700 workers started striking at the GM Guide plant here tonight....

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....they're striking because GM decided to cut their healthcare benefits and drop their wages on top of THAT!! Not lookin' good at all....we've had 1200 jobs lost in this town already because STATE FARM insurance is pickin' up and leavin' after havin' been located here all my life...that's 30+ years! :evilfrown:

the GM story can be read here I'm sure...
www.thenewsstar.com

[DifferentStrokes]

1. Old article says union still hopeful

http://www.thenewsstar.com/business/html/5AC672D4-7B09-41FD-83FC-15EBBE946090.shtml

UAW optimistic about Guide deal
Greg Hilburn
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March 18, 2004

A local United Auto Workers officer said he is "optimistic" that a new contract for Guide Corp. workers can be reached before a Friday night deadline, but he admitted that progress is slow.

"Our top issue is job security," said Roger Smith, chairman of UAW Local 1977. "It's what the whole country is worried about. We want to keep these jobs at that Monroe plant."

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Didn't IBM get sued for pulling just this stunt? Negotiation is one thing; extortion is another. Gotta keep those fat cats happy even if it destroys another community.

Anyway, I'm sorry to hear this. We continue the fight our parents and grandparents thought they had won. There is just no end to evil.

[jus_the_facts]

2. Ya got that right.....gotta keep up the good fight.....

....what a shame they try to turn it all back to the reeeeeally bad ol' days!! x(

Thanks for lookin' that up though...I'd seen the late local news where they were only an hour away from strikin'...that site usually locks my relic 'puter up from all those damn ads...can't stand that rag or it's sorry ad riddeled website!! :(