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Maybe they should change the "daily update" on the 1150 website to the "when we feel like it update."

My question is this: With the number of those crossing the picket line expected to be in the hundreds by the end of this week/early next week, where on earth is Rocco and all his hardliners going to find that many horse heads?! Watch out wall of shamers... you may be sleeping with the fishes soon!

Geez, what a freaking circus act this has become. Union people have become such easy targets it's just not sporting to give them a hard time anymore.

Q: Why do all the strikers walk in a clockwise circle?
A: It reminds them of a toilet flushing, flushing good jobs down the drain.

Contrary to what your union would have you believe, you most certainly CAN be terminated if this is ruled an economic strike. It would have been more accurate had your union advised you that you may or may not be terminated, depending upon what happens with the charges the union filed with the NLRB. (Assuming they DID file charges and this was not just a propaganda tool.)

When Hoffa shows up this week, I hope everyone else does not. That will send a message to the the Union that we want to go back to work and are willing to leave the Union to do so. I personally know of 15 people who are going to give the Union until the 17th of March to say they are going to bring the contract back to the table for a re-vote. If this does not happen, letters of resignation are going to the Union registered mail and back to work we will go. I wonder when Rocco and the boys are going to get their heads out of the sand? Storms a brewin boys and it is now with the members...believe it!!

I have not supported this union strike at all, but I do totally support anyone and everyone who renounces their union membership in support of their families and their company. What with all the juvenile peer pressure, it must be very hard to take that stand, but kudos to those who have flung off the union blinders and are acting in their own best interests. God speed!

Teamster jackets for pandering politicians $232
Reserving a meeting room at the Marriott $310
Bringing in Hoffa and his troops $5,200
Costing your community in overtime $250,000
Losing 3600 well paid jobs PRICELESS
Join your local union today!

lmfao well said

i like how you mentioned well paid.....needs to be repeated

Rocco Foxwoods Update:
He has put all of the union fund into the pot--all in- in this high stakes texas hold-em game
He is holding a pair of jokers, with the 2, 3, 2 on the table....and waiting for the flop.
He really has the other guys bluffed!!
Stay tuned as the last card is turned

Cartier
Wholesale

3 Enterprise Drive
Shelton, CT 06484

I AM GOING TO A MASSAGE PARLOR AND GET A HAPPY ENDING

Maybe after Rocco has his photo op on Thurs. he will get back to work so we can vote again. Hopefully its his last job. The original contract was fair. I'm going back to work. This union has cost me enough money already.

Damn... this is repetitive!

"You'll all be terminated!"
"HUNDREDS crossing by the end of the week!"
"You're lucky to have a job!"
"You'll lose your house and cars!"
"Your kids will starve!"
"Resign from the Union!"

Why don't you union bashers think up some new material. HANG TOUGH TEAMSTERS!!!

If you look at the charges that have been filed by the union with the NLRB, it looks like they have pulled them out of their ass. From the research I have done it looks like it will be deemed an economic strike make each and every one of us legally repaceable. For anyone that knows how to use the internet look up what the charges are and NLRB regulations. Find your own information because Rocco is going to mislead you like he always has.

The most simple example is the charge of withholding vacation pay.

Under our contract that has just expired, the vacation pay is only covered up to 2005. Look in your contract, it is there in black and white. It just shows Rocco is pulling whatever he can out of his ass to try to get a charge to stick. If he can't get one to stick it will be an economic strike instead of an unfair labor practice strike.

Next, why is Rocco in hiding? He wont talk to anyone in person or on the phone? My guess is he is getting scared? I really dont blame him. He is becoming one of the most hated person in CT right now. Call him he wont be there. They will probably lie and say he is on the pickit line. What a little bitch.

Well, we know how slow you are. Figured it might take a few times before you start to get the drift that your beloved union is screwing you royally.

I'm going back to work so I can afford to go to the massage parlor.

DAILY UPDATE: 3-6-06 9:30am

Day 15 of the strike. Picketing continues at all facilities. The company and the union have not resumed negotiations, nor have they scheduled any further talks. However, the union continues every effort to get the company to return to the bargaining table.

Dispelling some rumors: The company will not be sending you a letter this week telling you to return to work or be terminated. This is a violation of the law. The company has not hired thousands of replacement workers. And if they did, those people cannot do the work that you do. You know how hard it is to build these machines correctly, even with our vast experience. No one off the street could even begin to do the work.

The company has begun contacting members, asking them to return. This is a clear indication that the work is not getting done inside and that the strike is taking its toll on the company. This activity on the company's part was expected, but not for several more weeks, indicating that they are in a panic already. Only a handful of members have abandoned us and succumbed (see the wall of shame). Now is the time to remain strong! The salary workers inside are beginning to crack. They are fighting with one another, becoming discontented with the hours that the company is working them. Things are not good on the inside, by all reports.

Don't forget that Teamsters General President James Hoffa will be here on March 9th (if we are still on strike) to lead a rally, along with Connecticut politicians and other union leaders, in front of the Sikorsky Stratford plant. The rally will take place at 12:00 Noon.

Please continue to visit this page for daily updates and important information related to the strike.

STAY STRONG, STAY UNITED... TOGETHER WE CANNOT LOSE!

Question:

Does Rocco get strike pay or his regular pay?

Taken directly from the NLRB website (www.nlrb.gov)- definition of an economic strike...

If the object of a strike is to obtain from the employer some economic concession such as higher wages, shorter hours, or better working conditions, the striking employees are called economic strikers. They retain their status as employees and cannot be discharged, but they can be replaced by their employer. If the employer has hired bona fide permanent replacements who are filling the jobs of the economic strikers when the strikers apply unconditionally to go back to work, the strikers are not entitled to reinstatement at that time. However, if the strikers do not obtain regular and substantially equivalent employment, they are entitled to be recalled to jobs for which they are qualified when openings in such jobs occur if they, or their bargaining representative, have made an unconditional request for their reinstatement.

Unions what good are they? Let’s see, they collect money from you to represent you to make sure you are getting all that you deserve. (Or what you think you deserve) Then they brainwash you into saying that the big companies can just keep paying more and more out per employee and you shouldn’t have to ever pay more for your benefits. So you go out on strike to show big business they are serious. Now you can’t afford to pay your bills while the labor bosses, labor lawyers, and labor lobbyists are eating out tonight. I have received a raise from the company I work for every year (avg. 4%) also a yearly bonus (this year 22% or base pay) stock options, profit sharing and yes I do have to pay for my health insurance like 95% of the working class. Oh by the way I didn’t have to pay anyone to get that for me. Most companies know happy and compensated workers make them money so they pass that on to their employees. The company I work for has had the unions come in and try to get us to cross over, but each time we all have said “why would we do that�, I have vowed if we ever went union that would be the last day I work for them. Unions had a purpose 50 to 60 years ago but now they are just a company within themselves causing businesses to close doors in the US and go else where. Last time I did a sanity check if went to school learned a trade you could expect to be compensated for what your experience level was, not what in your mind thinks you deserve. Wake up and go back to work, you have a good job, good pay, and if you now have to pay more for your benefits tough. Don’t like it quit and go somewhere else.

So how much are these "Huge increases" in co-pays for scripts and Dr appointments? It Has to be less than 3Weeks Pay!!

Here is an honest question looking for a reasonable answer.....

How many employees have to resign from the union before it becomes powerless??

Also, does anyone know how many agency members there were before the strike began?

God bless us all, each and every one.....

For the people saying HR is calling people asking them to comeback.......

Don't think so, there phone hasn't stopped ringing in a week.

The reason more people have not returned yet is due to the amount of time involved in processing each employee for return.

The is HR paperwork, plus each employee has to be cleared by medical.

If you know how many people work in medical now, you know how long it would take to process a 100 people or so..

Just tell the truth, I know its not as interesting, but why makes likes?

what's the phone number for HR

Just call 386-4000, the operator will connect you to HR.

(203)386-4000 ask for HR

Rocco is not a lawyer, nor does he claim to be. Information on strikers rights under the law come from the Local 1150 Attorney and IBT attorneys. Why do you think the strikers all received a letter correcting the misuse of the word "terminated" in your insurance correspondence? They have your back!

Thanks, I feel better already

386-8699 is HR's #

I have received two calls from HR asking me to come back. So don't say they are not calling anyone if you don't know the facts. Maybe they are calling me because I have the skills they need on the inside right now to start up more areas. With my experience inside I would be a good asset to the company. I can work in many different areas and train people to do these jobs. Maybe I am special and that is why they called me. I don't think I am so special but I do think they are calling the good employees that will come in and give it their all.

Good thing the union has your back,
maybe they can provide shelter when you loose your home?

Hey, ask local 1150 to pick up the tab for every ones prescriptions until the strike is over?

Yeah they have your back, too bad we all see the knife they are getting ready to stick in it!

If they have my back should I send them my mortgage bill that I can't pay?

Well good, i hope that jobs can be restored without any more crap from the union

well they do provide you witha reference for a credit counselor. Even better eh? well if you choose to go this route and have your debt consolidated than you loose almost 100 points off your fico, even better ways to screw you over eh? GO UNION!!!!!!!!

Since the union has my back maybe they will not collect union dues from us for March.

I find it quite amusing that they hand you a paper with the phone numbers of utilities and others to help with paying bills but I didn't see anything to help postpone my dues or anything. I think I will bring some KY with me next time I go back down cause it is starting to hurt.

As a retired Sikorsky employee and concerned observer of this unfortunate strike, I hope that you, the strikers, try to understand that both sides of your picket line have a common "enemy" that you should be "fighting" together, rather than each other. That enemy is our BROKEN NATIONAL HEALTH CARE SYSYEM. You will then understand that we have reached the point in this country where neither companys nor employees (both hourly and salary) can continue to absorb the rising cost of this broken health care system.

Unfortunately, those with the power to fix the system are state and federal government employees, who only have to raise your taxes to pay their rising health care costs !!!!!

I agree that a rally should be held and it should be as big and loud as you can make it. However, it should not be held in Stratford ,it should be held in Hartford and Washington, where our elected officials will hear your voices and do the job that they are paid (a hell of a lot more than you are) to do.

Anon, if you still need KY, you must not have been a union member that long...

Yes, the salary workers are cracking... cracking up laughing. AT all the union members? no, we're human, which is more than i can say about some Teamsters.

But salary workers are cracking up all through the Sikorsky offices between the hours of 11-1pm as we all read this post, and we see how some people still say, "Stand tall, together we can't lose"

Get a grip, you've already lost, be smart, don't lose it all!

We need some of you, come back, there is no denial here we need 25% of the Teamsters... all you hard working Teamsters, come back, and shut the door once you come in, we don't want the other 75%.

AWESOME POST WAKE UP!!! i think that is the best informative post yet and the truth shall prevail

Are the teamsters going to pay for the Stratford Police's OT? Or are you selfish union workers going to make the people of Stratford pay?

If the Mayor of Stratford wants to raise taxs I hope Sikorsky Aircraft is proud of it self! Because of you Sikorsky is why we will now have to pay more in taxs! So Thanks for not just sticking it to your workers, but to the hole town of Stratford!

By the time this ordeal is said and done, the taxpayers of stratford, bridgeport, shelton and west haven will have spent enough money to have covered the cost for the health care plan...

Sad, so sad......

Hey, superstar who cannot spell....SAC did not go on strike, Teamsters local 1150 did. Ask them to help you with your soon to be increased taxes.

I seriously dont think its sikorsky just the teamster hoopla

ANON, don't blame Sikorsky if the taxes rise on Stratford, as I recall, the union votes to strike???

Oh yeah, god for bid we blame the almight teamsters, they have never been the blame for anything....

If you resign from the union this is what you lose:

If you resign, what rights will you lose? You will not lose any rights under the collective bargaining agreement, for example, seniority. The union must represent you fairly in bargaining and grievance handling whether you are a member or not. You will lose any rights under the union's constitution which are available only to members, such as voting in union elections and on ratification of the collective bargaining agreement. You may also lose your right to continue in any union pension plans, but not pension plans funded partly or completely your employer under the collective bargaining agreement.

That is taken from the National Right to Work Foundation website.

Look, this has been a lost cause from the begining. The company is not going to cave in on health care. They want One policy for everybody, that's it, final. This union picked the wrong issue to fight and they have and are misleading the membership about it. It's time for this membership to Wake Up and take a good long look at what this union is doing TO you, not For you.

I think you need a 30% vote against the union to start to disolve it, not sure tho

what is there to vote on? there is no new contract to vote on..

I can not beliebe the Union is making you guys pay dues while you are on strike.

Oh Wait, that's right, without your dues Rocco does not get paid.

Wouldn't the Union and the Company have to get together and agree on something before another vote?

Or has the company left the original offer on the table indefinitely?

You think the union is selfish! do you know what your talking about Sikorsky is the selfish one here if they take the .31 cents out of our so called raise in pay we all would not be in this mess in the first place.

Yep, blame the company,
they have treated us so god awful over the years.

Bought us homes, cars, motorcycles, boats, put kids through school.

Hey afterall there a big company, it must be their fault???

They should have a reassesment just on the union hall to cover all costs.

Thank you "christine," now there are two of us :-) Perhaps by Thursday there will be many more....we can only hope!!!!!

once again, SAC did not go on strike, 1150 DID!!!!!!
that's my .31 cents!!!!

here is a new one for you Anonymous 5:38pm

YOUR ALL BRAIN WASHED, FOLLOW YOUR LEADER LEMING

Yes, Sikorsky forced you guys to strike, because the 65k average salary wasn't enough for you to pay for 31 cents an hour for YOUR OWN healthcare.

Real selfish UTC, Igor would be rolling in his grave.

Who you kidding, the union probably dug him up. Just so they could ask him to talk to Mr. Finger.

I think maybe who they need to talk to is Rocco (their Fearless leader)or head clown "you decide"

Sikorsky did help me buy my house! my car! and a lot of other thing too! But They will be the reason why your taxs will be going up and not mine! And there is my .31 cents!!!!!!!!!!enjoy

Only person making my taxes going up is the UNION, unless you (THE UNION) are willing to pay for those Police Officers from Stradford that protect your old feeble a** from dropping over from Hypothermia and getting killed by a car.

get hooked on phonics....it's TAXES, not taxs.

For the person who commented that the picketers in shelton were walking counter-clockwise,
not today, San remo has them walking clock-wise, just like the way the water flushes down our toilets and all they money they have lost since the strike began. Rock on San!

Hey Stupped maybe I'm with the police union and you might be the next feeble a** I throw in jail for trying to run over a fellow union member! Di*k He*d

It's STUPID with an I and one less P, get a dictionary buy a clue

Was Stupped suppose to be Stupid? God I hope you not in the police union???

Hey, the Union is getting help for all the strikers who are hunched over barrels or being asked to walk in circles endlessly for hours:
Free Chiropractic Treatments Offered,,,, right off the 1150 website!

Go Teamsters!

I know he's not, Police officers graduate from High school. He is just a upset Union Member knowing tomorrow his Internet is being turned off and only thing he can find right now is this BLOG>

Give me a break. I am on the inside and the people on the inside don't have a clue what they are doing. Keep standing up for your rights!!!

OOOhh Nooo
The big smart salary guys are back on the blog !!
Whatever shall we do.
They are pretty mad that company wont bring their nice soft work stations to the floor so they can have their warm milk in the afternoon.
Dont worry, you're mommys will have some for you when you get home. Gettin tired yet??
KEEEEP LAUGHING.....HAHAHAHAHA

Hey on the inside, you obviously dont't work at Shelton O&R.
We are getting work done.
We are getting along.
We are fed like kings everyday.
Moral has never been higher.

But I do agree with one point,
I hope these people keep standing out there till summer.
First time I have gotten paid for overtime in years!

Hey with the free Chiro treatments does this mean our healthcare issues have been resolved?

I have seen the same here in Stratford:

We are getting work done.
We are getting along.
We are fed like kings everyday.
Moral has never been higher.

But you forgot to mention the bathrooms are a lot cleaner and no one is smoking in them either.

Thank You all for enlightening me to the word program on my computer, it’s one of Sikorskys dell desk tops that all of you salary people have had at your disposal, now that you have new ones with a better word program you can continue to be the geniuses that you are. This is most certainly a salary blog. God Bless our future and our Military. GREED, GREED, GREED, GREED, GREED. Hope you all like your long hours and no vacations suckers. Oh I hope your new computers came with a "How to Build Helicopters for Dummies" program.

Fellow union members the executive board asked Sikorsky to meet with them,Sikorsky asked the board to fax them there newest proposal has the union done that yet, I hope they have it's time to stop trying to be the baddest dude on the block let's put something on the table so we can vote and go back to work.I'm sure we've all been in some fights won some lost some there comes a time when you know your not going to win, the company has all the money and money always win you have to be smart and cut your losses and get on with your life which is going to work and taking care of your families needs right now also the insurance pkg wasn't comong into affect until Jan 07 that gives you 10 months to figure this out take some of your bonus and invest it to make up the difference for your ins premium I never wanted to give back my raises and bonus give me my money and I'll figure out how to pay the insurance P.S who watched the union count the votes makes you wonder.Let's get this overwith.

I would just like to say....please go back to work. Today was my first day back and I have to tell you.....I cried all the way home. But not because I think I did the wrong thing...I know I did the right thing. I cried because I feel so sorry that many of my x-coworkers are not going to have a job to go back to. They are working hard and producing results AND having fun doing it. I had a great day and I know that tomorrow will be just as rewarding. I also know that I will have a job for a long time to come. I only wish I could say the same for the rest of you that are letting Rocco make fools of. Please come back to work. You don't have to be cleared by medical...thats ridiculous. My medical has been re-instated back to Feb 19th. I feel good............Just disappointed that I haven't made the Wall of Shame yet....Please hurry..............

Brothers and Sisters: As our struggle continues we must remain together and strong. The company
has made several moves over the last few days that indicate very strongly that they are suffering the
affects of this strike. Do not fall into the trap! If you cross the picket line you are an at-will employee
and can be terminated or disciplined at any time. You are not entitled to work under a contract. You
will be forced to withdraw from the union. If you think that the company will treat you fairly, talk to your
friends in the salary ranks who are in there doing the work. They are working 12-hours a day, 6-days
a week and received NO overtime pay! The salaried workers are angry about the way they are being
treated. You will not be treated well. You will work for a fraction of your pay with NO INSURANCE! Go work for Home Depot at least you'll get some insurance.
The company has a right to hire temporary replacements only. The National Labor Relations Act says that when the strike is over the striking workers are entitled to have their jobs back. The company cannot terminate you.

BULLSHIT

Anonymous at 4:57 p.m.

That was priceless.

12 days-at an average of $25/hour-$9 million dollars.

Hang tough Teamsters. They will come offering that $.31 per hour, really?

Get real people. Its not 1950. There is no labor shortage; the world is flat, and locations all over it will be meeting with UTC hierarchy any time they desire. What do you think they will say?

OK, Now I remember why I tune in to this comedy show. The moron misspelling "stupped" has recharged my spirit more than an old Richard Pryor tape ever could. And, posting as a cop no less. You can't make this stuff up.

To the True Genius, THANK YOU.

my husband works for sikorsky, he is the only one working in our family, i don't have a job and my son is to young to work. i heard somebody on the news today saying you can get any job until the strike is over even babysiting!!!!!yep ! right! i can see my husband babysiting!!!!!!!! besides we don't know any kids that nead babysiting, and who is going to give him or me a job at the last minute? it takes for ever to get a job in ct. the thing is from what i hear the company is not going to change their mind, what is the union waiting for????? for everybody to loose their house?! their cars?! lights to go off in their house?! no heat?! do you guys realize a lot of people have no savings???? or wealthy family to help out??!! do you guys know that we have bills to pay and they don't care if you are on strike or not? they want their payments on time!!!!!!!! and you guys have the nerve to put the name of the people that can't no longer go on without the money on a wall of shame???!!!!! shame on you union!!.. your names should be on that wall!. are you paying our bills ?????? no....... when you pay our bills you have the right to put the names on the wall of shame, until then, put all your names on it because you are taking food, heat, clothes, toys etc from people and kids lives. put your tales between your legs and end this stupid strike!!!. me

I hate like hell to burst your bubble, but salary people are getting paid 15 hours of overtime to do our work. Your $232 is not getting me anywhere. Just got oil delivered, Rocco. $320. I'm a little short. Can you help me out? I didn't think so! I want my "F" job back very soon. Bet, I'm not alone! You will lose the troups very shortly, if you do not do something to turn this around. I am trying to be loyal, but my bank account tells me to defect. It's in your hands. Hope you realize that I am not alone. Do you really want this union dissolved. I don't

To the ex marines picketing,
Your brothers and sisters have died on the battlefield so I can have the freedom to choose to do anything I want, like go to work. I ask you WHY ARE YOU TRING TO TAKE THIS FREEDOM AWAY FROM ME, AND I WOULD ADD IN AN ABUSING, DISCUSTING, AND THREATENING MANNOR.

Second day back was just as good as the first. 10 to 12 hour days, medical insurance, green bagde and a great welcome from the salary employees. It is just a shame to see all the outsourcing going on my guess is a layoff when all is said and done.

Fidelity.com

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JOBS WILL GO GOODBYE:

Taken directly from the NLRB website (www.nlrb.gov)- definition of an economic strike...

If the object of a strike is to obtain from the employer some economic concession such as higher wages, shorter hours, or better working conditions, the striking employees are called economic strikers. They retain their status as employees and cannot be discharged, but they can be replaced by their employer. If the employer has hired bona fide permanent replacements who are filling the jobs of the economic strikers when the strikers apply unconditionally to go back to work, the strikers are not entitled to reinstatement at that time. However, if the strikers do not obtain regular and substantially equivalent employment, they are entitled to be recalled to jobs for which they are qualified when openings in such jobs occur if they, or their bargaining representative, have made an unconditional request for their reinstatement.

I AM GOING TO A MASSAGE PARLOR AND GET A HAPPY ENDING

Unions were made to protect the weak, those who were abused by labor.

How are you being abused with your $1250 per week job, 401K, college savings in the bank for your kids....not to mention the mortgage the company has paid on your house the last twenty years and the food and cloths your family has gotten.

Get a Clue!

Have fun at your STRIKE PARTY..the public does see your priorities.

P.S. Should you be at a party on strike or pay those high oil bills....

P.S.S Don't worry about the managers...They have many more weeks before they will get tired of making all the extra cash that they don't normally get.

More Lies:

I hear you strikers are being told if you go back it will be as a yellow badge, you'll be paid $14 and hour and then when people come back they will be fired. Don't believe the chatter in the union hall - call your HR rep.

look at the posting above:
My medical has been re-instated back to Feb 19th. I feel good............Posted by: Happy Again on March 7, 2006 07:07 PM

I AM GOING TO SIKORSKY AND GET A HAPPY ENDING

I AM GOING TO A MASSAGE PARLOR AND GET A HAPPY ENDING

THANKS MIKE

Do SIK employees get 1.5X for overtime or 1X pay per hour?

Dont be fooled by the union comments that the salary personnel are cracking. I witnessed terrific cooperation with each other and DCMA personnel.The product will get delivered although maybe a little slow at first.

I have never worked at SAC but have been following this blog. In one posting earlier today there was some missinformation presented that could harm those wondering abouts their rights during this strike. YOU CAB BE PERMANENTLY REPLACED during an economic strike. It is only under an Unfair Labor Practices Strike that there is a guaranteed return right. In an economic strike the replacements get to keep their jobs. The only right the striker has is to wait for new openings - if any ever come available. Economic strikers do NOT have any rights to their old jobs. This is the law under the National Labor Relations Act. If this is a concern to you this can, and should, be confirmed by calling the NLRB. Whether or not you support the strike make sure you have good information before making the life impacting decisions you all now are facing.

AS FAR AS I AM CONCERNED IF WE DO NOT GET BACK TO WORK BY THE END OF APRIL MY NAME WILL BE ON THE WALL OF SHAME! "SHAME ON ME FOR PUTTING UP WITH THIS STRIKE THIS LONG" I WILL NOT LOSE MY HOUSE BECAUSE THIS STUPID UNION DOES NOT KNOW THAT IT IS OVER!

I believe its called RECALL...SIK would have to RECALL you!

The union in spewing their garbage about the company treating you like shit when you return without a contract. Use your brains folks, do you think the company is going to treat anyone like shit that is stepping up to the plate to help the company? The people that come back early will be treated better than most people that return after this B.S. strike is over. The company respects people that are able to think for themselves and each person that steps over the line to go to work is helping to ensure hourly and salary will continue having a job in the end.

I think the union is putting out more propraganda than anyone. This B.S. paper about how badly I will be treated if I return. The only thing the union has ever done for me is stop me from being promoted because someone with half of my abilities had more time. I think the time for the union to say bye-bye. I hope enough people cross that the company refuses to let the remaining strikers back in. I will take a salary job just to keep the union out for good.

Wasn't it the union the got promotions to be seniority based instead of merit based? I don't care if you have 30 years, if you are a P.O.S that does nothing you deserve nothing. Since this strike is going to be ruled economic instead of unfair labor practices the company has the chance to get rid of a majority of you. I hope everyone that has been sitting around for the last 5 years doing enough to just make it by really sits down and thinks how they may be out looking for a new job because you guys are not going to be wanted back.

LAST WEEK FOR ME .ONE MORE $235

Isn't it sad, that so many of us have worked our lifetime at Sikorsky's and we are going to be pig headed and throw it all away. If our union leaders aren't going to be smart enough to admit defeat, then the members need to stand together and do something about it! They should be ashamed of themselves for their bulling tactics. like this stupid "hall of Shame" Does anyone know anyone elses situation? I'd like to give them an Atta-boy!!!!!! When all is said and done, if this is not over soon, you can add my name to your shame list!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! At least I'll be able to feed my family. They come above all mr. TEAMSTERS!

Lets see, how long will the union pay out those big checks from the stike fund...hmmmm.

$232 X 2000 employees X 6 wks = $2,784,000.00

I guess its worth paying this out of the strike fund for you guys to be stiking on behalf of the Nations Healthcare issues. Thanks

LAST WEEK FOR ME .ONE MORE $235........ THAT I USED TO MAKE IN ONE DAY

I am wondering why almost everyone does not sign there name. They seem to have a lot to say, but will not sign there name, why is that???????

OOPS!

UPDATE!!

$235 X 2000 employees X 6 wks = $2,820,000.00

I guess its worth paying this out of the strike fund for you guys to be stiking on behalf of the Nations Healthcare issues. Thanks

Why post your name, so we can be harassed by the union. Get our names on the kiddie wall of shame...have threats made against us...No, sorry, not interested in getting beat up anymore.

Anonymous 7:15 You must be Rocco, Right?

"They are working 12-hours a day, 6-days
a week and received NO overtime pay! The salaried workers are angry about the way they are being
treated. You will not be treated well. You will work for a fraction of your pay with NO INSURANCE! Go work for Home Depot at least you'll get some insurance."

Where do you get your information?? It's this kind of garbage, spread by the union that shows how much you can be believed. Do you expect anyone to believe this junk?
Fact is NONE of this is true

MAINTENANCE WILL BE THE FRIST TO GO. THEY WHERE THING ABOUT IT BEFORE THE STRIKE....IM GOING BACK. SORRY...

With regard to the directional water flow in a toilet and it’s relation to the direction of walking strikers, there’s no relationship, however, the direction of a water flow in a toilet in the Northern Hemisphere is Counter Clockwise, not Clockwise. This is due to the Coriolis force.

The Coriolis force causes the air to rotate around a low pressure center in a cyclonic direction. Indeed, the term cyclonic not only means that the fluid (air or water) rotates in the same direction as the underlying Earth, but also that the rotation of the fluid is due to the rotation of the Earth. Thus, the air flowing around a hurricane spins counter-clockwise in the northern hemisphere, and clockwise in the southern hemisphere (as does the Earth, itself). In both hemispheres, this rotation is deemed cyclonic. If the Earth did not rotate, the air would flow directly in towards the low pressure center, but on a spinning Earth, the Coriolis force causes that air to be deviated with the result that it travels around the low pressure center.

I BELIVE THE WALL OF SHAME IS IN POOR TASTE! THE PEOPLE THAT HAVE CROSSED ARE PEOPLE LIKE YOU AND ME THAT NEED A JOB FOR THERE FAMILY! FAMILY MEANS MORE TO ME THAT THIS STRIKE! IF WE CAN GET OVER A 1000 WORKERS TO CROSS AT THE SAME TIME THE UNION IS DONE! AND IF THEY WERE SMART AND WANT TO KEEP SOME SORT OF A SAY ON WHAT GOES ON IN THE SHOP THEY BETTER DO A REVOTE SOON!

Are you kidding me? How many of you union supporters were in the military? How many of you have sons, daughters, or other loved ones fighting in the war? The only ones you are hurting are THEM! You are the individuals that support them every single day by keeping the most important aircraft flying...But all you are concerned about is a few extra bucks to help pay for your medical benefits. Be thankful you have them at all.

By the way, Sikorsky is not hurting. They are producing more every week the union is on strike; its great! Keep my fellow Marines and Sailors & Army and COast Gurad doing what they do best. The parts are being delivered, the new aircraft are being delivered...all while you stand out in the cold fighting a lost cause. Don't you realize how big UTC is? Of all the business units, there are enough employees to fill the holes.

And, you can be terminated. Don't let your "leaders" tell you different. I have never seen a bunch of greedy individuals before in my life. Had I known what type of people that were making/fixing the parts that are keeping my loved ones alive, I would have been ashamed.

And for all of the retired military walking the picket line, SHAME ON YOU!!!!!! Stop being so selfish and think of someone else rather than yourself.

Another FYI~ MANY of the salaried workers have either been in the military or down on the shop floor at one time or another so, don't think for one minute that they can't get the job done, because they are and KUDOS to them!!

Have fun freazing your a** off for a "good cause"

So much for my fifteen minutes of fame. Now everyone back is on the WALL OF SHAME. oh well maybe inside the plant we can make a WALL OF FAME.

IM OWNLY ONE MAN,BUT COME MONDAY IM DRIVING MY CAR THOUGH THE GATES..AND GOING BACK WHO'S WITH ME I DON'T CARE.

Right after I pick up my next strike check I will be giving my resignation letter to the union. Unless someone can tell me how to come up with $2500 by the end of the month I am done. I'll go babysit. Yeah right, not that kind of money in that. But work there is that kind of money so I will go there.

Stand stong!!! Yeah in what the cardboard box I will end up living in. My family's well being and my own is #1 to me and if any of you don't feel the same way you need a reality check. Where do you draw the line and go back to work without the unions blessing? Lose your house, car, wife, or anything else you own?

Fortunatly, my wife wouldn't leave me because we are broke and she supports whatever decision I make. But I will be damned if I am going to make her suffer and lose our home over what, staying loyal to a union that wont even answer question with a direct answer. I have asked questions and for an answer got a question back. The union likes to misinform its members to accomplish it's agenda. If anyone has any real common sense they would jump ship while they still can.

IM WITH YOU... YOUR NOT ALONE GOING BACK

I AM GOING TO A MASSAGE PARLOR AND GET A HAPPY ENDING....ONE MORE $235........

Lets do the math:

$1250 lost wages
X 6 weeks
= $ 7500.00

$ 50.00 mo added health premium
X 12 mo.
= $ 600 year

$600 yr
divided into $7500
= 12.5 years could have been paid into medical

We all have choices

Hey Anon 8:12 I'll be right there with you!!!

Lets do the math:

$1250 lost wages
X 6 weeks
= $ 7500.00

$ 50.00 mo added health premium
X 12 mo.
= $ 600 year

$600 yr
divided into $7500
= 12.5 years could have been paid into medical

We all have choices
MASSAGE PARLOR AND GET A HAPPY ENDING $75

To all the salaried workers,
Thank for the warm welcome the past two days, it's made a very enjoyable to days. It's also made very easy to forget the people outside.
THANKS AGAIN!!!

The union could have contributed the $232 each week from the strike fund to help pay for our increased medical costs. I will bet there are well over one hundred crossing the line by monday and 5 times that the next monday.

YOUR WELCOME MIKE

Anon 8:22 - well said

And the best part of the whole thing is, you have a year to get ready for the additional increase in premium. That wasn't mentioned at the vote was it?

I'm a salaried worker and I walked through the machine shop this afternoon and I recognized some faces of returning skilled hourly workers------All I can say is I admire your courage and conviction to support your families. There is no shame only the pride of knowing that your love for your families is the first and most important job you have.

Stay out as long as you like this 15 hours a week paid OT is awesome. Maybe I'll show up at Snookers for the party and buy you guys that can't afford it a round.

I would like to congratulate the following people for being able to think for themselves and having the morals to do what is right for them and their family.

MY WALL OF FAME

Walter Yaremich - H43056

Charles Blake - H37996

Susan Labacz - H36185

Douglas Winston - H42091

John Palyo III - H46203

Ronald Lisitano - H47720

Kenneth Harris - H48649

Craig Farnham - H49504

Curtis Ice - H34430

Thomas Werner - H41721

Raymond Kelchner - H45066

Helen Slade - H35171

Joann Johnson - H43508

Michael Blake - H43601

Everton Chambers - H40222

Thomas Stabler - H41069

David Salerno - H45708

Darlene Lessard - H37053

Curtis Brakett - H?

Alisa Peterson - H48880

Gerald Newbauer - H38765

William Kayfus III - H35064

Fred Jahn - H49996

Marc Sasso - H46054

Francisco Fernandes - H46902

Michael Papini - H50177

Michael Santelli - H?

Mario Bellone Jr. - H35030

Christopher Walsh - H38085

I just miss my lunch buddy.

Lets do more math:

TAke the strike pay and convert to pincreased medical premium?

$235 strike pay
X 6 weeks
X 2000 employees
= $ 2,820.000

$ 2,820,000 strike pay
divided by 3000 employees @ $ 600 year medical premium increase
= 1.5 years of additional premium cost

Disclaimer: These numbers are only estimates.

Anonymous 08:27 PM

From what I have seen your Wall of Fame list is missing a lot of names.

P.S. I too congratulate these brave souls and welcome them back to work.

FAMILY FIRST!!!

maybe i can open up a food stand at the picket line and sell scabby patties

Lets see...open up food stand or pay my oil bill?

After Thurssay, maybe the union should just put the names of people who are still striking. It could be easier task then writing 2800 names.

It's real good to know that all the Pedophiles have left the kids alone on MY SPACE.com and found a new home here.Keep writing each other you mindless jerks.. Hi Beth

Yup, another 15 hours of OT this week. You can walk around in circles forever as far as I'm concerned... 1150.

The post at 8:27 are all the people currently on the wall of shame webpage. I'm sure the union is having a hard time keeping it updated considering they are slow with everything else. How about those daily updates? I give all these people much respect because they know what is truely important to them.

The people I see there that I feel bad for are the H49xxx-H50xxx badge numbers. Chances are these people don't have 90 days in and it is probably the only way they are able to keep their jobs. Oh wait Rocco says we are not going back in until all are brought back. Looks like no one will be coming back then. If I was in charge of the company and I have a person with 60 days not come back when offeref, they would not be coming back when it is all over. Now Rocco wont let anyone go back unless all come back so it looks like there will be plenty of parking for a long time.

Yeah, moral is so low inside...right.....

Ka-ching, Ka-ching......

Sikorsky human resorces called me twice yesturday and once today..I guess they want me back cause im a faithful employee and do my job,go to work on time and never jerk off like some other workers did....pays not to burn your bridge here!!!

If nothing resolves by friday im calling them back and im going to resign from the union then go back to work asap...

sorry union but my bills are backing up!!!

I have a question for anyone that refuses to go back until the strike is ended.

If a new contract is agreed upon and the company refuses to let union members with less than 90 days back in, will you return to work without them?

All people with less than 90 should of been back already!!!there dum asses if they did not call sikorsky yet..or they already lost there job ..the union does not protect u before 90!!!

A sample union resignation letter is provided below.

[LETTER TO UNION: SEND BY CERTIFIED MAIL, RETURN RECEIPT REQUESTED]

[your address]

[date]

[name and address of union]

[To the appropriate union officer (See your union constitution. For the Teamsters, for example, the letter must be addressed to the Secretary-Treasurer)]:

I hereby resign as a member of [name of union]. My resignation is effective immediately. I will continue to meet my lawful obligation of paying a representation fee to the union under its "union shop" or "agency shop" agreement with [name of employer].

Furthermore, I object to the collection and expenditure by the union of a fee for any purpose other than my pro rata share of the union's costs of collective bargaining, contract administration, and grievance adjustment, as is my right under Communications Workers v. Beck, 487 U.S. 735 (1988). Pursuant to Teachers Local 1 v. Hudson, 475 U.S. 292 (1986), and Abrams v. Communications Workers, 59 F.3d 1373 (D.C. Cir. 1995), I request that you provide me with my procedural rights, including: reduction of my fees to an amount that includes only lawfully chargeable costs; notice of the calculation of that amount, verified by an independent certified public accountant; and notice of the procedure that you have adopted to hold my fees in an interest-bearing escrow account and give me an opportunity to challenge your calculation and have it reviewed by an impartial decisionmaker.

[If you pay dues by payroll deduction, include this paragraph: Accordingly, I also hereby notify you that I wish to authorize only the deduction of representation fees from my wages. If I am required to sign a new deduction authorization form to make that change, please provide me with the necessary form.]

Please reply promptly to my request. Any further collection or expenditure of dues or fees from me made without the procedural safeguards required by law will violate my rights under the National Labor Relations Act and/or U.S. Constitution.

Finally, please consider this objection to be permanent and continuing in nature.

Sincerely yours,

[name]

[If you include the paragraph on the change in your payroll deduction authorization, you should also send a copy of this letter to the payroll department of your employer.]

Copied from the National Right to Work Foundation website.

Just wrote my resignation letter. My wife didn't want me to at frist. Then said she was proud of me for doing what is right for us and my kids..

It's real good to know that all the Pedophiles have left the kids alone on MY SPACE.com and found a new home here.Keep writing each other you mindless jerks.. Hi Beth

Thats the same letter i sent today. I will be back tommarrow... My family first.

Anon 8:24 the union says all out together and all back in together. An employee is a member after 30 days making them a brother or sister and Rocco has said before the strike that we are going to protect these people too.

So who is willing to continue to stay out for someone with two months if Rocco wants you to?

My Space.com...You could try to be original...or are you not capable of an original thought?

For anyone who wants to blame Sikorsky for higher taxes in Stratford, try to remember that Sikorsky IS the largest taxpayer in Stratford. Think of what would happen to Stratford, if Sikorsky relocated most of the manufacturing to a more friendly state. I think we can all agree on how bad of thing that would be for Stratford.

Now, let's all get back to work.

I'm waiting until Monday because as far as I am concerned this is my vacation this year. Thanks Rocco you fat ass with an even bigger ego, but too bad no one likes you. Maybe that is why he is hiding.

FAMILY FIRST I always said!!!

When the union starts paying my bills and putting food on the table then I'll listen to them!

Rocco...Do you see what Our people are writing? What the hell is going on?? People are starting to get nervous. Mortgages need to be paid. These people can't last this long. Lets go back to the company after Hoffa comes and goes and make a new contract and re vote. Nobody was ready for this. No one realized it was gonna last more than a week. Sikorsky spent numerous amounts of cash to send the salary people to school for training. These people need to go back to work. All these people are gonna jump the line. It's only a matter of days. You aint here Rocco. You don't see these people. You don't hear these people. I am on the line everyday 10-2 (or even longer) and it is sad. The only thing you can say is "hang in there guys"...this is bullshit!!! If I knew you were gonna be like this...me and my fellow workers would never have voted for your clan in 2002.I know you read this and it is hard cause we aint hearing shit from you. But I will bet you that come hursday...3/9/06...you'll be here...all day. Only to get photo ops with Hoffa!!!

Does your Mom know your up past 9

Unions were made to protect the weak, those who were abused by labor.

How are you being abused with your $1250 per week job, 401K, overtime pay, college savings in the bank for your kids....not to mention the mortgage the company has paid on your house the last twenty years and the food and cloths your family has gotten.

Get a Clue!

Have fun at your STRIKE PARTY..the public does see your priorities.

P.S. Should you be at a party on strike or pay those high oil bills....

P.S.S Don't worry about the managers...They have many more weeks before they will get tired of making all the extra cash that they don't normally get.

Who believes ANYTHING Rocco says anymore?

You guys must make a lot of money in order to afford to stay out and pay for the Rocco picture with Hoffa.

You saying that salary doesn't get paid for OT BUMMER

TO ALL LOCAL 1150 TEAMSTERS...

If you have any questions or concerns as a
result of what you have read here, please
get the FACTS! Be advised that the company
now has consultants working to cause dissention
among our membership. This blog is being used
as one of their tools. Stop at Union Hall and
keep informed of the actual situation. DO NOT
be upset or worry needlessly. Stewards and
Executive Board members will also be happy
to discuss the latest developments with you.
Stay strong! Don't be misled by the company’s
"whisper campaign".

The dog and pony show that is about to take place this thursday will probably push the town of Stratford beyond its level of tolerance for this crap and... hopefully... break local 1150.

Go for it Rocco!!!

PS,

Why are hourly workers paid well today?

Because of the work and sacrifices of the union.

AMEN BROTHER

Now, now, we don't want the union broke up. The union does have a purpose. Lets just get everybody back to work.

We moan when we have to work and we moan when we are out of work. Spoiled Americans.

I have a question,

How is it possible to have more posts from disgruntled Teamsters in this blog than there are members???!!!

Multiple posts from same person...yikes...you build things that fly?

Human Resources is on 12 hour days!!! That's how!!!

Labor unions in America help workers fight for better lives and respect on the job. But with only 9% of the private-sector workforce belonging to a union, the vast majority of workers do not enjoy the benefits and protection of a union contract.

In the non-union workplace, companies can hire and fire workers "at will." That means they do not have to negotiate the terms of a firing or even offer an explanation. What's more, in non-union workplaces there are few options for workers to speak out against abusive management, unsafe working conditions, low wages, and lousy benefits.

Unfortunately, many workers in America labor in fear and just accept that nothing can be done to change the situation. And that, of course, is exactly how most employers prefer their workers: afraid, cowed, uncomplaining.

Although unions cannot solve all the problems workers face on the job, they are still the best way for workers to confront the disproportionate power of the boss.

But workers who do not have unions are not entirely defenseless either.

That is primarily due to federal labor and civil rights laws that unions and other activists have fought for and won in the last 100 years. These laws include:

* Fair Labor Standards Act (FLSA): Sets the minimum wage, paid overtime and prohibits child labor
* Unemployment Insurance (UI): Provides benefits to some laid off workers
* Social Security Act: Provides a modest pension to workers over the age of 65
* Title VII of the 1964 Civil Rights Act: Outlaws discrimination based on race, sex, religion, color or national origin by employers in hiring, firing, promotions, transfer and apprenticeships; enforced by the Equal Employment Opportunity Commission
* Employee Retirement Income Security Act (ERISA): Regulates pension and benefit plans to prevent fraud and abuse
* The Occupational Safety and Health Act (OSHA): Mandates that U.S. employers provide safe and healthful workplaces
* The Family and Medical Leave Act (FMLA): Provides unpaid protected leave for family and medical needs to qualified workers

Forgot one point...Unions protect the sluggs that hide under the union label.

How true is it that the same people that are telling us to stay strong have themselves had two stewards get into it and one ended up with a broken nose at the hall.

The thugs we elected as stewards also need to go with Rocco.

And lastly I was alking to my neighbor who is working inside Stratford and he stated that there is no decention other than the company has had numerous companies in to bid on work to take out. He stated that there is sweeping changes that have been done and that the work will not be coming back.

God help us all, we really screwed up.

To Anonymous @ 9:22

"Multiple posts from same person...yikes...you build things that fly?"

I think you are correct. I'd estimate about 90% are from Human Resources and their new stooge consultants.

The problem with this country is that there is no UNITY. It's always about "me and they were unfair to me". What ever happened to doing what is best for the greater good of man kind? People hate the Teamsters because they give us a choice. Salary workers are angry because they don't have a choice, but I bet if you put them in our shoes and put that contract in front of them they would have voted NO!!! Let the scabs cross, let those who desire to resign from the union. So what if a couple hundred people cross that picket line. That only means one thing, instead of walking 3600 strong we walk 3400 strong. I am proud to be a Teamster and proud to be a part of a group of people that are willing to fight for what they believe in.
Hang in there 1150!!!

OUTSTANDING POST!!!

Don't blame SIK HR for these posts....They don't have to stoop to this level. When you are holding all the cards you don't need to bluff, cheat or scam. These are real people, employees and non employees venting. Let them speak, like it or not.

Ok Beth don't get your panties all bunched up.

sorry, my name is not Beth...

Hey 9:12
The FACT is I don't believe the union anymore.I had a hard time before, this is just more proof of their lying and half truths.
The FACT is there has been no mention of talks for over a week now.
The FACT is bills are adding up and you show us no sign of hope this will end anytime soon.
The FACT is I'm going back to work and Many More are too

I AM GOING TO A MASSAGE PARLOR AND GET A HAPPY ENDING

No question you have to be united. But you also have to pick which battles you need to fight. You can't always fight.

As a Sikorsky employee I have been watching the strike coverage.
The real losers are the Union members who are not able to get the truth from the Company or the Union that represents them. I believe the Union was out foxed by the present management team. By striking the Union has left the henhouse wide open, all are lost to the FOX!
The Union was too smart for its own good, I truly believe striking was exactly what the company wanted.
Does anyone really think the upper management cares if your children starve?
Facts are facts corporate greed is an American way of life.
Lets face it, some years ago Sikorsky Aircraft began a cutural change. The company opened its Employee Scholarship Program so we may educate ourselves in any Degree program. As a hourly worker I saw the writing on the wall, and took advantage of this program.
If we survive this strike I hope many more will take advantage of the Education program and prepare themselves for the closing of our company.
I miss all of my friends and wish to take this time to say my heart is with you. Hopefully when all has passed you will understand that the salary employees had to go to work or they would be terminated.

Oh PUH-LEEEESSSE - The problem with this country is that there is no UNITY. It's always about "me and they were unfair to me". What ever happened to doing what is best for the greater good of man kind?
What, exactly, is your strike over? The big bad company isn't being FAIR to us (wah wah). Never mind that the package you were offered is better than MANY MANY people in CT have. And then there is the "well look at what George David makes" comments - like that has anything to do with the price of beans. So what? That's what HE makes, and he ain't gonna give it to you. Get over it. And please enlighten me how this mess is for the greater good of mankind - you're not curing cancer out there.

15 weeks prat&whitney striked.. and didn't get anything!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!1

Unions are about outdated as the VCR. They are not needed anymore because new and better things have been developed to replace them.

Labor laws and OSHA replace the union as DVD has replaced the VCR.

Many people still own and use VCRs and Unions but these people need to stop living in the past. The VCR you own will get used less and less as time goes on, the same is true for unions. The labor issues they helped regulate are now regulated by laws. So go buy a DVD player and start using the laws meant to protect you instead of a union.

What ever happened to doing what is best for the greater good of man kind? do whats best for you and yours and be a man

To all the NON UNION WORKERS just remember one thing, if we loose in the end so will you.

Math facts:

$1250 week pay
X 2000 Sik employees not working
= $ 2,500,000.00 wkly saved hourly wages by company.

Yes they will toss a couple cookies and dollars the the salary folks...but it still comes to 10,000,000.00. THAT'S TEN Million in unpaid hourly wages over 4 weeks.

Over the weekend I read SEVERAL HUNDRED
posts from supposed Teamsters who
were "going in on Monday". The total
is at 26. And you're going to tell me
that NONE of the posts here are an
attempt to "divide & conquer" the
Teamster membership? It's propaganda
to such a ridiculous magnitude
that NO ONE believes it any more.

Okay's here is the deal. If any one thinks Rocco
is going to back down your insane ! remember He is a two time loser (alabama and pratt). He will wait till a large number crosses and then he will
blame the crossing for the strike failure. Thus saving face!

checkmate

I am doing what is the best for me and thats by fighting to give my family the best they can possibly get. If you did not overextend your finaces you you would not be crying after only two weeks. The boys sit at the desk and the men fight on the frontline.

The company doesn't have to POST here. The public looks at you SIK employees as cry babies making over a thousand a week with the new pickup trucks lined up in the parking lot. We ALL pay heavy into our healthcare for the last few years...Where have you been SLEEPING behind your newspaper in the shithouse!

Hey A--WHOLE IF YOU DIDN'T STRIKE, WE WOULD HAVE ALL WON. REMEMBER THE PROMISE NO LAYOFFS. MOVE PEOPLE AROUND TO OTHER DEPTS. HE KEPT HIS PROMISE, YOU JUST SLAPPED HIM IN THE FACE. WE ARE ALL GOING TO GET WHAT YOU DESERVE.

PS: I THINK WE HAD 10 YRS. OF WORK.

I am very sorry, but it just seems like your leadership is not there. They dragged you into a fight that you will probably not win, realized what they have done so, and abandoned you. They amplified all of the negative aspects of the contract, and ignored the positives. How can you stand behind them anymore?

You were blessed with what SAC offered. You just see this ridiculous escalation in health care in much larger (3-year) steps. Look at what's going on around you. Look at the BIG picture. The union has lost its effectivity in shielding you from this... though they have done a pretty good job up until now. It was inevitable. The levees have breached... and SAC Is REALLY trying to hold back the flood (80/20 with a cap plus 1 year delay in implementation)

This is NOT the 1950's...WAKE UP BOYS! You been fat, dumb and happy for a long time!

I do not work at Sikorsky, but I find it funny that the posts by the salary workers make it sound as if they are actually jealous of the union workers. Why does salary care what union does? Why not mind your own business and do your own job?

but it is pretty funny to read this mindless nonsense

It's a matter of time now until Hutton and his Pratt Frat boys takes care of the salary side. NOW he sees how much you slugs are really worth.

way more than 26 I know and more coming

My mistake... It is 29.

How do you know they are salary worker posts...

There are people that make $400 a week looking at you SIK hourly employees with the same high school education as them saying to themselves how ungrateful you are for what you have had for so long and you don't even see it.

YO HAPPY ENDING.......... EITHER YOU ARE THE BIGGEST PROCRASTINATOR ON EARTH OR YOU LIVE NEXT DOOR TO THE MASSAGE PARLOR. SO EITHER GO GET YOUR HAPPY ENDING OR GO GET ANOTHER HAPPY ENDING (IF IT'S THE LATTER, I'M IN AWE!!)

People, after reading the nonsense I cant help myself in writing an opinion from an ex salary engineer. Look, first off engineering will be a shell of itself within 5 years. They have reduced the airframe and propulsion staff to strictly basic data and offload. We , I mean the guys in stratford who use to do detail design now manage work from out of state. That bites the big one first off. Second, all the aircraft I supported were built almost entirely in Europe, i.e. S76 and most of S92. And in the next 5 years line workers will be reduced to final assemblers, thats it. Paint, airframe, even electrical all outsourced. Thats what you fools should be circling the wagons about. If I was still there I would be up front in the street with you. Because frankly your health benefits is petty at this point. I always had a 80/20 insurance plan before during and after working there. Its like any bill, you pay it and shut it. The top brass is enjoying you all turning this into a salary hourly circus. Thats sad. when i was there your each jealous of each other for all the wrong reasons. You choose to do what you do for a living for your own reasons, and if you allow someone to control yoour destiny than you are a fool. Just like big companies dont care who you are when times are tough during layoffs, and Ive been screwed by bigger companies than UTC, loyalty should be to yourself and your well being i.e. family. Not someone who speaks for you and tells you that your getting a raw deal. How do they know, union reps seem to know whats best for you, good, thats why you elect them, they get payed handsomly and when promotions are up you get dogged by some old timer who cant hold a hammer anymore but has 2 years more than you. That sucks! I like to think i control my own path so when allowing others with their best intrest in mind and not yours , beware. I aint bashing either side. UTC is following the big 3 GM, Ford and IBM with heealth care restructuring, its not like no one saw this coming. Wait till you see the retirement wave hit between now and the end of the year. All those who can retire will be b/c of loss of massive health benefits. UTC has the best benefits around, take advantage of them. The grass sure isnt greener elswhere.
Good Luck.

sorry guess again try three times that

No question that there's dead wood on both sides. Hopefully that's what will be cut from the salaried ranks as needed. But on the hourly side, if someone is a useless POS but has seniority, mgmt. can't get rid of him/her. So a newer hourly person gets dumped, regardless of how good they are or how hard they work. Can anyone really tell me that's fair or right?

Mommy, why do the people spell so many words incorrectly? Will inexpensive insurance make that better? Please give the mean men inexpensive insurance so they stop yelling obscenities at my daddy. Don't they get dizzy walking in circles? Why do they like rat pictures? Why do so many wear tight sweatpants? Why do they think other people like them? Do those cardboard signs keep them warm? If daddy beeps driving into work will they like him?

They walk in ovals

Crickets.................

HEY HAPPY ENDING.............. go back to MySpace where you came from!!!

There are 29 on the wall of shame now and with how slow the union is that means threr are probably 50. If Rocco would make himself visable and informed the membership his plans I am sure less people would plan to cross. He decides to hide and anyone at the hall I have asked questions to answers me with a question. So I have decided I am going back because I need the money very badly and there is no end in sight so I will not wait another week without any information.

I kind of find it amusing the union sends the company a letter on March 2nd stating on March 3rd they will be at the Marriott waining to negotiate. If no one noticed this was only for show. Put yourself in the company's position and you have been telling Rocco to submit a proposal including the 80/20 insurance and then we will talk. He submits nothing to you other than a letter giving less than 24hrs notice to meet and negotiate. I wouldn't have shown up either, I'll be damned if I am going to have this idiot tell me to meet the next day to negotiate after telling him we needed a proposal first.

He is trying to make it look like the company wont negotiate and is trying to make himself look like the good guy. Well Rocco we are not that stupid, we can see through your show.

Now if he was trying to bargain in good faith he would have submitted a proposal on Monday and scheduled a time on Wednesday to sit down for negotiations. It is all a show. Don't anyone forget he works for us and not the other way around. Out with Rocco for the benefit of the 1150.

I think we have soem GWB writers on this blog. HAHAHA, you guys are hilarious, trying to calm down your fellow teamsters. They have a right to be nervous and apprehensive.

Don't worry guys, come to the cult, I mean union hall... Sikorsky is paying Carrie Greathart overtime this month so she can spread radical propoganda about sikorsky to trick you to come back.

Man, no one the rest of the world hates us, we are the stupidist ass people to ever walk the face of this earth. Maybe we should start putting ejection seats in our heli's.

I don't work at Sikorsky. But am tired of hearing you hourly people complain. If you want to point a finger and blame someone, remember you have three pointing back at yourself. Don't moan you have no money. This strike is no surprise. You make a good wage. You should have prepared to stick it out if you are going to support the brotherhood. Your all big boys and girls and you are responsible for YOUR OWN ACTIONS. You want a strike vote, be careful what you ask for, you got it! Don't blame anyone, you voted to walk.

To AmazedAtItAll, What would your answer to the problem be? "Throw away" all the older employees?

The strong carry the weak. The young carry the old. That's how it is on the shop floor.

There seems to be a lot of people in these blogs that have no back bone.
If you are going to bash the Teamsters 1150 and Rocco then at least state your name, other wise there is no merit to what you say.

I could say this about Rocco he is a stand up truthful person that will fight for you and your family long and hard. He is only acting out our wishes as the majority voted that health care was the most important.

If you think he has nothing to due with contracts and lobbying for work in Washington than you really don’t know how he works. Not only is Rocco a family man but he cares for each one of us on that strike line. He will listen to any offer Sikorsky and UTC can conjure up. The only problem is Sikorsky and UTC has no other offers.

If you think the Union does nothing for us than look at the salary employees of UTC and Sikorsky.

WAGE INCREASE FREEZES
NO OVERTIME PAY
MANDATORY 5 HOURS A WEEK GIVE BACKS
80 / 20 HEALTH INSURANCE
PAY CHECKS EVERY 2 WEEKS
NEED I SAY MORE !!!!!1

Steve Finger should be ashamed of himself for creating an atmosphere which is so finacially driven and destroying what Igor Sikorsky accomplished.

AMEN BROTHER!!!

Based on what I have been reading on this blog over the last couple of weeks and how the news has been coving the strike, the union went into battle without a plan. When the General comes to rally the troops on Thursday, you need to ask your leadership only one tough question; “What is the next step if we don’t come out on top?� The answer will tell you a lot about them. It’s a shame that a lot of good hourly works will be going down with the sinking ship. Today I saw one of the nicest Hourly people I know walking the line today and she didn’t look too happy. I hope she and others like her do alright after this is all over. They are good people who got caught in a bad situation.

Salary working on the floor,you have no choice. Good luck. Who does your job in the meantime? I'm sure corporate will be looking into this when all is said and done. Keep up the good work boys, I'm sure HR will be there to help, if not ask King David for assistance

It is a shame all those good people will lose so many weeks of pay that they will never be able to recover.

I am sorry everybody. Anonymous 10:07 is right, why didn't I stop and think about his words?

I am so sorry for trying to run a company!

I should just pay everyone whatever they want, and hope George David sees it the way I see it, and he lets sorry old Sikorsky stay in UTC, even though we operate with a 1 billion dollar deficit.

Igor would you ever forgive me? I know how I can fix things, I'll send the plant back to Igor's homeland, Russia, then I can pay 10 workers what I pay 1 now, and everyone will be happy, because 10000 previously poor RUssians will now be able to feed their family.

Thanks for the wonderful suggestion, you should become a union leader!

To Anonymous at 10:05 ~ how about you try carrying yourself? If you actually do your job, then you'll be valuable to any company. And no, I don't suggest "throwing away" older workers; just anyone young or old, who is a slacker. And you know the union has them, just like salaried does.

To Anonymous at 10:05 ~ how about you try carrying yourself? If you actually do your job, then you'll be valuable to any company. And no, I don't suggest "throwing away" older workers; just anyone young or old, who is a slacker. And you know the union has them, just like salaried does

From being on the line, I can say that the only good thing that will come out of this and all veteran enginners have been saying this for years: sikorsky should have a rotation of young nearly hired designers to work the line and understand what they are designing. This will ead to less errors in the designs and more understanding of the product they are working on. As far as putting up staggering production numbers, I dont think thats their intent right now, obviously they are jump starting the offload process we were told would happen later right now. thats the freaky part of this whole S. Finger philoshpy. God help us!

The salary supervisors now have the time to work on the floor because they are not spending all day babysitting hourly employees. Taking care of attendance and the B.S. work they shouldn't have to do.

Your union propoganda is so backwards...

You are right, engineering is getting behind, it's a no brainer... one engineer on the floor = one engineer not doing engineering work

but you know what else?

2 engineers on floor = 7 teamsters on floor (1 works, 2 kind of work, 1 smokes, 2 sleep and 1 keeps an eye out for the super)

I hate to tell you, but a lot of engineers, especially the newbies love being on the floor.

We've been asking to get on the floor, but they say we can't do floor work with the union there, or they will cry and cry and cry.

You saps fell right into Sikorsky's trap, now they can get rid of the union in a few years, and let engineers do the building and designing... it's a lot more efficient that way.

and again, i hope to see the minority of TEamsters back on the floor, you guys got screwed by your union, and you are the BEST workers in this country at what you do. We're all pulling for you in here... just not your ugly half (Dead weight brothers)

We are headed the right direction. No union, we will all be salary. Raises will be givin on merits. The people who harassed and threatened the people coming in won't be asked back. The slugs won't be asked back. the slackers won'tbe asked back. Hay I'm this, how about the rest of the hardworking people, hourly and salary.

Us salary workers are honing our skills to take with us to our new suppliers. Thanks for the chance to fully understand our work content.

I'd like to throw in my two cents worth.
Human Resources can't be posting ALL of
the negative comments. They are very busy
hiding in the RV and the white vans with
the tinted windows! Probably photographing
and documenting who spits on the sidewalk.
Great job team!

Thankfully I was asked back and I will be going very soon.

SEE YA!

don't you get it yet, Rocco wants the company to use a union affilliated insurance company...how dare that greedy bastard...

All I can say is there will be one opening from the dumb ass throwning nails in the driveway. He is getting canned. Oh too bad...

Union affiliated insurance, probably corrupt also. I don't think I would want that insurance either.

I'd jump at the opportunity to enroll in one of