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<blockquote data-quote="Asskicker" data-source="post: 1126086" data-attributes="member: 45097"><p>Last I heard (yesterday) is that they are still hoping for a handshake agreement by the end of next week. However as far as pension and wages they haven&#039;t agreed on what&#039;s on the table...so I can&#039;t get an answer on what is on the table. As far as the healthcare...apparently the company is pushing for the Unions to take the healthcare from the company. It would depend on where you work which local your healthcare would be held by. I just have one problem with this. Of course they are saying there would be no cost to us and my reply was, &quot;Right now.&quot; Having the Union hold the healthcare gives them sole power to raise our payment anytime to whatever they want without negotiating it like we now have to do before the company can change anything. That to me is too scary to agree to because the Union does what they want as far as raising dues, collecting a strike fund forever, etc... I won&#039;t vote for this but you people have to make up your own minds. Just my opinion and where I stand. If I hear any contract specifics I will definitely post.</p></blockquote><p></p>

[QUOTE="Asskicker, post: 1126086, member: 45097"] Last I heard (yesterday) is that they are still hoping for a handshake agreement by the end of next week. However as far as pension and wages they haven't agreed on what's on the table...so I can't get an answer on what is on the table. As far as the healthcare...apparently the company is pushing for the Unions to take the healthcare from the company. It would depend on where you work which local your healthcare would be held by. I just have one problem with this. Of course they are saying there would be no cost to us and my reply was, "Right now." Having the Union hold the healthcare gives them sole power to raise our payment anytime to whatever they want without negotiating it like we now have to do before the company can change anything. That to me is too scary to agree to because the Union does what they want as far as raising dues, collecting a strike fund forever, etc... I won't vote for this but you people have to make up your own minds. Just my opinion and where I stand. If I hear any contract specifics I will definitely post. [/QUOTE]

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