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<blockquote data-quote="Satuirus2000" data-source="post: 5015296" data-attributes="member: 48065"><p>This is the sequence of events. In early July I believe, Worldport decided to increase everyone's wages to $16.50. If you were already above that you did not get a bonus or any kind of bump. Senior employees were of course pissed. Contractually people were only supposed to be at $15 come August 1st. Again, people were bumped up to $16.50 in July and then when August came around the company did not give those employees in progression their .50 raise. I guess reasoning that they already bumped them over that amount anyway. Those employees were furious so local 89 filed a lawsuit to force the company to give those employees their .50 on top of the $2.00 raise they had already received. Which is nice I guess but the union was only fighting for some employees and not all, which pissed off other senior employees.</p><p></p><p>In late August Worldport decides to bump everyone up to $20 an hour on days and $21 an hour for those on nights to take effect on Sept. 2nd. Again senior employees were pissed. It took some people 15 years to get that and now a new hire off the street will make the same as them. Also keep in mind new hires in the past have gotten attendance bonuses etc that have totaled 150 to 200 a week, which again seniority employees have never seen. Once veterans found out about that increase and there was still silence from the union for weeks about them helping older employees, it was decided to picket the local 89 union house on Sept 4th, 2 days after the new wages went into effect. This was decided in late August. Once local 89 got wind of that, they "suddenly" decided to "fight" for their other seniority employees and came out one whole day to collect signatures on Sept 3rd to increase wages for ALL. They got afraid and underestimated the anger of the older veterans who have seen NOTHING from this company to reward them for their years of service. Instead they keep throwing things at newbies who probably won't even be there next year. The protest in front of the union hall still happened on Sept 4th though and I 100% guarantee you that was the only reason the local decided to come out and "fight" for the rest of their employees.</p><p></p><p>The company at Worldport gave bonuses or a percentage bump increase for their senior supervisors that were over $20 an hour. Again, rewarding their senior supervisors, but ignoring their senior workers who have been here for years and never seen a bonus or anything of the sort. It really is shameful how pathetic the union has been.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="Satuirus2000, post: 5015296, member: 48065"] This is the sequence of events. In early July I believe, Worldport decided to increase everyone's wages to $16.50. If you were already above that you did not get a bonus or any kind of bump. Senior employees were of course pissed. Contractually people were only supposed to be at $15 come August 1st. Again, people were bumped up to $16.50 in July and then when August came around the company did not give those employees in progression their .50 raise. I guess reasoning that they already bumped them over that amount anyway. Those employees were furious so local 89 filed a lawsuit to force the company to give those employees their .50 on top of the $2.00 raise they had already received. Which is nice I guess but the union was only fighting for some employees and not all, which pissed off other senior employees. In late August Worldport decides to bump everyone up to $20 an hour on days and $21 an hour for those on nights to take effect on Sept. 2nd. Again senior employees were pissed. It took some people 15 years to get that and now a new hire off the street will make the same as them. Also keep in mind new hires in the past have gotten attendance bonuses etc that have totaled 150 to 200 a week, which again seniority employees have never seen. Once veterans found out about that increase and there was still silence from the union for weeks about them helping older employees, it was decided to picket the local 89 union house on Sept 4th, 2 days after the new wages went into effect. This was decided in late August. Once local 89 got wind of that, they "suddenly" decided to "fight" for their other seniority employees and came out one whole day to collect signatures on Sept 3rd to increase wages for ALL. They got afraid and underestimated the anger of the older veterans who have seen NOTHING from this company to reward them for their years of service. Instead they keep throwing things at newbies who probably won't even be there next year. The protest in front of the union hall still happened on Sept 4th though and I 100% guarantee you that was the only reason the local decided to come out and "fight" for the rest of their employees. The company at Worldport gave bonuses or a percentage bump increase for their senior supervisors that were over $20 an hour. Again, rewarding their senior supervisors, but ignoring their senior workers who have been here for years and never seen a bonus or anything of the sort. It really is shameful how pathetic the union has been. [/QUOTE]
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