Kane
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This is all good news. Great! But it seems counter to nationwide statistics, where the value of all the guv's fringes puts the guv's package as much as 40% over the private sector.
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Strike
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I worked federal civil service for about 6 years prior to that I worked for the city of anchorage . now at the time I was making pretty good money and had a decent benefit package. seeing how things are now i'm glad i'm gone the union has been stripped of striking power wages have not gone up with the cost of living. now the assembly wants to cap managements pay increases yet the mayor is dead set against it. way I see it is lead by example was what I was taught in nco academy but now days management just doesn't get it. the management circles now are about as bad as the unions as far as it's all about me and screw the workers. on a side note my manager now, when he came to work here had to make some hard decisions to avoid laying off people, so hours were cut but not before he cut his own salary. now the company is healthy and thriving people are compensated right and things are good again he is a real hero in my book.
Today was a hot one on the picket line. Thankfully I only have to do it one day a week in order to receive my part of the strike fund. Here's a news clip from today I just found. I know the camera guy was there right after lunch filming but they've been there pretty much every day with cameras.
http://www.tbnewswatch.com/video/27717/Dilico-Update
http://www.tbnewswatch.com/video/27717/Dilico-Update
Just a quick update. The strike is over. First day back at work today. I was NOT impressed with our union at the meeting to ratify the contract offer. Several things just royally pissed me off. First, we used to get paid $70 for every oncall shift during the week and $120 on the weekend. The union in all their geniusness thought it would be a good idea to push for a flat rate of $45 for the oncall shift and IF, only IF, we get called out and have to respond in person, then we get an hourly rate. Here's the thing. When I go oncall, I could spend the whole night dealing with issues on the phone but not actually have to go out. So now I'm stuck doing this for a meazly $45 instead of $70. Secondly, the first offer that the union recomended we reject before the strike gave us nothing for a raise the first year, 2.5% the second year and 2% the third year. Now, it was 0 the first year, 2% the second, and 2% the third. So we lost on that one. The other major issue was the workload. Well, they are gonna form a committee and do a 6 month study on the workloads of everyone then submit a report. I stood up at the meeting and told them the report might as well be written on toilet paper for all the good it will do. We will still be overworked and nothing will change. Not very happy to say the least right now. I'm out 3 weeks wages and absolutley nothing has changed. I was not in favor of this strike to start with and have never been a fan of unions. My last day picketing, I went there and just sat on my a$$ doing nothing. No sign, no nothing.