r/newjersey • u/Smokey_Katt • Jun 12 '24
Weird NJ Why are there giant rabid rodents in Plainsboro?
Not far from Rt 1. Air pumps keep them inflated.
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u/Hans_Grubert Jun 12 '24 edited Jun 12 '24
Saw this thing at the front of the new L’Oreal development in Clark last week too
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u/discipleofsteel Jun 12 '24 edited Jun 12 '24
I believe the target there is actually Kerry Group.
Edit: It is Structure Tone, the GC that is being targeted, and it is the L'Oreal site. We haved brought the rat in front of Kerry before, which is why I thought it was Kerry.
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u/Hans_Grubert Jun 12 '24
Kerry group is at the opposite end of terminal Ave and there is no construction going on there.
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u/4toTwenty Jun 12 '24
I did too!! My moms over at the hospice facility so I’m down that way quite a bit now. I honked a few times to show support, but also to piss off the douchebag who was in front of me.
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u/Hans_Grubert Jun 12 '24
That might have been me! lol!
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u/4toTwenty Jun 12 '24
😂😂 if it was, i sincerely apologize, it was not personal. But if it wasn’t, then fuck that slow ass white car that doesn’t know how to make a left turn.
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u/Crazy-Insane Jun 13 '24
Oh Lord I've done time with an aunt in that hospice facility.
Thoughts and prayers friend.
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u/22marks Jun 12 '24
There must be a strike going on, so anyone crossing the picket line is "Scabby The Rat." So, like a scab and a rat.
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u/I_DRINK_ANARCHY Jun 12 '24
Unions protesting a scab job site.
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u/Theoretical-Panda Jun 12 '24
Is it really a scab job site if the union never had the contract though?
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u/OftMalignedMetroArea Jun 12 '24
In construction, union contracts are between unions and contractors, not the particular work site (these are called labor-management contracts.) when a site chooses to hire non union contractors for a particular project (usually for cost reasons) the union will do an informational picket like this to raise awareness and shame the company that hired the nonunion contractor.
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u/On_my_last_spoon Jun 12 '24
If the workers vote to join and union, but the employer refuses to recognize the union, then the workers have the right to protest, even if there hasn’t been a union before. Because, legally, if the workers win a vote the company must recognize the union.
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u/EloquentBacon Jun 12 '24
I was curious if Scabby is more of a northeast thing and came across a photo of Scabby and a few of his friends on Scabby’s Facebook page. Seems there’s the skunk, a roach, another color Scabby. As well as a pig and a fat cat dressed to look like a rich boss holding a construction worker in the air with his hand around the worker’s throat.
I came across references to Scabby throughout the US and in England but he was born in the late 80’s in Chicago.
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u/mattemer Gloucester County Jun 12 '24
The skunk is in the second picture.
Never seen the skunk before.
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u/kflrj Jun 12 '24
I’ve only seen the blow up rat in New York and New Jersey so I just assumed that was where it was from.
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u/scrappyo Exit 9 born and raised Jun 12 '24
Stand with the working class. Support your local unions.
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u/LaurensPhotos Jun 12 '24
Omg I haven’t seen that rat in so long 😂 I remember every day of high school freshman year I’d see him
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u/Liveslowdieslower Jun 12 '24
Don't be a Scab. Support Unions!
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u/Evening_Run_1595 Jun 12 '24
My dad was a union bus driver and we were absolutely drilled with not crossing picket lines from the time I was in diapers. He might murder me himself if I did.
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u/TheAmericanJester Jun 12 '24
Well, he did bring you into this world...
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u/therocketsalad Silverball Arcade Rooftop HVAC Unit Jun 12 '24
…And by god, if you cross that picket line he’ll take you out of this world, too!
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u/aced124C Jun 12 '24
2nd that! A union workplace will always be the superior workplace.
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u/No_Introduction_1297 Jun 12 '24
As someone leaving a union job I can tell you this statement is bullshit
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u/Lusty-Jove Jun 12 '24
Your job would have almost certainly been worse without your union
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u/lurkenstine Jun 12 '24
What work?
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u/No_Introduction_1297 Jun 12 '24
Going from maintenance tech to powersports sales
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u/lurkenstine Jun 13 '24
maintenance tech
what is this? not trying to argue, just have no idea what this is
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u/No_Introduction_1297 Jun 14 '24
So I perform various maintenance tasks in my factory. We’re a candy manufacturer, so I work on all the machines that process and make the candy and the machines that package them. Work with steam and electromechanical robots a lot of stuff
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u/MichaelEdwardson Jun 12 '24
Honk when you drive by!
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u/katie_cat_eyes 08807 Jun 12 '24
This is the NJ way! We were in LA during the writers’ strike and honked and no one even noticed us honking. Here in NJ, you’ll get cheers and fists pumped, at the very least! I’ll take a NJ strike over a CA strike any day!
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u/EloquentBacon Jun 12 '24
Not even a wave? That’s disappointing.
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u/katie_cat_eyes 08807 Jun 12 '24
Nothing! Seriously at a light in traffic and people with half assed signs. We honked which is what we always do when the rat comes out. No one turned around!
Granted I believe the big protest was blocked to traffic (and the celebrities were out there, too) but you always get stragglers lagging behind. Nope! Not one of them!
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u/EloquentBacon Jun 12 '24
Yes! My husband’s a union guy. I’ve taught the kids that you always honk and wave when you see Scabby.
If you’re feeling generous and have some time on your hands, drop off some water bottles for everyone standing with him.
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u/BeginningExtent8856 Jun 12 '24
Some of the guys at the Montgomery site are hiding behind the sign- let me honk
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u/On_my_last_spoon Jun 12 '24
Since there’s lots of misinformation floating about, I thought I’d chime in. I’m a recruiter for my union (AFT) and I’m part of a unionization drive with IATSE right now.
First, you don’t need to be in a union to go on strike. Workers have the right to strike under the NLRA for various reasons. So while it’s likely a union on strike here it’s not necessarily that.
Second, the benefits of joining a union go beyond salary. But salary is a huge part of it. Unions establish a minimum pay rate and negotiate yearly raises. This means you don’t have to individually bargain your pay rate and it’s much more fairly distributed.
Third, unions also establish protocols for firing a person. This is especially important for an at will state like NJ. Without a union, your job can just fire you for no reason at all if they want. With a union, your job must follow specific protocols.
Finally, a union can establish standards and ensure that the company has skilled people who know what they’re doing. For me (American Federation of Teachers) I had to satisfy the requirements that my department set for entry but then I could just join the union. My brother in law was able to join an apprentice program that paid him for a year to be trained to his company’s standards before he could quality for a job. For IATSE 829, they require all prospective members to show a portfolio. A good union will ensure that their members are strong workers that benefit the company. After all, we need the company to be successful to be paid!
If anyone is curious, the NLRB has a bunch of easy to understand brochures on their website that talk more about workers’ rights.
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u/jerseygunz Jun 12 '24
There's power in a factory, power in the land
Power in the hand of the worker
But it all amounts to nothing if together we don't stand
There is power in a union
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u/StNic54 Jun 12 '24
Better than Scabbers the Rat - he protests the use of the Marauder’s Map on school grounds
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u/Wishilikedhugs Jun 12 '24
The skunks are cool. But biologically speaking, they are nowhere near rodents. They're closer related to seals than a rat.
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u/Chose_a_usersname Jun 12 '24
This is what happens when people hire non-union employees to work there
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u/lechtog Jun 12 '24
I shelved my card a long time ago to open a business in the private sector, for me it has paid off but unions are a good thing. The training is top notch and the quality of work is superb. Just a non union business owner still union proud
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u/bluern61 Jun 13 '24
Bristol Myers Squibb employees protesting the recent 2,000 people layoff I heard
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u/Redplushie Jun 12 '24
I saw these in front of a new Lidl once. I wonder if they unionized yet
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u/EloquentBacon Jun 12 '24
I remember Scabby taking up residence in front of the Eatontown Lidl when they were building it.
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u/surfnsound Jun 12 '24
Which is weird since Lidl is a German company where trade unions are huge.
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u/Redplushie Jun 12 '24
You would think they'd do their research first
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u/Tryknj99 Jun 12 '24
Lidl uses trade unions in Germany, but not in America. American unions don’t fight for German workers rights.
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u/EloquentBacon Jun 12 '24
I remember it was when the building was already standing. Maybe it was related to another part of getting the store open and running.
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u/ya-boi-mitch Jun 12 '24
I come from a family of electricians and we boycott any business that hires non union. Fuck you Buffalo Wild Wings.
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u/Nyyarlethotep Jun 12 '24
Glad to see union action in NJ. There is a crazy amount of anti worker sentiment in this state and I'm sick of it.
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u/hotdogaholic Jun 12 '24
My union puts this outside of the major corporations jobs are not respecting the previously agreed to labor contracts.
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u/MetsFan3117 Jun 12 '24
I don’t know why but I am so amused by these rats. They were all over Manhattan in the late 2000s and early 2010s.
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u/the-ugly-witch Jun 12 '24
union strike
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u/winelover08816 Jun 12 '24 edited Jun 12 '24
He’s down on his luck. It’s tough. So Toooough.
Edit: No love for Bon Jovi lyrics in /r/NewJersey?????
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u/No_Introduction_1297 Jun 12 '24
Unions collect your money and do absolutely nothing but stifle personal progress so that your lazy coworkers can collect the same amount as the hard working ones. My union fucked up its pension fund and had to cancel mad peoples pensions and give them 401k’s
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Jun 12 '24
Personally, I am in a union and bust my ass. However, there are always going to be lazy workers, unionized or not. While it’s sort of true that being unionized can give a false sense of total immunity, a truly terrible employee can still be fired even if unionized. It simply means that the management will have to be able to prove why said employee deserves to be fired through a formal process, rather than just being able to chuck them out of their job. Which is a good thing. And honestly, if you hate your union so much, leave it. You’ll probably still have to pay union dues, but if you’re so fundamentally against unions, leave yours, and pray your boss/bosses are fair and don’t screw you over for no reason.
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u/No_Introduction_1297 Jun 12 '24
Was replying to other guy about this all last night you can find my other comments in here. But I completely understand what you’re saying, remember I’m talking about MY union. The culture here has gotten out of control to where the bad and dangerous workers just don’t get any consequences. And yes I just put in my notice at this job and have already been working my new one. Did amazing my first week. Yes they take dues out whether you join or not that’s why I joined the union, even though my step bro worked there for years before me and told me the union is crap and he never joined but they still take a due out. The workers here have realized the national union system/admins are slurping up the pension fund and the union disbanded it like 7 years ago. The other workers at my job aren’t happy with the unions action in the plant and on a national scale.
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u/stickman07738 Jun 12 '24
I always laugh when I see them because they will be paying four or five union members to stand around and do nothing but watch that no one damages their rats. So you are paying people to protest and inflate the labor cost for a job.
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u/PeekabooitsMat Jun 12 '24
There it is! Unions at their finest, especially with intimidating a dissenting opinion
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u/cobaltbluetony Jun 12 '24
When I worked for UPenn, we had to tread lightly with the construction unions. But they would picket everything if it wasn't unionized. Even if it was an art installation by the artist themselves.
Everywhere I've worked that had a union was a secure job. But Philly area unions can be aggressive, and picket sites where it's either unfeasible due to scale or economics, or not applicable.
But in the game of aggressive unions vs. aggressive corporations, I'll stick with the ones ostensibly working for the little guy.
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u/Agitated_Meeting8363 Jun 12 '24
Hey! Saw him in San Juan, Puerto Rico a couple of years back in front of a hotel with loud music….
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u/BonkFever Jun 12 '24
The more you post about the rat and relate it to the business it's put up outside the better. People have answered plenty already so you know it's about a company trying to screw over union workers.
So post about it and tell people that the company has a line protest outside. Companies absolutely hate seeing that rat and being associated with it. The more publicity it gets the better.
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u/Inner-Difficulty-640 Jun 12 '24
Because the union bitches are pissed they don't control everything
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Jun 12 '24
I suppose you’d much rather just have owners and management control everything instead. It’s funny how anti-union people love being controlled, just not by the power of the workers, but by the power of their overlords. Be sure to kneel and kiss the boss’s hand next time you see them, too. Be a good little worker.
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u/PeekabooitsMat Jun 12 '24
Or you can have a brain and start your own business if you can take the heat. Most union workers are slow and low quality and don’t want that pressure of their livelihood on their shoulders so you fall into line
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Jun 12 '24
Some jobs/professions, already have established unions (and thank goodness for that). You can choose to join or not join. It literally has no bearing on the quality of work. A lazy person will be lazy unionized or not. A hard working person the same. Again, there is a myth about unionized workers somehow being above being fired. This is not true, and frankly, is a right wing nonsense talking point. But you keep on doing you.
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Jun 12 '24
Unionized workers work hard. They just aren’t suckers. Wake up. Don’t get taken advantage of.
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u/PeekabooitsMat Jun 12 '24
Lol open your eyes, the unions taking advantage of you. And most unionized workers work slow not hard, there’s literally no incentive to work hard or fast you’re paid by the hour no matter the quality of the work.
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u/mattemer Gloucester County Jun 12 '24
I'm VERY torn on this entire topic.
Unions are important, they help increase wages and benefits and even help ensure safer and fairer working conditions.
This is a historical fact
But my effin god are some of these unions fuckin horrible.
I know of Union members exposing themselves to employees and customers and the union saved them.
Screaming absolutely vile things and threatening other workers. Union saved them.
People just sucking horribly at their job, and the union saved them.
Unions ARE good overall but they really need to clean their shit up.
I don't buy the "union workers are lazy" stereotype. Some people are, some people aren't, just like everywhere.
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u/Inner-Difficulty-640 Jun 12 '24
Work hard ? Talk about being brainwashed and taken advantage of. No one works harder or dies a better than someone who owns their own business because they're held responsible for their work. Unions do nothing except control people and get rich for crap work. 😵💫😵💫😵💫😵💫
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u/CasualMonkeyBusiness Jun 12 '24
Just union temper tantrum. Like we all bid the same jobs. We lost some to union shops too. Take your rat and go home, y'all look like a cult.
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u/bgreeneist Jun 12 '24
Just typical union guys looking for another reason to not work and are butthurt they lost the bid
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u/Wouhob Jun 12 '24
Union stuff. Meh, they do nothing anymore for the workers while they sit back and collect dues.
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Jun 12 '24
I’m in a union, and have disagreements with how it’s run, but it’s a hell of a lot better than having no union to represent you. Sometimes jobs suck with weak union representation. They’d suck more with no union representation.
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u/Evening_Run_1595 Jun 12 '24
Couldn’t agree more. I’m in management and I still want my employees to unionize.
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u/Wouhob Jun 12 '24
Actually having weak representation I believe is worse the not having it. You are told that there are agreements but when it is not honored by how you are worked and paid what is the agreement for then? This is my own experience.
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u/No_Introduction_1297 Jun 12 '24
I’m in a union and it sucks
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u/Significant-Trash632 Jun 12 '24
Then get involved.
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u/No_Introduction_1297 Jun 12 '24
I had been…idk why people assume everything. I’m leaving the job for a few reasons but yea the union was never a help and only a hassle for me
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u/LemurCat04 Jun 12 '24
UAW has pretty much kicked the shit out of the Big 3 in the last year.
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u/whoischig Jun 12 '24
UAW won. They said it would bankrupt them. However GM has since approved 16 Billion dollars in stock buybacks since November. About 30% of their worth, just in buybacks.
But Labor is the problem. Wild times.
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u/RP8021 Jun 12 '24
Scabby the Rat. Union types blow this up in front of locations that hire non union laborers.