Well today the Union (USW)

[Zysoclaplem]

Where I work. Picket lines, machine sabotage, and they are gonna put the salary and contract labor to work in the plant making tires. Contract workers like me. :-(
We will be reduced to a fraction of the tires we usually produce.
And the news stations are already setting up outside...lol.

 

[FoBoT]

how long does it take to learn how to make a tire?
who will do your normal job? or do you have to do both?

 

[z0mb13]

can a trained monkey do your job?

 

[chambersc]

machine sabotoge.....wtf, are they 3 years old?!

 

[Zysoclaplem]

Haha well no they aren't 3 years old, but they are the union.
And I dont know what is going to happen with my normal job, or anyone else's.
But I won't have to build an entire tire. Just aid. So I might be stacking and organizing tires. I might be checking for problems with tread, or warped tires.
Who knows.

 

[JS80]

why aren't they outsourcing to china...

 

[chambersc]

when do you start this "work" you speak of. shouldn't you be on the floor and not typing in the office?

 

[Platypus]

SCAB!

 

[Armitage]

Wonderful - sounds like a bad time to buy goodyear tires.

 

[j00fek]

take pix and update

 

[Lonyo]

I thought you delivered pizza :Q

 

[nakedfrog]

Originally posted by: Platypus
SCAB!

:laugh:

 

[nakedfrog]

Originally posted by: Lonyo
I thought you delivered pizza :Q

You're confusing him with Ryan.

 

[NuclearNed]

Well isn't that coincidental - USW is on strike where I work, too. They've been on strike since 5/15/06.

 

[K1052]

Originally posted by: NuclearNed
Well isn't that coincidental - USW is on strike where I work, too. They've been on strike since 5/15/06.

Dosen't your company make reactor fuel assemblies or something like that?

I hope you don't have the secretaries out there welding them up.:Q

 

[trmiv]

Haven't other goodyear plants been on strike for awhile? I drive race cars, and the series I race in uses goodyear slicks. We had to switch to a different tire brand recently because Goodyear wasn't making enough racing tires, and we couldn't find the tire we use anywhere.

 

[NuclearNed]

Originally posted by: K1052

Originally posted by: NuclearNed
Well isn't that coincidental - USW is on strike where I work, too. They've been on strike since 5/15/06.

Dosen't your company make reactor fuel assemblies or something like that?

I hope you don't have the secretaries out there welding them up.:Q

I can't really discuss what we do, but it is within the nuclear industry. And yes, there are secretaries who are currently doing production work.

 

[fbrdphreak]

Originally posted by: Lonyo
I thought you delivered pizza :Q

That was the other attention who--gay guy.

 

[foghorn67]

op: are you in Tennessee?

 

[MikeyIs4Dcats]

The Goodyear plant I can see from my office window went on strike at noon. They negotiations have been on-going for months. From what I understand, management has been less than giving. It is uncertain how many of our employees will cross the picket line.

 

[MikeyIs4Dcats]

Much of the dispute is based upon Goodyear wanting to substantially increase the costs of health care for the retired workers. Retired workers made concessions in years previous on raises to keep the low-cost health benefits upon retirement, and now the company wants to change the agreement. Healthcare costs will increase over 10 fold if Goodyear gets it's way. Workers are also seeking pay increases.

 

[Zysoclaplem]

I'm in Tyler, Texas.
And Goodyear is going to file for bankruptcy anyway. I doubt they care about the union right now. I have been told it's a waste of time at this point to picket.

 

[Wreckem]

Originally posted by: MikeyIs4Dcats
Much of the dispute is based upon Goodyear wanting to substantially increase the costs of health care for the retired workers. Retired workers made concessions in years previous on raises to keep the low-cost health benefits upon retirement, and now the company wants to change the agreement. Healthcare costs will increase over 10 fold if Goodyear gets it's way. Workers are also seeking pay increases.

Actually the main issue is Goodyear planning to close 2 plants which means layoffs.

Goodyear is trying to stay competitive with its competition.

 

[Wreckem]

Originally posted by: Zysoclaplem
I'm in Tyler, Texas.
And Goodyear is going to file for bankruptcy anyway. I doubt they care about the union right now. I have been told it's a waste of time at this point to picket.

Goodyear is in no way going to file for bankruptcy anytime soon, they are how wanting to close down the plant in Tyler.

 

[Chaotic42]

Let's hope that they get some decent workers in there. Maybe one day they'll be able to just fire the union workers.