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Company and teamsters have a tenative agreement taking over Central States ?
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<blockquote data-quote="JonFrum" data-source="post: 231134"><p><strong>Re: Let's All Do Our Homework!</strong></p><p></p><p></p><p></p><p>There was no real proposal for the Union to show us. The Plan didn't exist! Even the Company sales brochure that we saw during the strike was full of bad features. Some were stated, others, you had to read between the lines. I remember being shocked at how bad it was. The Union didn't present it to us because, in their judgement, it was *very* unacceptable. Their role was to make such judgements. They were our bargaining agent. The Company was counting on the "headline" of a $3,000 pension (for a small number of people, but people who would likely vote, and vote "Yes") to carry the day. But the Devil was in the details, or lack thereof.</p><p>_ _ _ _ _</p><p></p><p>The Company can not NEGOTIATE with us, but they can talk to us and inform us, and even hold "captive audience" meetings on Company time with us. All perfectly legal. The Company always has first amendment rights, just like anyone else. Your theory that "your hands are tied," which you have used before, was wrong then, and is wrong now. Your presence on Browncafe illustrates my point.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="JonFrum, post: 231134"] [b]Re: Let's All Do Our Homework![/b] There was no real proposal for the Union to show us. The Plan didn't exist! Even the Company sales brochure that we saw during the strike was full of bad features. Some were stated, others, you had to read between the lines. I remember being shocked at how bad it was. The Union didn't present it to us because, in their judgement, it was *very* unacceptable. Their role was to make such judgements. They were our bargaining agent. The Company was counting on the "headline" of a $3,000 pension (for a small number of people, but people who would likely vote, and vote "Yes") to carry the day. But the Devil was in the details, or lack thereof. _ _ _ _ _ The Company can not NEGOTIATE with us, but they can talk to us and inform us, and even hold "captive audience" meetings on Company time with us. All perfectly legal. The Company always has first amendment rights, just like anyone else. Your theory that "your hands are tied," which you have used before, was wrong then, and is wrong now. Your presence on Browncafe illustrates my point. [/QUOTE]
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