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Have you tried resetting the receiver?

I may be a little thick-skulled, but I don't see how someone in Mexico, Canada, India can install a DBS system in Kansas. IMHO, other jobs that can't be sent off-shore include police, firefighters, hospital staff, fast-food workers and truck drivers. Almost every part of the DTV operation can...

You make it sound easier than it is. I always take the cosine of the azmuth divided by the tangent squared of the roof pitch. If the result is less than zero, I call my supervisor.

If B&A is as big a player in D* as it seems, that would explain all the management-type drivel posted on this thread. The techs are talking sense and management is feeding us the standard anti-union bull. All the real techs on this site should consider just how powerful any company like B&A...

Not all companies need a union. Some owners/managers actually care about their employees and others are smart enough to realize a company is only as good as its employees. I once worked for a major SE bank and their approach to keeping unions out was to provide decent benefits, pay and work...

Here's my take at this point: D* is raising the standards for the HSPs so high that they cannot possibly meet them. That way, D* can justify dumping the HSPs and bring the techs in house. What uboatcmdr and others are experiencing is HSP management having a knee-jerk reaction to the new...

Good point. It will be easier to organize at the HSP level than when D* takes over. D*'s deep pockets will allow them to put up a big fight with high-priced union-busting lawyers.

Please explain to me how D* is going to outsource installs and service calls to India. The problem is not unions in America, it is no unions in the third-world. Chinese children are virtual slaves making products for Wally World. Unions forced the government to end that practice here.

I talked to a dispatcher where I work and she said management was "pissed" about the CWA handing out flyers. I asked if she would vote for the union and she said, "Hell yes - not yes but hell yes." I hope the CWA is contacting the other workers at the HSPs, not just the techs. BTW, my earlier...

BTW, the phone guy I talked to has sweet work conditions, pay and benefits compared to sat techs. Must be Ma Bell loves her employees...

Talked to a BellSouth guy today (they are CWA) and he implied that CWA members would support (?) organizing efforts by D* techs in this area. You are right, there could be some issues. The techs the HSP would bring in would probably be the ones they fired for being hacks. Hack RATs - now thats...

A couple of guys from CWA were handing out flyers on the street in front of the D* HSP office today. Is this something local, or is the CWA trying to organize other D* providers? Anyone else seen any activity?