In the wake of its decision to furlough workers, EmPower had several job postings on its website, including for solar installers.
True but if they realize that lots of applications are fake they can just filter out the fakes by the IP address. Unless you use a botnet. Which is not legal.
It would sure be a shame if someone started flooding the job postings with fake applicants. I’ve heard of this happening before and it’s quite disruptive, wouldn’t cha know.
Or even more shamefully, actually going through with it and just not showing up when you’re meant to start.
If the workers were truly “laid off” then they’ve got first dibs on being re-hired, right?
(…right?)
Maybe it’s time for the Department of Labor to make sure that gets enforced.
Didn’t the NRLB recently make a decision that union-busting behavior validates a potential union?
Would that apply here, or am I being too generous?
Edit because I went back and read the article:
days after a victorious union election
Oh no, it’s worse than I thought
Unions aside, how did solar go from the purview of the science hippies to the scam sales off grid prepper vibe it has become?
Do I feel this way just because I live in Texas?
I’ve heard of your scam energy grid and hoyging electric prices in Texas. If you’re in Texas and don’t have solar I’d say you’re more of an imbecile than the crazy preppers.
But to answer your question, no. Solar doesn’t have that vibe where I’m at in the Midwest.
It’s a financial disincentive to get solar here. It’s almost punitive. From a financial standpoint, it would take me approximately forty years to recoup my investment, not taking time value of money into consideration.
What you heard about prices was related to people who signed up for something that sold electricity at spot price, which surged several thousand percent. Regular people do three year contracts at fixed rates. My highest monthly bill during winter is around $120. It’s usually under a hundred otherwise.
For the grid fuckups, having come to a point where I went to bed accepting my potential fate of not waking up during that 2021 ice storm, I’ve since installed a whole house generator. Grid would have to stay offline for a very long time to affect me at this point.
I do, however, appreciate your armchair assessment of my intellect. Always good for me to keep humble, Humble. I’m not even sure what that incredibly difficult polysyllabic word means. We who live in this shithole state are indeed categorically illiterate. One might even say imbeciles.
Side-note: in the beginning there, punitive is probably the exact right word.
If their reasoning for the layoffs is because business is slowing down… but they fired 21 workers and now have open applications for those positions on their website…doesnt this display their motive of not wanting to negotiate fair working terms with the union etc…should there be some rules against hiring new people to replace those positions while this is going on?
How is being an anti-union consultant a legal job?