CWAproud
@qwest.net
| reply to ihope
Re: Strike
I'm a union member for Qwest, and as I remember what put this company in the toilet was Joe Nacho pulling an Enron scandal. He and his upper management cohorts single handily ruined this company and now the occupational employees have to pay the cost with a reduction in workforce and bending over backwards in cuts and balances during negotiations. Remember right after Nacho pulled his crap how the CWA members agreed to take no pay raises for 2 years and extend their current contract to help keep the company solvent? That was on the heel of a scandal that cost many workers over half of their retirement funds. We have guys to this day that can't afford to retire because of that. We kept this company from having to file bankruptcy with our extension and the thanks we get is the threat of having our healthcare premiums increased over 400%. We do pay some contribution to healthcare as it is. The rest of our unionized industry does not. So, the way I see it, we have bent over backwards to help this company survive and now that they have a little solvency and are gaining positive cashflow they have forgotten all we have done for them. I say strike, if we have to, to protect what we have all worked so hard for. |
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hoff56501
@wcta.net | well said, I'm a co tech I'm MN and my feelings are with yours |
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hottboiinnc
ME
join:2003-10-15
Cleveland, OH | reply to CWAproud
don't be to sure about Qwest employees are the only ones in the Telco world that pays for insurance. it looks like ATT may be with you next. |
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