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<blockquote data-quote="Undertow" data-source="post: 4692068" data-attributes="member: 4550"><p>The company is always going to push the limits and that's why the exact wording of any contract is so important when negotiated because once the deal is done, management gets five years to exploit whatever gifts Hoffa and Taylor handed them and even if you get the lousy article thrown out during future bargaining talks, the hourlies won't ever get back what they lost over those five years.</p><p></p><p>We have some guys in our building griping about similar stuff. Some of it I agree with it. Some stances they take I don't. Three years ago there were many of us fed up with the 70 hour workweeks during some of the worst weather the year had to offer. Collectively, we asked for less work. What we are now seeing is what the company's vision of what "less work" should look like and it appears to look a lot like "less of a say in matters". And the company won't stop there. Down the road, it will be M thru friend guys bumping each other on a Monday due to the "when work is available" clause potentially allowing cheap 22.4's to raid the coming week's volume while working 12 to 14 hour Saturdays.</p><p></p><p>In the big picture, it is and should be a concern. Personally, it wouldn't bother Me inn the least if I never worked another minute of OT in my life as long as ORION has to be tolerated.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="Undertow, post: 4692068, member: 4550"] The company is always going to push the limits and that's why the exact wording of any contract is so important when negotiated because once the deal is done, management gets five years to exploit whatever gifts Hoffa and Taylor handed them and even if you get the lousy article thrown out during future bargaining talks, the hourlies won't ever get back what they lost over those five years. We have some guys in our building griping about similar stuff. Some of it I agree with it. Some stances they take I don't. Three years ago there were many of us fed up with the 70 hour workweeks during some of the worst weather the year had to offer. Collectively, we asked for less work. What we are now seeing is what the company's vision of what "less work" should look like and it appears to look a lot like "less of a say in matters". And the company won't stop there. Down the road, it will be M thru friend guys bumping each other on a Monday due to the "when work is available" clause potentially allowing cheap 22.4's to raid the coming week's volume while working 12 to 14 hour Saturdays. In the big picture, it is and should be a concern. Personally, it wouldn't bother Me inn the least if I never worked another minute of OT in my life as long as ORION has to be tolerated. [/QUOTE]
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