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Message: <blockquote data-quote="542thruNthru" data-source="post: 5328030" data-attributes="member: 48491">They were offered practically nothing but a signing bonus that equaled $.03 raise a year.They wanted $6 and got $4.90 over 5 years (about 20% increase in pay) and a additional $.10 an hour into their pension over the previous offer before the strike.  They got $1000 to vote yes and many other things like a higher tools and boots allowance.I agree a strike is never an automatic win but in this case I would say it was. Like always you can't make everyone happy but it was accepted by the membership. Now that they have had a taste of what it's like maybe members will be more prepared and I know that the company will also think twice next time before allowing a strike.</blockquote>