I haven't heard anything about it and from the looks of it, we're both in Ohio. As Jon posted, the hourly wage increase is a negotiated part of the contract, I don't think they can take that from us. Can they start forcing us to pay for our health and welfare benefits? I have no idea, but I would think that is also something that would have to be agreed upon in a contract as opposed to them simply saying, OK, you now owe us X amount per week to keep your benefits.
Remember that we're going to hear a hell of a lot of rumors flying around and it's only going to get worse until we actually see something on paper. Some will be ridiculous and some will sound very believable. However, there is no use getting worked up over any of them until we're presented with an offer. We can't do much of anything to affect the negotiations in progress, but we have the ultimate power approving or denying the proposals that are presented to us.
I'm not saying that we shouldn't care about what's going on, just that we shouldn't worry about it until it's TIME to worry about it....