In all honesty, when I heard about the petition I warned the juniors I knew not to sign it. There are better ways to go about getting what you want without drawing a line in the sand. That being said, those juniors that signed on to work this particular outage agreed and confirmed for 6 12's. I know that during an outage, things change, hours change, and you need to be flexible (which usually means working additional hours). But for management to want them to work on their "day off" while letting them accrue only 70 hours (what they could have made in a normal 6 day work week), well, it's enough to make anyone mad. I thought it was against Watts Bars tech specs to work 7 days a week anyway.
I'm curious, Tigger, how long have you been in the biz?