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meford4u,Mar 9 2009, 08:33 PM Wrote:As a note to NOS.  Our last contract took away our right to strike within the contract.  We can't walk out/strike during a contract.

FYI.

And Ken...........you chose your life, I chose mine.  I only chose to stay at Ford for one reason.  Money and benefits.  I am equal if not ahead of those that I graduated with.  Some, of course are financially ahead of me, but I chose to be where I am because of the stress free environment and the wages I make.  Am I lucky?  You bet.  But its not for everyone.

Would I give up $$$ to keep my job.

Yes.
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I think this is the crux of the matter ... as a consequence of my choice I take on risk and added personal responsibility in return for a high hourly rate and the ability to earn as much as I am capable of ... the consequence of your choice means you are bound by what your union negotiates on your behalf, for good and for bad.

If I'm reading you right, and considering where I am, we've both done well by our choices and BTW I'm okay with the government helping out the auto industry using my tax dollars.

Having said that, I also think that union members who get to keep their job as a result of the government's action should IMO be grateful for the continuance of their job because, as we've both agreed, it was a matter of choice to be in that position in the first place.