So let’s all just admit the extension is nothing great . our union leadership took what ever was offered after the company 2 times prior shut them down .So let me say I voted yes ,but I really am tired of the leadership in all locals patting themselves on the back .In the end they continued the scrw ing extension on the retirees and now the possibility of us retiring .The whole deal was Dan needed to settle to move to the next stage !!There will be major management layoffs and reorganizations .Then by end of year there will be basic Eisp offered to union associates probably across board .Anyone who wants out or can afford it will be allowed to leave .The final stage is yet to be determined but may include the separation break up of lines of business.After that if that happens the sky is the limit to be used sold off or spun off .One things for sure the contract extension is not the end but the beginning of the end for union and management in wha I would call the end days .So advise anyone with under 26 years or under 55 start looking for somewhere else to begin your career
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@dm I worked 58 straight days for that strike getting double time and a half. 🙏 2026
@bm Amen brother
@bm We lost any and all gains in the 2016 contract from being out of work for so long. Granted the raises still took effect and we are still enjoying them today, but it took some time to recover from those lost wages initially.
The Union framed the earlier 2016 strike as if we were out on the street and fighting for continued no out-of pocket medical for both active and retired members.
Then, when the strike was over, one day before unemployment was about to start, the Union pulled the plug and capitulated, and "claimed" the six weeks without pay was never about maintaining costless medical. Gerry Horgan's death, what was that sacrifice for exactly?
Who got a wealthy payoff on that deal. smh
Gerry Horgan's death, a thing they love to parade, what was that sacrifice of a human's life for exactly, just to be traded away and diminished 17 years after he was laid to rest?
The union leaders are lighting cigars with all the dues. lol.
@OP just say no to dr-gs.
There is no work
Surplus coming
Nope not buying any of it!
@OP Ummm, there will probably never be an across the board EISP , but you can keep dreaming
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