reply to anneal
said by anneal :
No one can realistically expect, given Qwests economic woes and stock decline that the union workers are going to keep being able to receive medical benefits without sharing the costs... the majority of the working world has to do this. If we truly want to see jobs return to the US... if we truly want to be a union who supports all in the company... then we have to expect a realistic contract... Economic times nation wide are showing we cannot do without wages... we cannot do without a job. I don't want to see Qwest have the opportunity to "let" Union workers go in favor of new hires or out sourcing. I cannot afford a strike and I don't want to lose my job.
So massive givebacks maybe a one or two percent raise. Maybe some other contract wording designed for Qwest. You might have a job but not much of one. The problems at Qwest were not caused by the workers. The new CEO is getting $17 million his first partial year. In that time the stock has slipped from $9 to less than $4. The problems at Qwest are not being felt by higher ups or caused by the lower workers including the lower level management..
Honestly you do not sound like a long term Qwest worker. | 
