Happy 2nd anniversary of the 11 week failed strike at RMS. By now everyone has gotten their Benefits packages done, and are aware of the medical costs that have been passed on to the worker by the union. No Pass-through?! Oh Puhleeeeze! Brothers and sisters, there is plenty!
Here are a few lines copied from a union flyer dated 3 November of 2006. "You wanted above average GWIs and we could only get 3% a year"...."There is pass through, there is red circling, there are high medical costs, there is pass through on Rx, there are average GWI's which don't amount to much due to the medical contributions, and a host of other things that will deteriorate your income everyday."
Remember how horrid the Company was when you read that flier? Remember the speech given during the 2nd week of January telling you that you had good jobs waiting for you at RMS, and you should approve the contract and return to work? It wasn't a different contract, was it? Well, yes it was. It actually was a less union friendly contract you signed and approved than the one you rejected in a frenzy at the TCC that Sunday night of the 5th of November. Look at the rhetoric your union gave you that fatefull night in Tucson. Look at your benefits package now. Look at the past contract concerning touch labor, and look at this one. Dont you feel duped, still?
Everything you lost, you may place the blame squarely on the union leaders who "fought for you". Now is the time to think clearly about what direction you wish to go within the Company. We ask you to give Raytheon a try as a union free workshop. If after a year this Company can't find a way to satisfy you and your trust in RMS is broken by ruthless managers, then we can always call the union back under NLRB rules.
You are doomed to repeat your mistakes if you don't learn your lesson the first time around. Click on the picture of the flyer to get a closer look at the text. It's a copy of the flyer that was posted around Raytheon last year at this time. Happy Anniversary, Enjoy!
6 comments:
I enjoyed working during the strike. More of a lets get it done atmosphere......
Now we are back to people seeing how much they can get away with instead of doing their jobs.....
I remember coming back to work on the first day of this sad strike. As I was driving into work, I was thinking that my friends were going to be standing out front, I felt sick that they would feel I was letting them down, but I could not let my son down who was fighting in Iraq. Twice how in Iraq and still save! Thank God! When I reached Raytheon at six in the morning, I could not believe it, most of my friends were in line ahead of me! Even the Union Shop Steward! It was true for eleven weeks we did work as a team! I respect my fellow co-workers who went on strike. It is a hard to say NO to friends! It is a shame the union went on strike. What is worst is that they came back with hate. Hate that they lost, hate for the company that pays us, hate for those who said NO to them! Now I will work to see an end to this UNION(?) that wants to divide us! No more of this union!
I think you guys have lost sight of the benefits of having a union, and all the victories the union has won for you against this greedy company.
For instance, the union has... umm... well...
Never mind. Where do I sign up to help?
You sign up to help by passing the word around to like-minded hourly members of your work team about our cause and this and other blogs and web pages.
"Together we will achieve more!"
Tee-hee!
If you wish to support the decertification effort, you may send e-mail to the "webmaster at iam933.net" and let them know how to get in contact with you.
Interesting comment made on the StarNet comment section:
569. Comment by Matt F. (Destructo) — January 23,2007 @ 9:47AM
I spoke with several returning union members today and was informed that the next contract signing period will be even more bitter and ugly then this one was. So basically they are already thinking about the next contact cycle and productivity is going to slow way down.
Welcome back!
There is SO much useful information there; I'll share a few more over the next few days and reminisce over the "good ol' days"
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