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<blockquote data-quote="boswharfs" data-source="post: 59019"><p>The question isn't what was won in the 97 strike. The question is what was saved in the 97 strike. Prior to going out on strike, I had no use for the union. I was 100% company and thought we were looking at a good contract. That was until I read the actual pages on the table (I got the pages 2 days before we went out). I was stunned. There was heavy language to subcontract the majority of the feeder jobs. There was a new definition in the contract, "time definite packages" - which we now know is everything we deliver. Part timers were now going to be able to deliver any or all "time definite packages". So while only being considered part time they could work upwards of 40 hrs. and get paid half rate and half pension contribution for full time work. The pension, while it seemed an improvement had interesting language which was going to pay 1/2 for your part time years and 1/1 for your full time years (essentially what we have now). The difference was that the max would be paid for 35 "combined" years max. So once you hit 35 you maxed out, but the longer your part-time service the lower your possible max out. In our area the majority of drivers retire out of feeders. If the feeder jobs are filled from the outside and the company holds the pension,you have to do 35 in a brownie. Most bodies here break down before that. That at least changed the way I look at the company and was the beginning of my education about unions.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="boswharfs, post: 59019"] The question isn't what was won in the 97 strike. The question is what was saved in the 97 strike. Prior to going out on strike, I had no use for the union. I was 100% company and thought we were looking at a good contract. That was until I read the actual pages on the table (I got the pages 2 days before we went out). I was stunned. There was heavy language to subcontract the majority of the feeder jobs. There was a new definition in the contract, "time definite packages" - which we now know is everything we deliver. Part timers were now going to be able to deliver any or all "time definite packages". So while only being considered part time they could work upwards of 40 hrs. and get paid half rate and half pension contribution for full time work. The pension, while it seemed an improvement had interesting language which was going to pay 1/2 for your part time years and 1/1 for your full time years (essentially what we have now). The difference was that the max would be paid for 35 "combined" years max. So once you hit 35 you maxed out, but the longer your part-time service the lower your possible max out. In our area the majority of drivers retire out of feeders. If the feeder jobs are filled from the outside and the company holds the pension,you have to do 35 in a brownie. Most bodies here break down before that. That at least changed the way I look at the company and was the beginning of my education about unions. [/QUOTE]
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