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rlbinc:
Exelon was planning on laying off 25% of the Oyster Creek RP staff?
http://www.jerseyshorenuclearwatch.org/workerstrike.htm
Sorry about the source, but the parties aren't saying much.
I'd appreciate some official word if it's available.
Kretgar:
There's more to it than no contract. There were no negotiations. They handed our representatives a contract offer and said take it or leave it. We left it. Then they gutted that offer to make it worse, and said take it or leave it. We took it to the NLRB. Using three different (and bad) judgement cases, the NLRB ruled in favor of the company.
The company claims they have to control costs, and cited the $250,000 they paid in overtime meals last year. What they don't tell you is they paid out $1,000,000 each bonuses to two individuals. But the guys working 16 hour days are gutting the company profits when they get a $17 meal allowance.
They want to get rid of the pre-20 year workers to avoid retirements; they want the contract to allow them to lay-off union workers as they see fit, and bring in contractors; they want the contract to allow them to split overtime to 4 hour blocks - so they can make people stay 4 hours after shift with no notice and avoid the callout list. (When they imposed the contract, that was the first thing they did, forcing 12 hour shifts for all of us - something they wanted long ago).
They want the contract to allow the supervisors to do the work of the union people - and to allow operators to do rad tech work (such as area surveys), so they can lay off 75% of the rad tech force.
Exelon is attempting to bust the union, plain and simple.
DainJer:
Why do you think they are slowly forcing about NPSW?
Although i hva e no love lost for stone and webster,90% of their work force is union,and they have become very union friendly, one rumor i kept hearing is that Bechtel wanted the maintenance contract for all the exelon plants.
It may work in Jersey, and it may work in PA....but i think the Chicago unions are a little more stubborn....i do not see the will county union (Dresden) rolling over.
They already lead the united states in money spent for convictions of predatory contractors, they also have the highest per capitaof members who have spent jail time for questionable union practices.
carlosz:
Does anybody know if there is a Hotline to get updated information? :o
mltdwn12:
Worked in New Radwaste bldg 81-83 for Hittman, Picked up over 10 R exposure in two years! They had an "opps" and backflowed hot resin into the air lines overhead. GA we worked in all day was 20-30 mr/hr. Never anything hot, just a little dose every day!
On the upside, I loved Seaside Heights in the summer and racing at Englishtown ;D
Craig
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