| TO L. SILVERTON SIR I HAVE BEEN LOOKING AT THIS FOR FOUR YEARS COME FEB. 5 THIS YEAR. I ALWAYS TRY TO LOOK AT THE BIG PICTURE AND HAVE SEEN THE BATTLE LINES DRAWN. IF I MAY I WOULD LIKE TO TAKE ON A LITTLE JOURNEY. I HAVE BEEN THROUGH A FEW CONTRACTS AT CROWN AND THE ONE IN 96 SEEMED LIKED MOST OF THE ONES BEFOR IT. NEGOATIONS SEEMED TO BE PROCEEDING OK. MOST OF US FIGURED THAT WE WOULD WORK PASS THE DEAD LINE A WEEK OR TOO BEFORE THINGS WERE SETTLED. WHEN I STARTED MY NIGHT SHIFT THAT WEEK I WAS GREETED BY A SALARED CROWN EMPLOYEE. COME TO FIND OUT THERE WAS ONE FOR EVERY HOURLY PERSON IN THE PLANT. THIS PERSON WOULD FOLLOW ME EVERYWHERE I WENT ON MY DUTIES. WHEN IT CANE TIME FOR A RESTROOM BREAK HE WOULD EVEN STAND OUTSIDE THE DOOR UNTILL I WAS FINISHED. THAT PATICULAY WEEK BLESSED US WITH BELOW FREEZING TEMPS. DAY AND NIGHT. INSTRUMENTS WERE FREEZING UP LEFT AND RIGHT AND UNITS GOING DOWN HERE AND THERE. WE CROWN EMPLOYEES LABORED AROUND THE CLOCK AND PUT THE PLANT BACK ON LINE TWICE THAT WEEKEND. THEN THIMGS WARMED UP. MANAGEMENT ASKED US IF WE WERE GOING TO STRIKE. THE UNION REPLIED THAT THEY WANT TO SETTLE A CONTRACT NOT STRIKE. MANAGEMENT CALLED FOR A BREAK. UPON RETURNING THEY READ A LETTER THAT WE WERE BEING LOCKED OUT AND OUR PEOPLE WEW BEING ESCORTED OUT AS THEY SPOKE. WE WERE LABELED SABATOURS. I CAN'T SEE HOW BEEING UNDER A MICROSCOPE LIKE THAT, PLUS THE FBI HAS FOUND NOTHING IN FOUR YEARS EITHER. NOW LIFE STARTED GETTING HARD FOR ALL OF US . WE WERE ALMOST UNHIREABLE IN THIS AREA FOR A COUPLE OF YEARS. THEN CROWN CUT OFF MEDICAL INSURANCE ON EVERYBODY AND HUNDREDS OF WOMEN AND CHILDRED. PEOPLE LOSS CARS, HOMES, HAD TO USE UP THEIR SAVINGS TO SERVIVE. CHRISTAMAS'S HAVE COME AND GONE WITH LITTLE UNDER THE TREE FOR THE KIDS. BUT YOU KNOW WHAT WE ARE STILL HERE. ALL WE WANT IS A LIVABLE WADGE AND BENIFITS NOTHING EXTRA. PERSONALLY I THINK SOMEONE SOLD HENERY A BILL OF GOODS THAT THEY CANT DELEVER ON, OR HE'S SO OUT OF TOUCH WITH THE REAL WORLD IT ISN'T FUNNY. WE ARE NOT A BAD BUNCH OR MONSTERS, IN FACT BY CROWNS ON ADMISSION IN 95 WE AS A GROUP CUT PLANT COST BY 8% AND SET 22 ALL TIME PRODUCTION RECORDS. DOES NOT SOUND LIKE A BAD CREW TO ME. I LIKE YOU WOULD LIKE TO SEE THIS SETTLED. IF NOT THIS YEAR WELL WE BE HERE NEXT YEAR TOO. ON A PERSONAL NOTE THANKS TO ALL THE THOUSANDS OF PEOPLE WORLD WIDE THAT HAVE SUPPORTED US. WORDS ARE NOT ENOUGH TO THANK YOU WITH GOD BLESS ALL |
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