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<blockquote data-quote="Doubleparkedrunner" data-source="post: 3610966" data-attributes="member: 71878">Because it only affects you?...something to think about to all the old timers out there who who may feel as they already got theirs&#039; and now only care about retirement benefits and implications pertaining to this upcoming contract ;&nbsp; there will soon be a mass exodus of baby boomers retiring resulting in the rpcd rank and file consisting of mostly &quot; younger &quot; drivers who , next contract , may only care about the here and now instead of&nbsp; looking towards the future implications such as pensions and retirement healthcare issues. &nbsp; &nbsp; these same drivers , after watching their senior&nbsp; &quot; brothers &quot; vote yes during this current contract because all they cared about was their own issues will be quick to forgot about the old timers who came before them and only be concerned in things quite the reverse as you seem to be concerned with. &nbsp; What will happen to your pension then?&nbsp; I mean it seems reasonable to assume that a pension reduction could actually be a possibility if here was no one left in the ranks who cared enough about issues that &quot; don&#039;t affect them&quot;. &nbsp; Just some food for thought on how you may couch a statement like his in the future , however harmless you may feel it was for you to state what you care about , it could and quite likely will backfire on you years down the road.</blockquote>

[QUOTE="Doubleparkedrunner, post: 3610966, member: 71878"] Because it only affects you? ...something to think about to all the old timers out there who who may feel as they already got theirs' and now only care about retirement benefits and implications pertaining to this upcoming contract ; there will soon be a mass exodus of baby boomers retiring resulting in the rpcd rank and file consisting of mostly " younger " drivers who , next contract , may only care about the here and now instead of looking towards the future implications such as pensions and retirement healthcare issues. these same drivers , after watching their senior " brothers " vote yes during this current contract because all they cared about was their own issues will be quick to forgot about the old timers who came before them and only be concerned in things quite the reverse as you seem to be concerned with. What will happen to your pension then? I mean it seems reasonable to assume that a pension reduction could actually be a possibility if here was no one left in the ranks who cared enough about issues that " don't affect them". Just some food for thought on how you may couch a statement like his in the future , however harmless you may feel it was for you to state what you care about , it could and quite likely will backfire on you years down the road. [/QUOTE]

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