corporatespeak

"the content contained in this document may or may not apply to colleagues subject to a collective bargaining agreement."

SUBJECT: transitive verb. 1 a. to bring under control or dominion:subjugate b, to make ( someone or oneself ) amenable to the discipline or control of a superior. 2. to make liable: predispose 3. to cause or force to undergo or endure ( something unpleasant, inconvenient, or trying ) COVER: transitive verb. 1 a. to guard from attack. b. to afford protection or security. both definitions from merriam-webster _______________________________the statement at the top is a disclaimer at the bottom of every page of a FAQ pdf from a major retailer where i have found myself mired at times in my declining years...so in corporatespeak there are "colleagues" who are "subject" to a collective bargaining agreement, which implies a relationship of superior/inferior status while "colleagues" implies a community of peers which, of course, no corporate structure is...top-down, hierarchical, and anything but democratic...if you don't like it you can vote with your feet...but that is as democratic as it gets...where i come from a bargaining unit is "covered" by a collective bargaining agreement...a definite semantic difference in approach..."to afford protection" from the more arbitrary and scoiopathic impulses of corporations..this is exactly ( along with a higher pay scale ) why corporations hate unions...they limit their prerogatives...there is nothing subtle about the endless corporate anti-union propaganda...it is in plain sight...all in the language...and, like all propaganda, it contains a kernel of truth that makes the lie palatable...unions are not perfect...union leadership can be abusive, corrupt, and exploitative...so can corporations...they all have humans at the controls and humans are a diverse lot..still, they offer a modicum of shelter from autocratic executives ( and there's that higher pay scale as well ) who can lose themselves in their narcissistic visions of innate superiority...and executives dislike being disabused of their illusions...exactly why everyone needs a union.