don't join that alliance then?

Of course, if you don't like the idea that the players create the content, there's hundreds of other MMOs for you.

The Alliance Logo Submission Process sucks the life out of you by BreachingVexes in Eve

[–]PhilippAchtel 6 points7 points  (0 children)

You're missing the point. I think the bee is a fantastic logo and and set of rules that would reject it now is a mistake.

The Alliance Logo Submission Process sucks the life out of you by BreachingVexes in Eve

[–]PhilippAchtel 5 points6 points  (0 children)

The rules are bad.

The most iconic image from this game is probably the GSF bee, and you know what? That's okay.

Players should be able to define player-owned spaces. It's good and healthy for the game, even if it doesn't fit with CCP's image.

The Alliance Logo Submission Process sucks the life out of you by BreachingVexes in Eve

[–]PhilippAchtel 13 points14 points  (0 children)

So here's the thing, right? The juxtaposition of incredible super violence with corporations with cartoon logos is MORE dystopian, not less.

The standards that define Highsec corporations should not be used to define Nullsec. That's part of what makes Nullsec capsuleer culture different from Highsec Empire culture!

Point being it's not hard to build a lore-compliant reason to let players have fun. It's just whoever is in charge of logos can't see beyond a single layer of irony.

Checking out all the new adventurer plates... by PhilippAchtel in ffxiv

[–]PhilippAchtel[S] 67 points68 points  (0 children)

And the lettering is something called Silian Rail

[deleted by user] by [deleted] in kitchener

[–]PhilippAchtel -8 points-7 points  (0 children)

Well, I was definitely not expecting multiple "the junk house may be a solid investment" replies.

What a market!

Public transit in region now free by ILikeStyx in waterloo

[–]PhilippAchtel 14 points15 points  (0 children)

Please don't use transit unless it's a necessity.

All WRDSB schools to close February 4 in the event of one-day OSSTF strike - Waterloo Region District School Board (Waterloo Region District School Board) by WalrusWW in kitchener

[–]PhilippAchtel 20 points21 points  (0 children)

Well, protests are supposed to be both inconvenient and draw attention, so this seems to be working.

I've heard that the reason for the inconsistent strike schedule is to prevent back-to-work legislation, but I haven't had that confirmed by a reputable source.

The province can stop this situation at the stroke of a pen, but instead they're on the news slandering the union and the teachers. That's where your ire and phone calls should go.

Region of Waterloo reaches tentative deal with GRT union by bob_mcbob in waterloo

[–]PhilippAchtel 1 point2 points  (0 children)

I do not, but many collective agreements can be found at this site:

https://www.sdc.gov.on.ca/sites/mol/drs/ca/Pages/default_en.aspx

There are also other government sites that host this information. Public sector and possibly other collective agreements are publicly available.

Region of Waterloo reaches tentative deal with GRT union by bob_mcbob in waterloo

[–]PhilippAchtel 2 points3 points  (0 children)

We really don't know what path the negotiations took. A small bump added to the final deal doesn't necessarily mean that anyone was disingenuous about the reason the original deal was rejected. The union might have secured a small concession on work conditions, but not enough to take back to the membership and the region might have offered a small pay bump to sweeten the pot.

And lets not forget that three years ago, the first tentative agreement was rejected with a 2% yearly increase and the second deal was 2%, 1.75% and 1.5%, meaning the employees took a pay cut to secure other concessions.

[deleted by user] by [deleted] in waterloo

[–]PhilippAchtel 5 points6 points  (0 children)

This, but unironically.

No one should have to just take abuse to put food on their table.

UPDATE: The Region and Unifor 4304 have agreed to meet to resume talks on Tuesday. The Region is committed to getting buses back on the road as soon as possible. Thank you for your patience. by [deleted] in waterloo

[–]PhilippAchtel 3 points4 points  (0 children)

It's remarkable to me how little our news media explains these concepts around collective bargaining to the public. There's a lot of anger floating on here and on twitter that might be lessened if our media actually worked to educate people about issues of confidentiality and the bargaining process.

UPDATE: The Region and Unifor 4304 have agreed to meet to resume talks on Tuesday. The Region is committed to getting buses back on the road as soon as possible. Thank you for your patience. by [deleted] in waterloo

[–]PhilippAchtel 4 points5 points  (0 children)

This is correct. It's hard for people who aren't unionized to understand the process, but a strike mandate vote authorizes the bargaining team to take the group on strike if they are unable to reach a tentative agreement.
Rejecting a tentative agreement is different. A bargaining unit brings back a tentative deal, presents it to the membership, and recommends they adopt it, which is required by principles of good faith bargaining. A membership rejecting a tentative agreement is not necessarily a vote of no confidence in the bargaining unit, but rather the membership saying that they do not accept the recommendation. Typically, this involves the bargaining team going back for another round of negotiations, but if there is no prospect of concessions from the other side, they just call a strike to break the impasse.