PRAYERS NEEDED HUBBY'S JOB ON STRIKE !!!!!
Hugs and blessings ~~~ Vivian
GOD GRANT ME THE SERENITY TO ACCEPT THE THINGS I CAN NOT CHANGE; COURAGE TO CHANGE THE THINGS THAT I CAN; AND THE WISDOM TO KNOW THE DIFFERENCE !!!! THIS IS MY DAILY PRAYER.
Vivian Prouty Obesity Help Support Group Coach "LOSE IT 4 LIFE"
Hugs and blessings ~~~ Vivian
GOD GRANT ME THE SERENITY TO ACCEPT THE THINGS I CAN NOT CHANGE; COURAGE TO CHANGE THE THINGS THAT I CAN; AND THE WISDOM TO KNOW THE DIFFERENCE !!!! THIS IS MY DAILY PRAYER.
Vivian Prouty Obesity Help Support Group Coach "LOSE IT 4 LIFE"
Hugs and blessings ~~~ Vivian
GOD GRANT ME THE SERENITY TO ACCEPT THE THINGS I CAN NOT CHANGE; COURAGE TO CHANGE THE THINGS THAT I CAN; AND THE WISDOM TO KNOW THE DIFFERENCE !!!! THIS IS MY DAILY PRAYER.
Vivian Prouty Obesity Help Support Group Coach "LOSE IT 4 LIFE"
Hopefully the strike will be settled quickly .. The union there should be in a pretty strong bargaining position, since so many of those members hold very specialized tech abilities that would be hard to replace, and right now the military machiner is still rolling along (unfortunately) overseas .
The co. will need those workers to get back on line soon, and I bet the management will make some major concessions in a hurry to do so and avoid financial losses .. 
In the meantime, won't your DH and his fellow union members get union benefit strike payments?
I know it's usually not much, but it helps them get by until the strike is over .. 
Frank talk about the DS / "All I ever wanted to be was thin, like that Rolling Stones dude ... "
HW/461 LW/251 GW/189 CW/274 (yep, a DS semi-failure - it happens :-( )
Hugs and blessings ~~~ Vivian
GOD GRANT ME THE SERENITY TO ACCEPT THE THINGS I CAN NOT CHANGE; COURAGE TO CHANGE THE THINGS THAT I CAN; AND THE WISDOM TO KNOW THE DIFFERENCE !!!! THIS IS MY DAILY PRAYER.
Vivian Prouty Obesity Help Support Group Coach "LOSE IT 4 LIFE"
Fox 4 News was talking about the strike this a.m. (it was their lead story, actually) ..
They said the union strike benefit payment is $200.00 a week, which is only about 20% of the average union wage, sounds like. Yeah, that sucks.
Other than that, Fox 4 seemed to slant the article to make it sound like the union was being greedy in their demands or otherwise at "fault" for the strike. Supposedly the union leadership recommended that the members vote in favor of the package being offered by management, but yet they voted it down. 
It sounds like the major problems with the package were mostly matters of higher health care co-pays, as well as a plan to eliminate the "janitorial pool", which provided some "alternative" jobs for members who had their normal jobs at the co. cut back b/c of lay offs and such. Doesn't sound so unreasonable to me!
Frank talk about the DS / "All I ever wanted to be was thin, like that Rolling Stones dude ... "
HW/461 LW/251 GW/189 CW/274 (yep, a DS semi-failure - it happens :-( )
Hubby thought the pay was $100 a week. He has only been with Bell for 8 yrs and they haven't have a strike in God only knows when. Thanks for the info on the money.....that is twice what he thought that they would get. But stil not enough to live on with 3 car payments along with other bills !!!! UGH...He voted NOT to strike but ya see....when they voted to strike everyone i**** Oh well I didn't think it sounded so bad either. But ya see...when people have worked for a company and only paid for health care for 3 yrs....they don't understand that what the co. was offering wasn't really that bad. Oh well......That is life as I always say.
Hugs and blessings ~~~ Vivian
GOD GRANT ME THE SERENITY TO ACCEPT THE THINGS I CAN NOT CHANGE; COURAGE TO CHANGE THE THINGS THAT I CAN; AND THE WISDOM TO KNOW THE DIFFERENCE !!!! THIS IS MY DAILY PRAYER.
Vivian Prouty Obesity Help Support Group Coach "LOSE IT 4 LIFE"
Gaye
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