April 26, 2007
One Year Later
Welcome Back-
At least that's what they told us last April after the six week strike.
It is a new beginning- rules, long flaunted, will be upheld. There will be absolutely no tolerance to anyone dogging those on "the list."
The list was a weak spirited attempt by the union to brand anyone crossing the picket line. It served- in the end poorly- as an intimidation factor to anyone that has thoughts of being a traitor.
US AGAINST THEM was the mindset. Big Brother quashing the spirits and pocketbooks of the working stiffs that make Sikorsky tick.
And tick on it did lick a metronome on speed after last April when the shop came alive like no other time in my memory since my date of hire (Fall 1978). Blades and choppers moved in and out in record time and amounts. Some of it was because of the strike and some of it was because of the Iraq boondoggle. Blades(those whirly type things that propel helicopters) in particular do not like the desert. Wind and sand beat the hell out of them. Hence, the cash cow known as replacements -(known as spares) was being milked like never before.
There is no doubt that times at SIK are promising with new clients and models but the fact remains that the war is bolstering the bottom line.
The union is on top of this development . You can see it on the backs of hundreds, if not thousands of workers every Friday. A bright red t-shirt with the horsehead logo on the front and on the back WE SUPPORT OUR TROOPS on the back. If truth be told in parenthesis under these words should be AND THE WAR.
Quick observation is that many workers learned little from the strike and still live beyond their means. What happens when ten hour days, Saturday and Sundays are gone- try a grand less in the paycheck. Think about it.
I am not advocating the war. In fact , I saw a bumper sticker that said it all -Buck Fush.
Posted by SIK on April 26, 2007 8:10 AM
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