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tymekeeper:
Word on the street is that the techs at Zion may be looking into organizing. Don't know the particulars, but have heard it at various locations. Anyone know what's going on up there? There isn't much on here from recent activities since Energy Solutions took over.

Fluffy Bunny:

--- Quote from: tymekeeper on Jul 25, 2012, 03:56 ---Word on the street is that the techs at Zion may be looking into organizing. Don't know the particulars, but have heard it at various locations. Anyone know what's going on up there? There isn't much on here from recent activities since Energy Solutions took over.

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That's always turned out well.

 :->

techtoolong:
Not so much for contractors but Zionsolutions has " House " techs :)

Old HP:
In 1981 the Union made Zion such a pleasant place that after a tour of the plant I informed them life is too short to play those games and if I could not use their lunch room, I had worked ten other plants that would, and I left. It was great working at Rancho Seco in January playing volleyball at lunch with the house techs and not sitting in a hallway being snubbed at Zion.

Fluffy Bunny:

--- Quote from: Old HP on Jul 25, 2012, 09:18 ---In 1981 the Union made Zion such a pleasant place that after a tour of the plant I informed them life is too short to play those games and if I could not use their lunch room, I had worked ten other plants that would, and I left. It was great working at Rancho Seco in January playing volleyball at lunch with the house techs and not sitting in a hallway being snubbed at Zion.

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I don't think they are talking about THAT union... but here is a reminder of what THAT union accomplished:

In the mid 1990s, Commonwealth Edison, the monopoly electric utility that built and operated many of the nuclear plants that are now owned and operated by Exelon as a merchant plant operator, was having difficulty managing and maintaining its nuclear plants. They were achieving low capacity factors, appearing on Nuclear Regulatory Commission watch lists, and suffering from power struggles between labor unions and management.

Zion, like many of the other Commonwealth Edison units, had issues that culminated in a group of operators resisting management orders and taking off their shirts in the control room. There were some other complicating circumstances, but the bottom line was that the company shut down both units of the plant and decided to keep them shut down. The decision allowed the company to fire or reassign the recalcitrant union members and to establish a more powerful position over the behavior of employees. At the time, replacement power was cheap since natural gas was selling for less than $2.00 per million BTU and since the midwest was shedding much of its manufacturing base, reducing the overall electricity demand.

http://articles.chicagotribune.com/1997-09-16/news/9709170048_1_nrc-plant-commonwealth-edison
http://www.nytimes.com/1997/11/27/us/scathing-report-is-issued-on-illinois-nuclear-utility.html?pagewanted=all&src=pm

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