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Decertification (RD)

This petition, which can be filed by an individual, seeks an election to determine whether the authority of a union to act as a bargaining representative of employees should continue. It must be supported by the signatures of 30 percent or more of the employees in the bargaining unit represented by the union. These signatures may be on separate cards or on a single piece of paper. Generally, this showing of interest contains a statement that the employees do not wish to be represented for collective-bargaining purposes by the existing labor organization. The showing of interest must be signed by each employee and each employee's signature must be dated.

Withdrawal of Union-Security Authority (UD)

This petition, which can also be filed by an individual, seeks an election to determine whether to continue the union's contractual authority to require that employees make certain lawful payments to the union in order to retain their jobs. It must be supported by the signatures of 30 percent or more of the employees in the bargaining unit covered by the union-security agreement. These signatures may be on separate cards or on a single piece of paper. Generally, this showing of interest states that the employees no longer want their collective-bargaining agreement to contain a union-security provision. The showing of interest must be signed by each employee and each employee's signature must be dated.

Yes i have to agree,family is what matters. And on that note there is only one thing to do! After the members meeting on march15th I go back to work. with or with out the union! Enough is Enough. Good luck to all the Rocco will have some brains with the talks sunday and monday,to put this stike to a end.

Whoso keepeth the fig tree shall eat the fruit thereof: so he that waiteth on his master shall be honoured.

Good morning people...any good news yet?

The company and union will finally start to talk this week

I GOT A LETTER FROM SIKORSKY ASKING TO COME BACK TO WORK! I BELIVE THAT EVERYBODY SHOULD CALL THAT NUMBER AND TELL SIKORSKY TO GIVE US 5% RAISE AND $65.00 PER YEAR OF SERVICE FOR RETIREMENT LIKE SALARY WORKERS GET AND WE WILL GO BACK!

Go ahead and tell them that, anon 1112. I'm dying to move south!

BIG HEALTH-CARE / BIG CORPORATION

One way to think about Corporate America healthcare reforms is as "Hillary Care" in reverse. The former first lady sought to mandate employer-based coverage and then hold down costs by brute government force ("managed care"). Corporate America is instead attempting to revitalize the private market for individual health insurance,so employees are ultimately less dependant on their bosses' coverage and can ultimately buy the kind of insurance that makes better sense for them. Along the way, Americans would also become wiser consumers of health-care services.

The current system in reality is unaffordable. The better way is for employers and employees to negotiate total pay in dollars, not in benefits or lifestyles. Employees can then use a portion of their total pay to purchase health-insurance, fund their retirement, pay their mortgage, buy a car, or whatever they think is important.

WELL IT DON'T LOOK LIKE WERE GOING TO GET THE MADICAL SO TELL THEM TO KEEP THERE 80/20 AND GIVES US MORE MONEY THAT WILL WORK FOR ME! AND YES I HATE THE COLD I'D GO SOUTH IN A HART BEET!

My neighbor (a salaried guy) told me that they were told the new contract offered by the company would be same health plan, no ratification bonus, 3% pay raise instead of 3.5% and lower multiplier on the pension and 401k plans. So for those of you who think your union can negotiate for you a better deal than the one you already turned down, you'd best prepare yourselves to be out permanently.

Go ahead and move south you DOPE... We need to work this out and ALL go back to work. Salary and Hourly together can work to keep everything here in CT..... Well, what's left anyway....

What's a hart beet? Is it something like a radish or closer to the turnip family? Anyone?

Is it really true that we can be fired after 21 day???? I need to know!!! I came to this site to get info, and all I'm getting is nervous.

Call me a dope, but if the company wants to relocate me someplace else where it is cheaper to live and pay me the same salary I make now, I'll take that deal in a heartbeat. I have a cousin in Virginia who has a 4BR, 3BA, 3000 sqft house on 40 acres with a 5-acre pond and lots of hardwood timber and they just bought it for $225k. Not only that, but their property taxes are under $3k per year. The cost of living down south is half what it is up here. Move me south, it would be like doubling my pay. (And I'M the dope! LMAO!!!)

NO YOU CAN NOT GET FIRED GO TO THE NLRB WEB SITE AND IT WILL TELL YOU IF THEY FIRE YOU THEY WILL HAVE TO PAY YOU ALL OF YOUR BACK PAY FROM THE TIME YOU WALKED OUT!

$$$ QUESTION $$$$$

Havn't the losses from pay already far exceeded more than you would have had to pay if you accepted the contract?

By my calculations, you will have to work many years to make up the difference. Any you still may have to take the contract as it was presented! Worse, you will be replaced!

From an outsider...

I crossed the line this week cause I had enough of this stupid strike. I have been here for a while and I never thought that this strike would last more than a week. I had faith in my union and to me...it feels like they let me down. They keep telling us to stand strong and so on but my bills keep racking up. I thought that this strike would have made sense but actually...it hurt everyone. It hurt the town, the nearby businesses, the state and our government. The company is the only one I believe that makes any sense. They are the ones willing to let you work. The union won't. The company will let you keep your old benefits...the union won't. This is all done for me. I already have 4 days in already. Come this week, I will be collecting my first paycheck and will continue to do so. I for one Did NOT vote for this strike. I voted for the contract like many of us did. It is now coming up on the 4th week. I am glad I did what I did. I am sorry local 1150 but you people aren't paying my bills. I am. And all this talk about "scabs" will eventually die out and everyone will get over the people who crossed. Just like the safety glass and ear protection policy. You'll be upset for a month at all the "so called scabs" but then later on...you'll all be working together again..like on family!!!

Well, my neighbors neighbor(a retired guy), told me that your neighbor is a homo

"Vanity of vanities," says the Preacher; "Vanity of vanities, all is vanity."

sikorsky and union will talk sometime this week.

IF you are going to leave names, please contact the CTPost - no anonymous entries like this one.

WELL IF YOU SAW ON THE NEWS GOV. RELL WANTS TO GET THE TALKS STARTED AND I BELIVE THAT SHE CAN DO SOMETHING ABOUT THIS BECAUSE SHE DOES NOT WANT TO SEE SIKORSKY GO OUT OF THE STATE! KEEP THE FAITH! GIVE IT TILL THE END OF APRIL!

I don't believe you people....Just forget the union.

30 days out. Do you lose your senority?

Ed,
I think you're quite mistaken. When I started in 1981, people would come up to me, introduce themselves, and then proceed to point out all the scabs from the 63 strike. Perhaps times have changed and we are all kinder and gentler; only time will tell.

We are not making more money than the teamsters. I am only making a weeks pay for a weeks work. that's all. The teamsters people are making megga bucks...I aint.

Yes, you can be fired, especially if there is cause. See below, straight from the NLRB site. However, you can be permanently replaced without being terminiated, which is basically the same thing. It just means the company has to call you back if there's a suitable opening... and do you think there will ever be a suitable opening?

"Strikers who engage in serious misconduct in the course of a strike may be refused reinstatement to their former jobs. This applies to both economic strikers and unfair labor practice strikers. Serious misconduct has been held to include, among other things, violence and threats of violence. The U.S. Supreme Court has ruled that a “sitdown� strike, when employees simply stay in the plant and refuse to work, thus depriving the owner of property, is not protected by the law. Examples of serious misconduct that could cause the employees involved to lose their right to reinstatement are:

Strikers physically blocking persons from entering or leaving a struck plant.
Strikers threatening violence against nonstriking employees.
Strikers attacking management representatives."

Its all over but the crying
Better days are behind you.
My Ford dealer is looking for mechanics.
Pay sucks benny's suck but its a living

ONE THING THAT DID COME OUT OF THIS STRIKE IS THAT I'VE BEEN ABLE TO BE WITH MY FAMILY MORE THAN IF I WAS AT WORK! NOW THAT THE SALARY WORKERS ARE DOING ARE JOB THEY CAN'T BE WITH THERE FAMILYS AS LONG! SO TELL ME HOW DOES IT FEEL NOW!

I understand what you're talking about. People would tell me about the 63 strike and talk about scabs and what the old union would do tothe scabs. times have changed. For one thing..people won't burn my house down. people won't slash my tires. But..people will try to make me upset in which I would just ignore them

To "outsider"
Do you really think this is all about money? If it was, then we all lost after the second week. What price do you put on pride, self respesct, and the message you send to your children about standing up to bullies?.

You simply walk away and don't fight.It's not worth the trouble you'll get into if you choose to fight

All of you people talk behind each others back anyway!

Time will tell and time for all you fools is running out. Sheet metal leaves tomorrow.

Sheet metal has been leaving for over a year now...they started to vend it out back in summer of 2005...stop getting these people worked up

I'll be back tomorrow. Im not waiting for another meeting

Will Rocco show up?

God bless you. I'll see you in Cafe'?

Hey ANONYMOUS on March 12, 2006 11:31 AM
That has to be the most pathetic statement yet.
It looks like some of you will be spending a lot of quality time with your family. This is going to be a short spell for the guys working in your shoes. Once they get those trained scabs up and going, you'll have lots of time. And they will be back to 8 and skate.

You know, Ed,
We could argue this all day. I would not want to be you, and I'm sure you would not want to be me. That's what makes it all so perversely beautiful

I am sure Rocco will show up. Rocco only shows up if there is something good.

But there was still a good bit left that is all leaving now so we don't need those fools back.

ARE YOU SCARED OF US WHEN YOU LEAVE THE PLANT? ONE THERE IS NO VIOLENCE ANONMOUS 11:29 THE POLICE ARE THERE! NOBODY IS BEING THREATENED UNLESS NAME CALLING IS A THREAT! AND THE GATES OPEN UP TO LET YOUR SORRY A** OUT WHEN THE POLICE FEEL LIKE LETTING YOU OUT! SO GO CRY AT HOME WITH YOUR WIFE AND TELL HER IT NOT FARE TO BE DOING MANUAL LABOR!

Hey Jack...explain yourself

If there are no positive signs of an agreement after this proposal the union is handing to Sikorsky's tomorrow,I believe the flood gates of resignation letters will be opened..either way I believe with or without the union, most of us will be returning to work shortly....

this is why I went back to work. There is no communication. We all lack this skill

11:38 needs some serious anger management therapy. He epitomizes the paranoid Teamster discussed in an earlier post. And it's this kind of person that unions prey upon, because sadly enough, they just do not have the mental faculty to know when they are being used. You are disposable, 11:38. Everyone knows it but you.

All you truck driver may as well stay out. Eagle is doing a great job.

Yo scab...Why are you talking to us? We don't want to associate with scum like you. You have left us cause you only thought about yourself. What pisses me and all of us off is this....when we do go back to work the benefits we fought for you will end up having as well. You are a sissy and you never fought for nothing. Keep working pal cause that is all you'll ever be doing. working and never fighting for what you belive in.....U SCAB!!!!

Yep....

WE ARE THE TEAMSTERS! THE MIGHTY MIGHTY TEAMSTERS! :-)

More like the MIGHTY UNEMPLOYED

IT IS BETTER TO BE PISSED OFF THAN PISSED ON BY THE UNION

You are losers! Whiney, whiney losers!

this is why i left

WAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAA! YOU ARE THE LOSERS!

I HAVE A 2005 JEEP FOR SALE.$ MAKE ME A OFFER

NOT ALL ONLY THE ONES TO FOOLISH TO COME BACK TO WORK

I clicked on the 1150 web site and the lost and found tab. I think I lost my job has anyone found it?

The Diagnostic and Statistical Manual of Mental Disorders, Fourth Edition (American Psychiatric Association, 1994, pp. 637-638) describes Paranoid Personality Disorder as a pervasive distrust and suspiciousness of others such that their motives are interpreted as malevolent, beginning by early adulthood and present in a variety of contexts, as indicated by four (or more) of the following:
suspects, without sufficient basis, that others are exploiting, harming, or deceiving him or her;

is preoccupied with unjustified doubts about the loyalty or trustworthiness of friends or associates;

is reluctant to confide in others because of unwarranted fear that the information will be used maliciously against him or her;

reads hidden demeaning or threatening meanings into benign remarks or events;

persistently bears grudges, i.e., is unforgiving of insults , injuries, or slights perceives attacks on his or her character or reputation that are not apparent to others and is quick to react angrily or to counterattack;

has recurrent suspicions, without justification, regarding fidelity of spouse or sexual partner.
The disorder does not occur exclusively during the course of Schizophrenia, a Mood Disorder With Psychotic Features, or another Psychotic Disorder and is not due to the direct physiological effects or a general medical condition.

Its right where you lost it. Just come back to work and you will see

OK I don't get this, maybe somebody can give me some info. I just read the Post and saw the numbers for this health care package Sikorsky is proposing. It shows a cost of $3528 for a family to be insured for the life of the contract. That $3528 divided by the 111 weeks of the contract is $31.78 a week correct? I know this doesn't cover Dr. visits and scripts, but $32 bucks a weeks seems pretty cheep to me, even is it is double what you pay now.
Please fill me in if these numbers are wrong. All I have to by is what I read in the paper.

I'll be back monday, add me to the wall.
The union guys said I would ba back to work in a week. They lied.
The union guys said I would collect unemployment if it went longer.
They lied.
The union guys say if we just hold out, we'll get a better deal.
More lies. If we get the same deal we rejected (I doubt we will), I will be down 2 mortgage payments on my house in lost pay.

I'm tired of the lies, I just want to work and support my family.

ASK ROCCO.

If the new union proposal again attempts to offer ANY OTHER insurance company's plan except Cigna you can kiss the talks goodbye..I only hope that they don't keep on beating a dead horse issue.We all need to get back to work.How about a $1,500 sign bonus every year for the life of the contract to offset our out of pocket maximum ...

WAY TO GO OUTSIDER

Sec. 31-51. Blacklisting. Any person, or any officer or agent of any corporation, company, firm, or the state or any political subdivision thereof, who blacklists any employee, mechanic or laborer, or publishes or causes to be published the name of any such employee, mechanic or laborer, with the intent and for the purpose of preventing such employee, mechanic or laborer from engaging in or securing employment from any other person, corporation, company, firm, or the state or any political subdivision thereof, or, in any manner, conspires or contrives, by correspondence or otherwise, to prevent such employee, mechanic or laborer from procuring employment, shall be fined not less than fifty and not more than two hundred dollars; but the provisions of this section shall not be construed so as to prohibit any person, or any officer or agent of any corporation, company, firm, or the state or any political subdivision thereof, from giving a truthful statement of any facts concerning a present or former employee of such person, corporation, company, firm, or the state or any political subdivision thereof, on the application of such employee or of any person, or any officer or agent of any corporation, company, firm, or the state or any political subdivision thereof, who may be considering the employment of such employee.

If anyone expects the company to give us a signing bonus you are greatly mistaken. We will be lucky to get 3% per year with the cigna heath plan and I would hope that they do not enact the 39 hour rule again along with a revamping of the point system. They even might try to do away with seinourity lay off part of the contract.

I'll be back tomorrow. Im not waiting NOT ONE PERSON CALLED me to see how I was doing. Wheres the brother hood?

Why are you union members in such a hurry to get back to work?
You hear all the claims, nothing is getting done, salary workers fighting with each other.
You guys have them by the balls now don't you?

I for one would stay out at least until september,
Any family with small children will be able to use that money which would have been spent on day care to pay other bills.

Oh shit, where's that money going to come from???

Opps, time to sell the harley!

So those numbers are correct, $32 a week for insurance? You people went on strike for that?
You MUST be joking!

As a salary worker and hearing all the talk, I truly believe the company will offer the union the SAME contract as before, initially, at least. However, I would not be surprised to see a slightly larger bonus, or maybe a 4% raise, but not both.

I believe a few days ago, the spokesman for sikorsky, Ed something, said the same offer is still on the table for anyone that wants to come back, so I assume that would go to ALL union workers together.

Well this is what I read in the paper, $3582 over the life of the contract. $3582/111 weeks = $32 a week. Plus Dr. visits and scrips

COME ON HOME BOYS

I have CIGNA for Ins. $50 a week/ $20 copay at Dr./ $8 scrips. What's the HUGE increase you are talking about?

SO LETS STOP THE NAME CALLING

Isn't it funny how the company will let you back in, give you the same contract you had before the strike plus the same pay, and let you do your job again, even though you walked out on them. The union, however, will spit on you, call you names, post your name on their web site and give it to the media, and try as hard as they can to make your life miserable, just because you happen to disagree with them and need to get back to the business of taking care of your families! Hmmmm, now who should we trust?

nOW YOU KNOW HIS LIFE HISTORY TO..

There is EVERY reason in the to leave now, you guys were mislead on this from the start. The leadership had NO idea what they were talking about when they got you all pumped up to vote strike. You were duped and the only Smart ones are going back to work

Ed Delmore:

Are there more like you in the union? I know one guy personally, who is still striking, and I have the utmost respect for him as a person.

I feel I am a fairly intelligent person, and I am sure I am half your age, but I think that if your a scab or not, that doesn't make you a good or bad person.

I and every other salary and probably most strikers would like to congratulate you for your courage and individualism.

That one guy that was insulting you gave me flashbacks of high school. There used to be a handful of guys that would call me a dork, cause I didn't walk and dress like them. They thought they were cool, cause they didn't stick out in anyway, they didn't go to all their classes, they didn't take any pride in their work or potential, they just enjoyed showing up everyday and being a thorn in teacher's and other student's side. Oh, they thought they were so tough and cool.... it's funny, they are all now unemployed (or working dirt bottom jobs), most have unwanted children, and a lot are hooked on drugs and alcohol.... man that sounds familiar... oh ya, fits the description of prob 90% of the goons that are threatening you.

You know better than I do, 1150 is full of great people, and a couple handfuls of those goons. They are losers, always will be, don't take anything they say personally, we don't when we drive into work.

Ya, if you are reading this, and you are that "cool" teamster that shouts "loser" at every car coming into Sikorsky... I am talking about you, you are one cool guy.

WILL ALL DIDNT GET THE OVERTIME YOU GOT..

ANOTHER UNION GUY THAT KNOWS MY LIFE

For Ed.

Your best choice right now, is to keep a mental tab on everyone that gives you problems in the shop...and then when you see an availible position in the ranks of a supervisor job open up, apply for it. Payback is a bitch.

For the rest of the goons.

You never know who your boss is, or who will be your next boss. So be aware of who you bash. Most people have family in the company, and some of those relatives are in high places or knows somebody in high places.

Bullys belong in the playground....we all grew up and some bullys still have no clue that we're gone.

BECAREFUL OF THE TOES YOU STEP ON TODAY THEY ARE CONECTED TO THE A## YOU'LL KISS TOMARROW.

Triple....hahaha...

do the real math...

double after the first year, +15% the second year, and +15% the third year.

double +30% does not = triple.

and with all the expected OT , and the 3.5% raise...if you can't afford that...then your screwwed...

You guys are the mighty, mighty teimsters. The company is ready to crack. We are hurting inside. You guys deserve 10% raises every year, plus your medical insurance. You guys should have your car insurance paid too. (How are you going to get work if you don't drive?) Think how much cigarette taxes you guys already have to pay. It is not fair. Salary people are miserable in there. The stuff you guys do is really complicated. It almost took me a whole morning to get better at it than you.

Stay strong, at least for another 5 to 6 months, I should have enough saved by then.

BYE THE WAY THE PAINT SHOP AT COL K-9 ITS GONE

oh..and minus the three weeks of work that you could have had.

WELL K-9 IS GONE..

MAYBE Z-19 NEXT WEEK?

WHERE do you people get your numbers from? If it doubles in 07 to $32 plus 15% in 08 plus 15% in 09 the total is $42 in 09 approx.
Geeze WHO explained this to you Rocco?

I am done kissing your "A##". Never again. I see what you people do everyday. I have done it better than you. I will do it myself when you get back, write a grievance, I am begging you. Our goal is to take away as much OT as possible from you. Realistically, can't do it everywhere, but we can do it to some of you.

IS THAT YOU ROCCO?

What we got here is a failure to communicate.

To the proud you are a dork that was true then and its still true now stop giving union members bad advise. Your the type that would abandon your bother on the field of battle and I know you are a coward.

WILL ALL WANT IT TO BE OVER BEFORE ITS TO LATE.

GEORGE ELLIS.

STIIL NAME CALLING.( Your the type that would abandon your bother on the field of battle and I know you are a coward. ) YOUR THE ONE THAT WALKED OUT ON YOUR COMPANY AND THE PEOPLE THAT NEED THE AIRCRAFT TO FIGHT THE WAR

WHO WAS THAT?

"Definition of a Strikebreaker," by Jack London
JACK LONDON, the man who wrote the famous definition of a scab, was born on Jan. 12, 1876 in San Francisco. London's bloodcurdling definition of a strikebreaker - a person who takes a striking worker's job and goes to work behind a picketline - follows:

"After God had finished the rattlesnake, the toad, the vampire, He had some awful substance left with which He made a scab. A scab is a two-legged animal with a corkscrew soul, a water-logged brain, a combination backbone made of jelly and glue. Where others have hearts he carries a tumor of rotten principle.

When a scab comes down the street men turn their backs and angels weep in Heaven, and the devil shuts the gates of Hell to keep him out. No man has a right to scab so long as there is a pool of water to drown his body in, or a rope long enough to hang his carcass with.

JUDAS ISCARIOT was a gentleman compared with a scab. For betraying his Master he had character enough to hang himself - a scab has not. Esau sold his birthright for a mess of pottage. Judas Iscariot sold his Savior for 30 pieces of silver. Benedict Arnold sold his country for the promise of a commission in the British Army.

The modern strikebreaker sells his birthright, his country, his wife, his children, and his fellow man for an unfilled promise from his employer, trust or corporation. Esau was a traitor to himself. Judas Iscariot was a traitor to his God. Benedict Arnold was a traitor to his country; a strikebreaker to his God, his country, his family, his class.

A real man will never scab."

If you think this strike is going to last until august you are stoned. By then the company will have had plenty of time to relocate your job down south or replace it with non-union workers. You guys are playing right into UT's hand. Giving them a legit way to deunionize. That will make the profits higher, and the investors happier. Win-win; for UT.

(A real man will never scab.") TELL YOUR MORAGE COMPANY THAT.

I have good friends walking the line and I already informed them that Sikorsky Management has been reviewing photos of line walkers (yes, they've been taking these pictures since day 1) and those who've been displaying "inappropriate & aggressive behavior" towards workers (especially the women) coming into and out of the Stratford plant have been singled out and will be used as part of numerous bargaining points when they eventually meet with the union to finalize the contract. Yes, there will be an end soon, but not everyone will be allowed back. The union will be forced to sacrifice these people in order to save the rest. Good luck to those who have behaved as grown adults during this hard time, you will be rewarded for your upstanding behavior. The managers do understand your loyalty to the union. As for the thugs and bullies who relied on childish intimidation tactics...goodbye.

Posted by: Tipster Inside on March 12, 2006 01:13 PM

I tell my kids that.
What do you tell yours?

SORRY TO HEAR THAT.

Im going to church now, need time alone and ask for the strength to cross the line tomorrow. Family has to come first.

AMEN

We never abanoded SAC they have abandoned us by offering such a lousy health care package.The company gives us pay and benefits for our labor and if they arn't going to bargain in good faith then our only choose is to with hold our labor this is a concept that salary just can't seem to understand because by law we our protected and they are at will employees.

Anon 1:08... you are right, I was kind of a dork in school, but I slowly grew out of it. Prob not the dork you are picturing though, I didn't get great grades, good, but not great, I had my dorkish stages though, like most normal people.

You say I'm still a dork.. hey, you might be right. But if I'm a dork now, I wouldn't choose it any other way. Let's see... I HAVE A JOB, health insurance, a beautiful wife, a great loving family, more REAL friends than I have time to associate with (both in and outside of Sikorsky)... Let's see, what else, oh, ya, I don't have to walk around outside of my former employer's buildings because I'm so stupid that I think if I hurt my company, I will some how fix health insurace in this country. I also am so blind and easily manipulated that I stopped working on AC that young innocent soldiers desperately need in Iraq and Afghanistan, just because I think I am being screwed, but in reality, I don't understand economics, or what economics is. All I know is that I will ALWAYS follow the crowd, and never stand out, because that would require thinking logically, and I really hate when other people don't like me and I'm afraid to be a man.

You are right, I'm a dork, but at least I use the brain God gave me and I am a real man (I don't have to drive a big truck to let everyone know tihs either)... LOSER!

"(A real man will never scab.") TELL YOUR MORAGE COMPANY THAT."

Attention all banks, mortgage companies and auto finance companies:

Loan applicant is a member of Teamsters 1150, and his signature on this loan agreement is worthless and meaningless when a labor dispute occurs and he intentionally forces himself and family into bankruptcy...AND BRAGS ABOUT IT...and tries to coerce and intimidate others who want to fulfill their responsibilities and obligations into following him into oblivion. This borrower should be treated as a MAXIMUM risk applicant, but not a "scab."

if you are losing your house after 3 weeks the bank already knows you are a loser

1:31 your right that person has already missed three months of morgage payments was a loser from the very start.

THE UNION JUST HELP HIM ALONE

if nothing comes out of this meeting wed i have no choice but to cros the line..my bills are not getting paid!!!i have to do for my family not the union
p.s. the union better have a good story on wed cause i know a bunch more people from the line will be going with me...this is a fact no lie im a line worker!!

As a foreclosure specialist in the area, it takes at least 3 months of late payments to start f/c proceedings. But after 30 days you are considered in default and will be persued. You can work with agents that will help you out of that but your credit will go sh*t. So just get back to work and avoid all the b/s

~I'm a Teamster and I'm OK~

~I drink all night and I whine all day~

This is great!! Please stay out and keep fighting!!I havent had this much fun at work in a long time.Tap your 401K's, take out a HELOC,borrow from your families. Let's play who ever stays out the longest wins.

This strike is lame, I can wait til Wed's meeting, but if nothing becomes appearant by friday, then the line will be crossed.

I JUST HAVE TO RESPOND TO THIS:

"hello...if salary people are really writing this stuff..I just wanna know this...How do you feel now that you have to come on the floor and do what we (hourly) do? Is it fun? Is it hard? This is nothing yet. If this strike goes on till July or August how will all you salary people work on high bay with no air conditioning?? All you salary folk have been babied with a/c for years. Now we'll see how you like it with no a/c sweating your ass off and praying to god this was over."

My husband, prior to becoming a supervisor, spent fifteen years in the military flying in, maintaining and rebuilding helicopters. No a/c in Iraq, Kosovo, Africa or Afghanistan. No a/c on most of the ships he was on or heat, either. You think your job is tough, try doing it in a combat situation with people shooting at you in 130°F temps with sand blowing in your face. So yes, he is having fun, he's loving every second of this strike and he's enjoying being able to touch the aircraft without someone threatening him with a grievance.

Just because someone is salaried and part of the management team does not mean they can't work, work hard and work circles around the hourly employees who chose to walk out on their jobs. They could not qualify to be your SUPERVISORS and MANAGERS if they did not know your jobs and how to perform them intimately. No job situation is perfect, everyone knows that, but striking employees need to know that many, many people inside have the experience, training, qualifications and certifications to do these jobs and they are being strictly monitored by the govt. to make sure of this. And there may be some bitching and moaning from secretaries, bean counters, etc., but the ones building the aircraft are beyond qualified to do it and are not complaining a bit about having to fill in for you. They are just glad to be a part of such a great team.

You can keep making negative comments about salaried personnel all you want, but keep this in mind... it just makes you look even more ignorant to the folks who know what is really happening inside. And acting in such a childish manner does nothing to further your cause.

LONG LIVE SIKORSKY AIRCRAFT!

then the line will be crossed and so on and so on then the line will be crossed the lines been crossed where have you been?

Hate to admit it but she's right. I know several salaried people who fit this description and are just as qualified as we are. No only CAN they do this without us, they ARE doing it without us. Time to go back to the drawing board.

The company has hire Industrial Relations Consultants, Inc to try and bust this union
they are getting big bucks to sit here all day
and type crap to try and cause disention with
the members. To bad we are to smart to buy into this crap so stop paying these jerk and fix the health care and end this strike so we can all go back to building aircraft

do you guys remember. He's getting more overtime. he makes more money. Thinking ownly of your self. But when it comes down to doing whats right for your self you F### your self and let someone else tell you what to do. Come back now!!

Don't forget that there are lots of troops coming back from Afghanistan and Iraq who are choosing not to re-up and will be looking for jobs. Sikorsky pays a helluva lot better than the military does, at least for junior enlisted guys. If it comes down to relocating or even hiring permanent replacements, I don't think the company will have a hard time filling your shoes.

I am one of the people they hired as temp replacement workers, I just wanted to thank all of you strikes for going on strike.
keep standing Strong and standing Tall, ( outside the gates LOL)the longer you stay out the more money I make.
GO TEAMSTERS!!!!!

Both my father and grandfather were diehard union men and had their fair share of strike experiences. This is vastly different from those days, though. From my own personal standpoint, I am glad that I will never have to make that kind of decision that you strikers are having to make. As a professional person, I am constantly doing all I can to keep my skills honed, to educate myself, to do the best job I can, etc. I don't mind doing this, hard work is how I was raised and it has certainly paid off in my case. Neither my father nor grandfather is upset that I chose the professional route, in fact that are both glad that I don't ever have to belong to a union or depend on a union for my survival. They've both seen many good jobs lost over the years to union greed and corruption. It's just a shame that the average hourly worker can't open his/her mind enough to see the dangers of unionism and the pitfalls that exist for companies employing union members.

GOT A LETTER FROM SIKORSKY ASKING TO COME BACK TO WORK! I BELIVE THAT EVERYBODY SHOULD CALL THAT NUMBER AND TELL SIKORSKY TO GIVE US 5% RAISE AND $65.00 PER YEAR OF SERVICE FOR RETIREMENT LIKE SALARY WORKERS GET AND WE WILL GO BACK!

Posted by: ANONYMOUS on March 12, 2006 11:12 AM

Which company are you talking about ? it is not sikorsky - no %5 raise and no $65 per year pension

I would rather be in the high bay in August, than in a teamsters port-o-potty after you guys have been eating sausage all morning. I hear those things get nice and warm in the summer.

LMFAO... you turned down the first contract, the company has offered to let you stay out on strike indefinitely because they don't need or want you, and you think you're going to get your jobs back by demanding even more?! That is just too f_cking funny! That's like betting the bank with a pair of deuces! No wonder you guys are walking around in circles while your jobs are hitching a ride south.

The company doesn't have to pay anyone to conduct psychological operations on this blog or anywhere else. You morons are doing a good enough job of psyching yourselves out. GOOD SHOW!

To all the hourly who think Sikorsky is so unfair;
With all the free time on your hands, why not try to find a better job?

Go ahead, fill out an apllication down at the depot or walmart, you can do it. Then tell them how much you want to make, and what you think you should pay for insurance. Go ahead, give someone a good laugh!

If you think this place is so bad, why work here?
It must really suck riding to work on your new Harley saying I hate that place, I hate that place LOL

Zigol gone,,k-9 paint shop gone. thats what I've seen in one week back. And I didn't go to other parts of the plant.

Do you remember take your child to work day? Well with out unions it would be take your child to work every day!!! Put that in your pipe and smoke it you no good union buster.

It's sad to say not all will be coming back

Funny you mention take your child to work.....
My son keeps asking us how long its going to take before enough hourly people loose their jobs so we can get him one!!!

there are laws now that protect you.

Tell your kid to stay in school and get a real job.

All this cause you didn't want to pay 32bucks aweek, how sad and stupid

ok the company is booming and salary is getting more work done than the CERTIFIED people, dont you need to be certified and trained to do a job, thats awesome how some one can get trained and get all the work out and the company doesnt fall behind, all in 3 weeks.

Just got a call from a friend who works at BPT Arena - They rented arena out for next weekend for a career fair but there was no company name associated with their internal posting, Every one there is speculating it must be Sikorsky. It will be very interesting this week if this is true.

Just remember we don't vote yes till the end of august lets take the summer off.

Tell me one thing,
what do you think you are accomplishing by yelling at the people driving into or out of SAC.
you keep yelling "GO HOME".
Like someone would hear that and all of a sudden say to themselves " I should listen to this jobless guy standing by the road and not go to work."
Guys go do something that actually gets you some results.

STAY STRONG AND STAY LONG. LOL

I dont understand why people come on here to spread lies, and try to belittle other people

If you dont care what these people say why are you talking about it.

You strikers think that it's just about the money that made the wall of fame go back to work. It's not. I crossed this week because I have pride in my job. Yes I need the money but most importantly I need the medical coverage no matter what it is. It's like food. It doesn't matter what it costs.....you need it to survive. Isn't there something else you can do with your time then sit on this blog and call people names. I really don't care if you guys like me....I didn't care before the strike and I certainly could care less now. To be honest I hope you all lose your jobs..............

THANK YOU SIKORSKY FOR MY JOB.

I CANNOT BELIEVE THAT SIK WOULD PAY YOU CRETIN TEAMSTERS HALF OF WHAT YOU GET NOW........YOU SHOULD GIVE BACK HALF YOUR PAY TO SIK AND THANK THEM FOR LETTING FLUNKIES LIKE YOU EVEN WORK THERE.....

show up to the meeting on the 15th at Union Hall. If more of you had asked questions during the previous meetings before the strike, you would have made a more intelligent decision. That would have prevented this strike. How many union members did not show up to vote, thinking that there would have not been a strike. Every vote counts and it may have been because of you that this strike came to be. Keep listening to your co-workers and union leaders.
Show up at the meeting and make sure you ask your questions.
All of us salary or hourly will suffer if a contract does not get ratified soon. Think about it.

2:48 I really don't care if you guys like me....I didn't care before the strike and I certainly could care less now. To be honest I hope you all lose your jobs..............

That says it all your selfish and now your a no good SCAB.

JUST TO LET YOU GUYS KNOWN ITS NOT LIKE THIS INSIDE THE PLANT. EVERYONE SAYS HI TO EACH OTHER EVEN ME THE SCAB

Hey Rocco Calo ( 1:13 )

Shove up your A*&*&

And keep it there............

Hey SCAB that will change when we get back and you better beleive we will be back soon.

Hey 2:52....
Thank you......
Being a SCAB is a good feeling....
It's pays well and MY FAMILY loves me...........
They stand behind me.....more then anyone can saw about the UNION.......

NOT FOR LONG IF I HEAR YOU SAY IT.

I don't know what it is that makes you people think that the salaried employees inside building the aircraft are untrained, unqualified and uncertified. Many of them came into their jobs with the same or better training, qualifications and certifications as you hourly people and anything that was lacking was more than made up for with training that you didn't even know about months prior to the strike. You just keep talking and talking, but each and every word is just another display of your own ignorance. If it makes you feel better to think that the people inside are untrained, unqualified and uncertified, then all I can say is enjoy your little wet dream while it lasts because that's all it is.

YES I AM A SCAB ....A SCAB WHO HAS YOUR JOB......HAHHAHAHAHAHAHHAHHHAHAH.......GO BACK TO YOUR BARREL.........HAHAHHAHAHAHAHHAHAHA

Hey 2:54, no you won't.

What the hell does "NOT FOR LONG IF I HEAR YOU SAY IT" suppose to mean ????
That's not a UNION THREAT is it....
Cause I know the union doesn't threaten people.

I'LL BE LOOKING FORWARD TO ALL THAT WANT TO CALL ME NAMES.

Yep, you'll be back one of these days. And just so you know, at least 50% of you will be handed your walking papers that first day back. I wouldn't bother to pack a lunch.

MAKE ROOM ON THE BRIGE

Supervision has already been asked who they want to keep and who they don't......Please stay out there....we are all better off without you.

THANK YOU SIKORSKY FOR MY JOB.

Thank you Sikorsky for my new job

Jeez....how many of you are calling your supervisor's now...........hahahahaha
Hey Superscab....I like that name.....
I'm with you all the way. See you on payday !!!

It's a free country,
just like you have the right to strike if you are not satisfied with what the employer is offering.
others have the right to work if they feel the offers was satisfactory to them.
IT IS SIMLPE,
If you like it you stay,
don’t like it? you can go.

IM A SUPERSCAB...SUPERSCAB...IM SUPER FREAKIN YOWWWWWWWWWWW

How about we get some buttons made up.....
SUPERSCABS FOREVER...........

Sikorsky will never be the same - SAD - and the longer this goes on, it will be worse - The working enviroment is changing, the relationships will be bitter - how can we work together when we are being yelled at and insulted because we are going to our job so we will not be fired ? Salary and Hourly are both being hurt because of this strike - It will never be the same

I got the money. 20 hours of overtime to

Don't worry 3:09...it will be better.

SHES A VERY SPECIAL GIRL.....THE KIND YOU DONT TAKE HOME TO MOTHER..........SUPERSCAB...SUPERSCAB.. IM SUPERFREAKIN ...........YOWWWWWWWWWWWWWWWW!!!!!!

Since Sikorsky is such a bad place to work and offers such crappy benefits, I would like to invite each and every one of you who feels this way to find employment elsewhere. This kind of negativity is what brings good companies down. It's what makes it impossible for salaried and hourly folks to work well together. So please do the rest of us who love our jobs a favor and just get lost permanently. Surely, with all your skills and talents, you can easily find another employer who will pay you even more amd provide you with an even better benefits package. Please, don't hesitate... get that new job TODAY and stop wasting time on a company that you hate so much.

Let's see. 10 hour overtime for the week. 6 hour overtime for saturday. 6 hours overtime for sunday. And medical insurance. Cross the line any reap the rewards.

THANK YOU SIKORSKY FOR MY JOB.

She's all right! She's all right! That scab's all right with me...!

If salary is doing our job,who is doing theirs??

Hmm Makes ya wonder

Since the biggest part of salaried supervisors' jobs consist of babysitting, waking you up when you fall asleep on the job, dragging you out of the john or the cafe and following you around to make sure you are doing your jobs, they have all sorts of extra time to build the aircraft. Plus, no grievance to deal with, no union BS to wade through, no difficulty getting anyone to do the work... it all evens out.

People that are working are multi-talented people. They CAN do more than walk around in circles. They can walk and talk and chew gum all at the same time. But most importantly....they can build helicopters. Be sure to put union striker on your resume. That is if you have a resume.......

lol Think about it

Right on 3:16

What are you strikers thinking.....oh that's right.........YOUR NOT

I've said it before and I'll say it again... IF YOU DON'T KNOW, DON'T BLOW. Unless you are on the inside seeing it with you're own eyes, then you don't know jack. And anyone with half a brain knows not to believe anything any hourly employee posts here with regard to what is being accomplished on the inside. You don't have the first clue what is happening within Sikorsky Aircraft because YOU DON'T WORK HERE ANYMORE. You might be on the payroll, but you are nothing more than a name on a piece of paper.

Just a simple question for the union. What if the companies next offer is not as good as the one rejected?

Anon 3:26
I appreciate what you said and I am with you. But don't say hourly workers. I am an hourly worker that crossed the line Monday. I do know what is going on inside and I know we are accomplishing a lot of things. Call the bums.

anyone know a good lawer for us on the wall of fame

I'm sorry....call them BUMS

I have seen that evrything said to be gone is and heard that a few other areas are going this week. I crossed your S**ty line and my family could not be happier. REMEMBER FAMILY COMES FIRST

Lets check with HR....they will help us find a good lawyer....they have the best !!!!

Yes I do know a good lawyer for it and he hates unions

He's a "LABOR" lawyer who DOES NOT LIKE UNIONS!!

Berchem, Moses and Devlin, P.C.
>
> 75 Broad Street
>
> Milford, CT 06460
>
> Telephone (203) 783-1200

FAMILY FIRST AND ALWAYS.....
THAT IS WAY WE GOT OUR JOBS IN THE FIRST PLACE !

sounds like I'll be having that vacasion after all

So true and mine could not be happier that I stood up and went back to work Monday. SO they called me names I don't care next week I have a pay check again

Breaking unions is the first step in restoring the USA to a respectable manufacturing economy again... not to mention, weeding out the Mafia influence in every major market.

Ditto....Welome back

I think this union is already broken. Sikorsky is just trying to pick up the good pices from it that they want back

stay with us or will call you a SCAB. Grow up you a##

THANK YOU SIKORSKY FOR MY JOB.

amen

No doubt about this union's back was broken last Thursday after the so-called rally. Once the national leader had nothing to offer I think a lot of members have rethought their position. Un fortunately the company also saw this and is really in the drivers seat now. There will be jobs lost and I bet we don't get as good a deal as fist offered.

Your already calling me a scab I went back Monday. Have to go now wife just make a nice dinner for our FAMILY. Maybe Rocco is having dinner to. Give him a call and see if you can go there to eat since thanks to him you have no money.

We're not scabs....we're SUPERSCABS.
Enjoy your dinner...I'm having a nice t-bone steak tonight myself. Rocco I think is eating crow.

"What we got here is a failure to communicate

Thank you load for letting me see the right think to do for my family. May you help other brothers and sisters of sikorky see that to.
THANK YOU SIKORSKY FOR MY JOB.

Be my guest...what are you trying to communicate ?

our job is done here

Boy...you got a lot to say....yep there's a failure to communicate alright.

To all the politicians of CT,

What you should be doing is standing by gates of SAC to make sure the hourly and salary people who want to work get in safely and without ridicule. These are the people who sat down and read the contract and realized it was fair. These are the people who have medical needs, who have kids at home and so for whatever their reason, they go. They are being threatened, their families are being threatened, their property is being threatened. Last but not least, their remaining days at SAC are going to be, as described by the strikers, a living hell. People want to cross, but fear these people, so they won't. So I ask you for your help for these people. I have already crossed for my own reasons. Hope to see you there at all SAC plants. This should be a right-to-work state and I would like to see the politicians work on making it one. Thank you for listening.

your right....I'm out of here.......

Right on 3:58....be safe.

"This should be a right-to-work state and I would like to see the politicians work on making it one."
That will never happen, the Democrat politicains are deeply in bed with the unions, and not only receive lots of campaign money from the unions they know that the unions will herd the sheep to vote Democrat every election day. Right-to-work is a fate worse than death to the Democrat pols. I'm gonna move to a Republican state.

All I want from this whole mess is to except a offer,this week! Get back to work so i can have my life back. a pit in my stomach and not sleeping. It's been a nighmare for anyone who cares about supporting a family. Lets just hang up the hat, try to get along. Go back to work and build what our men/women need over seas.

Did everybody see the full page add that Sikorsky put in the Sunday post.

Wake up everybody SOLIDARITY MEANS NOTHING THINK ABOUT YOUR FUTURES AND MORE THAN YOUR OWN SORRY FUTURES THINK ABOUT YOUR FAMILIES, GO BACK TO WORK

AS THE WEB SITE SAID; RETURN HOME

Rocco,
Get real with the Scab list....It's a lot bigger then you are letting on.

pLEASE DON'T POST ALL THE NAMES MY CUT WILL LESS

CANT WE ALL JUST GET ALONG? R.K.

100 NEW PEOPLE SHOW UP MONDAY.. KEEP WALKING THE CIRCLE

save some money in the pigie for the law suite. the hall of shame

I demand my name be taking off the walk of shame. so let it be know. now you can't say i didn't ask.

copy and print for all on the wall

The wall of shame should be reversed with the union thugs names on it. To think in this day and age people acting like a bunch of goons. I say to them you have no public sympathy for your cause.

This strike has convinced me that the teamssters 1150 leadership is totally incompetant.

There is no way UTC and Sik will give in on the
80/20 health care, they shoud have worked on a little more money and bonus and recommended ratification.

Instead, all the teamsters are being led over the side of the cliff, 3 weeks without pay and counting

I use to beep the horn when I seen teamsters on stike to show my suport. never again sign
Super SCAB

The real question now is what kind of contract will we be voting on the next time around? Or will we even be given a chance to vote on anything? I have a sneaking suspiscion that whatever happens from here on out has already been scripted by the company. They are just waiting for this mess to play itself out. They are going to relocate, so even if we do go back, it will be temporary. And anyone who thinks we will get a better deal than the one we turned down is smoking crack. We will be lucky to get the same deal and I really don't see that happening. There will be no signing bonus since we voted not to sign originally. And I don't see them upping the pension and 401k multipliers, either. That was something they were GIVING us, they are probably not going to be in the mood to give us much now. I'll give it till the end of the week, then I am going back. In the meantime, I'll look for another job elsewhere and hope I can find something at least close to as good as I had it at Sikorsky.

A serious question :

To the union guys,
are you happy with how the strike is turning
out so far ?

"What we got here is a failure to communicate

THIS IS THE WALL OF WANNA-BE THUGS!!!!




Rocco Calo

Secretary Treasurer / Principal Officer
Harvey Jackson

President
Rick Rollinson

Vice President

Joe Racan

Recording Secretary

Mitch Cairns

Trustee
Bob Duncan

Trustee
Ed Smith

Trustee

Carlos Clavarino

Elected Business Agent

THANK YOU SIKORSKY FOR MY JOB.

"What we got here is a failure to communicate

cool hand luke is that you

will you stop it with the failure to communicate crap

Cool Hand Luke was on this morning, by the way. Haven't seen that movie in years. Guess we all have a lot of time for TV now.

When I was young, my Mom always told me that "scabs were for helping keep the dirt out."

Scabs are the first sign that the wound is healing.

us scabs will be there to turn it on for them

From today's CT Post: "Connecticut has the second highest cost in the nation for employer-sponsored health care. It's second only to Alaska."

Betcha anything that Sikorsky will move south where everything is cheaper and there are no unions... and they give all their new employees down south a 90/10 health plan!

THANK YOU SIKORSKY FOR MY JOB.

I am just curious whether or not most Sikorsky hourly employees think they are getting paid a reasonable wage with reasonable benefits for what they contribute to the company. I'm seriously asking, just curious as to your perspective.

re;530 unlike you I can do your job but you can't do mine.

Free lunch tomorrow?

If you all noticed the New Haven Register only had the Sikorsky come back to work add. Not one thing mentioned about the Union. The Union must be paying the Post to write the news, That must be where the $235 are going from the ones that crossed the line.
Rocco's party at Snuckers in Ansonia, Who paid for the extra cops and I heard he picked up the Tab!!
It must be breaking his heart that the Sopranos won't be on HBO tonight, he will go to sleep and dream of his Happy Place.

Please put me on the Wall of Shame> I feel Left Out!!!!

Did you see the back of the CT Post today1
What a trip
SAC is saying in their new full page add, Please come back to work we miss you.

SAC knows how to pick their scabs!

party at Snuckers in Ansonia up goes the taxes

Liner Crosser....
Call the Local....demand your recognition !!!

Scabs keep the dirt OUT OUT OUT

Even if you all go back to work, hows your boss going to treat you after listening to his crew call him a F'ing scum bag scab and flipped off every morning. Hes waiting for you with a great big hug...........yeah right.
Every word you say and every stupid sabotaged thing inside you did before you left is all recoreded. SAC has their own list. Called the really stupid and laid off list. If you messed with equipment or broke something you will be accountable. Good Luck with that

We already used peroxide, it is called a PAY CHECK!!

All I want from this whole mess is to except a offer,this week! Get back to work so i can have my life back. a pit in my stomach and not sleeping. It's been a nighmare for anyone who cares about supporting a family. Lets just hang up the hat, try to get along. Go back to work and build what our men/women need over seas.

SO GET RID OF YOUR PIT AND GO BACK TO WORK. THE COMPANY IS TAKING ANYONE BACK THAT CALLS BUT THAT IS SOON TO END. SOON THEY WILL ONLY TAKE BACK THE ONES THEY REALLY WANT BACK.

Posted by: Ed Delmore on March 12, 2006 11:07 AM

I GOT A LETTER FROM SIKORSKY ASKING TO COME BACK TO WORK! I BELIVE THAT EVERYBODY SHOULD CALL THAT NUMBER AND TELL SIKORSKY TO GIVE US 5% RAISE AND $65.00 PER YEAR OF SERVICE FOR RETIREMENT LIKE SALARY WORKERS GET AND WE WILL GO BACK!
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Are you on drugs!
This guy is completely dilutional.
They should also bring in hookers for your daily enterainment also. Serve beer and have Nascar pumped through every monitor.

Zigol gone,,k-9 paint shop gone. thats what I've seen in one week back. And I didn't go to other parts of the plant. from a former teamster get back soon Please.

no one will judge you. they will welcome you back believe me. So am a scab

When I came back there was a utc employe (not from sikorsky) doing my job with the help of a salary person. they are our jobs yours to if you want them. Please come Home to sikorsky

Today marks the three week anniversary of the New and Improved Sikorsky Aircraft.
Leaner, cleaner and a whole lot less whining.

Thank God for my job here at SIK.
Thank you for allowing me to go to ShopRite today and put food on my table for my family.

Thank you for the insurance that let me pick up my prescription while I was shopping, a mere $10 for a $100 medicine.

And the biggest thanks for a nice pace to go to work tomorrow instead of hanging over a barrel and walking in circles.

Yes, almost forgot, my mortgage is due on the 15th, thanks for the overtime that will be in my check to help me pay it!

With a company as bad as this, who would ever want to work there?? Beats me?

I do believe that most people who have entertained themselves with this BLOG can definately benefit from what Sikorsky Aircraft has to offer, which is a free education. Get back to work, your benefits, paycheck and free education are here when you get back. GOD KNOWS YOU ARE IN DESPERATE NEED OF AN EDUCATION IT IS OBVIOUS BY THE TERRIBLE SPELLING.

CT post is so cheap, they can't even put a spell check in the blob.
Should have bought a Bill Gates Product.

I wonder what the company is going to do with all them money that was going to be paid as a signing bonus?

"We never abanoded SAC they have abandoned us by offering such a lousy health care package."

Well, apparently UTC abandoned 197,000 other employees who didn't find it necessary to walk away from their good-paying jobs so that they could walk in circles 4 hours a day and feel good about how tough they are.

You want to know who the real men are in this? The guys who realized that they made a mistake. The guys who realized that they needed to provide for their families. The guys who resigned from the union, crossed the line, and went back to work. That's why you can't stand them, because they show you for what you are: adolescent cowards.

Give it to the wall of same people

I wonder why all the hourly employees think the company has to resume negotiations with the Union?
You voted "NO" and rejected the offer.
Sounds like a done deal to me?

Sikorsky is in no hury to rush back to the bargaining table, haven't you noticed?

They were more concerned in running the full page ads in the newspapers.

I'm sure some of you must have had the light come on in the last few day, I hope?

You have already missed 3 paychecks, lost a $2000 dollar bonus, which if you rolled it into your 401k could have been $3000!

Now you have no insurance, no contract, no job
still have to pay your $58 to the "man" or else,

So tell me, "How you doin'?"

tag sale monday everything must go. moving

this is all just too bad. why not focus on facts, especially the company's begging of workers to come back. With all the work getting done why do they want the workers back, or is it that a paranoid line crosser keeps trying to get people to believe the company doesnt want the workers so the line crosser will feel better knowing more people crossed. Line crossers I dont blame you if you went back because you ran out of money but dont drag or take away from the ones that have the money to wait this out. FOCUS ON THE FACTS! 1 Fact is that some work may be getting done but not what the teamsters can do. Other fact the company can get rid of the workers eventually but right now it doesnt seem that they want to

To: Anonymous on March 12, 2006 06:44 PM

Sad, but that could happen!

the man? sorry were fighting for our rights unlike you salary people which have none ...your the one under the man..its understandable that when you have no rights you want to bring others with you...misery loves company

I dont't think the company wants what the "Teamsters can do".

They want the production from competetant workers.

teamsters are just dumb workers who are just incapable of doing their jobs. These incapabilities haven't made billions of money for the company right

to: Anonymous on March 12, 2006 06:47 PM
We have the right to work if we choose to, just like you excercised your right not to work.

ok you do but if you dont work your fired, dont try to make other people have no rights and have to live in the same boat.

ed delmore,
what makes you think that no one will slice your tires or burn your house?
and if not, perhaps someone will just call your wife and tell her why you crossed the line---your girlfriend!
and you'll lose a lot more money then. it will make 3 or 4 weeks pay look like nothing!
watch your back ed.
see ya soon

the company OWNS every salary and agency person. I guess thats why you have to kiss their a@@es to keep your jobs

That's right, if we don't work, we get fired. If you don't work, nothing happens. Well, my friend, those days are over with a capital O. If you are lucky enough to be one of the few asked to come back and stay on, you will find that things are vastly different from when you walked out. No more slacking, no more sandbagging, no more seniority, no more absenteeism, no more resting on someone else's laurels. You will have to work, too, or be fired. But as I said, that is only IF you are one of the select few handpicked to come back and stay on with this fabulous company.

hard days work for a hard days pay.

When this is all over I am going to Europe for three weeks with my wife, Thank you TEAMSTERS.. THE OVERTIME REALLY HELPS.....

Every salary person has rights.
Each morning when we get up we choose to go to work.
We are dedicated to the company, how else could you get people to work for free overtime?
Yeah, we have to pay more for our insurance,
we get that back in our pension and savings plan.
We are not tied to a time clock, we have flex time.
I like the freedom. Nothing like seeing clowns running people down trying to punch in on time.

Have you also noticed that we can go to doctors appointments during the day? No point system here.

A salary person gets ill, needs to stay out of work, gets his/her regular pay depending on the length of service.

I had an operation and was out of work for almost 5 months.
Twice a month like clock work, there was my direct deposit, not some lame 66% which is then taxable.
Damn, I could go on and on......

So yeah, salary has no rights, we are all dumb bastards working for the man LOL

One more thing, we are currently employed,
sooooooooooooooooooooooo,

Who's the jackass now??????

Thank you Sikorsky, for providing for me an my family. We will be forever greatful!

Is that a fact? If you can prove that to all the workers do it but the only fact here is that you have no rights, dont be selfish (what this strike is all about) and bring down other people. Remember we are all gods children.

Don't for get the drug test be for they come back

If the company "owns" me, well, I'm okay with that. I'd rather be kept by a multi-billion dollar company that can afford to keep my family in the manner to which they have become accustomed than to be shanghied by a bunch of corrupt union thugs who take my money and then run when I'm unemployed and really need help.

How many people called you to see how your doing?

only sikorsky

Hey,
If you saw my boss, you'd want to kiss her ass too!

Long live Salary,

Here's some trivia,

Igor's badge had an S clock number,,,,,

God bless you Igor!

Its all good do your own thing beleive what you wanna believe just dont bring others down with you. People are fighting for rights that salary doesnt have.

Last time I checked, slicing tires and burning houses was illegal. Oh, but that's right, because your an idiot teamster, you are above the law because your fight is a noble one. What an A-Hole. You try doing some property damage and you will have a new career - making license plates in an orange suit. At least you'll get three square a day and all of the healthcare that public money can buy.

We don't want the teamster rights;

1. The right to sit on your ass and do nothing
2. The right to claim everything is not your job
3. The right to get your job back when you screw up
4. The right to milk the company.

Most salaried employees have worked on an hourly basis at some time in their lives, so we do know where you all are coming from. But many of you hourly employees have never seen life from the salaried side. In fact, I guarantee that most of you couldn't hack it.

You wouldn't last a day without your union to bail you out every time you fell asleep on the job, stole some tools, enacted a slowdown to ensure lots of weekend OT, acted like a jerk to your boss, misappropriated company and government property and time, got angry at a co-worked and left in a huff like a thirteen year-old girl, and the list goes on and on. Basically, unions are just extortionists and blackmailers. Lots of honor in that, isn't there?!

Someone sliced tires? and burned houses? No one said anyone is above the law. What was said was that people shouldnt bring anyone down or make them believe what they believe. Everyone is entitled to their own opinion.

Look guys do what I did just come back to work if the company lets you and do your job. We all know that Rocco and his union are finished and will not be back at SAC. So just give up and call H/R in the morning to see if you can come back.

Yep, and we all know that opinions are like assholes... everyone has one and they all stink.

Of course they are burning houses, where do you think they get the wood for the barrels?
They dont have any money to buy it.....

Understandable. But not all union members abuse the system. I too believe people should do a good days work and not take advantage of the system. There should be soemthing in the contract that does say if you do nothing you could have actions taken. I am a union member and I believe that also.

Yea. Good thing its starting to warm up, that pile is getting low.

Thank you LORD for given me the wisdom to go back to work. Thank you SIKORSKY amen

What Mr. anonomous....what girlfriend? I went to work because I have obligations to meet...not some silly ass girlfriend. Look...can't we stop the bullshit and go back to work??

Stop forcing your ways on other people you crossed now deal with it yourself, you dont need anyone but yourself you made that obvious when you crossed so stop trying to force your ways on other people and let them decide for themselves