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<blockquote data-quote="9.5mania" data-source="post: 5620185" data-attributes="member: 106565"><p>The call last night had a lot of positive developments that effect my workgroup. Increase in penalty pay for 9.5&#039;s and 8hr request, removing in cab camera, no discipline on tech. These are all things on my list to be addressed and they were. We aren&#039;t living in reality if we think the union can tell the company our guys are no longer working overtime anymore unless they want it. That&#039;s not how this works, as unpopular as it may be to say. The only thing the union can do is make it cost the company to work guys if they don&#039;t want it, which they are doing. Yes, they campaigned on no forced overtime but obviously that&#039;s politician talk, which they are. Their definition of forced overtime isn&#039;t ours. Everything agreed so far has been good, not great. If we get the raises during this contract to be between $7.5-$10, increase pension, keep insurance premiums $0, this master&#039;s will pass, and it should. I would like to see insurance age drop from 57yrs to 55yrs, but I can wait another contract for that. Yes, it isn&#039;t perfect, but so far, so good.</p></blockquote><p></p>

[QUOTE="9.5mania, post: 5620185, member: 106565"] The call last night had a lot of positive developments that effect my workgroup. Increase in penalty pay for 9.5's and 8hr request, removing in cab camera, no discipline on tech. These are all things on my list to be addressed and they were. We aren't living in reality if we think the union can tell the company our guys are no longer working overtime anymore unless they want it. That's not how this works, as unpopular as it may be to say. The only thing the union can do is make it cost the company to work guys if they don't want it, which they are doing. Yes, they campaigned on no forced overtime but obviously that's politician talk, which they are. Their definition of forced overtime isn't ours. Everything agreed so far has been good, not great. If we get the raises during this contract to be between $7.5-$10, increase pension, keep insurance premiums $0, this master's will pass, and it should. I would like to see insurance age drop from 57yrs to 55yrs, but I can wait another contract for that. Yes, it isn't perfect, but so far, so good. [/QUOTE]

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