[NefCanuck]

(02-05-2011, 04:17 PM)OAC_Sparky Wrote:

(02-05-2011, 02:16 PM)NefCanuck Wrote: These days I'm just happy to have a job personally, esp. when I see what walks through my door at the clinic on a regular basis lately

Not saying that we have it worse than some people out there, it's about fairness where you do work. You always say to your clients here, "well it could be worse, you could be working in an Indonesian sweatshop making shoes for a dollar a day" I'm sure they will only have so much sympathy.

In Canada, not only have we not had a raise of any sort in 5 years, we have had our benefits cut and what we have left we copay for, gave back 2 weeks vacation a year, loosened work rules and allowed 2-tier wages in. Just like everyone else, my taxes go up every year, as does my gasoline, gas, hydro, water, etc. etc. etc. We're not looking for the sun and the moon just a little fairness.

See, I have to admit that I don't know the details of what kind of concessions Ford of Canada workers made, save what the media tells the general public, so getting "the inside scoop" is helpful in understanding your point Sparky.

Oh god, co-pay on the medical plan, we almost had a goddamn war in the office when Legal Aid Ontario refused to continue to fund the plan we had and only gave use enough money that co-pay was a done deal. The staff that had families went bats at the cost, the singles for the most part utterly refused to kick in anything to help lessen the blow, it was a nightmare.

In my case I have the worst of all worlds, being a single but needing as much coverage as I can get because of the amount of drugs & assistive devices I need

Next year I think the family plan members are going to want to start cutting coverage to lower their costs, it's going to be uglier than what I look like when I get up in the morning

NefCanuck