Wednesday, December 28, 2011
Protected Speech Is Still Important
Is This The Truth, Or What?
Kissing Your Sister
We had a Union meeting today about the arbitration for our health with retirement, or RSP. The company and union have come to an agreement and we voted to drop the arbitration. There are two levels of RSP coverage, Gold and Silver. We were paying for the Gold package and now we're covered under the Silver package. It means we're going to pay less her hour (about half) for coverage when we retire, but we will pay 20% of the premium monthly.
One big thing about the Silver plan is that if the company closes, we vote to not pay into the program any more (thanks James A for that idea you ass. I'll add here that James A wasn't even at the meeting, after he got so many people riled up to vote the coverage out.) or the union gets broken, those who are already retired get to keep their coverage. Under the Gold plan, "orphans" like that would be shit out of luck.
KC is going to call to get some clarification on how we become covered for the Silver. It said in the handout that if we have 3 years of Gold coverage, we only need 5 years of Silver coverage. But we have at least 15 years of Gold coverage, so do we all need to work 5 years more to get the Silver or what? Nobody caught this in the handout and nobody asked about this very point. So I guess we'll see.
One of the handouts was a letter from our lawyers handling the arbitration advising us that it would be prudent to take a settlement if we could get one. The vote was 22-1. I got off at 0400 and had to be back to work at 1230, so I missed the 1100 meeting.
One big thing about the Silver plan is that if the company closes, we vote to not pay into the program any more (thanks James A for that idea you ass. I'll add here that James A wasn't even at the meeting, after he got so many people riled up to vote the coverage out.) or the union gets broken, those who are already retired get to keep their coverage. Under the Gold plan, "orphans" like that would be shit out of luck.
KC is going to call to get some clarification on how we become covered for the Silver. It said in the handout that if we have 3 years of Gold coverage, we only need 5 years of Silver coverage. But we have at least 15 years of Gold coverage, so do we all need to work 5 years more to get the Silver or what? Nobody caught this in the handout and nobody asked about this very point. So I guess we'll see.
One of the handouts was a letter from our lawyers handling the arbitration advising us that it would be prudent to take a settlement if we could get one. The vote was 22-1. I got off at 0400 and had to be back to work at 1230, so I missed the 1100 meeting.
Tuesday, December 27, 2011
I'd Just Shave It All Off
I Love Plaid
Two Good Crime Stories
Marie's department has a dog, and they got called for help by a neighboring department. They put the dog after a guy who was hiding under a house and the dog went in and bit the guy's ear off. They said that the dog, "'took a bite out of crime."
And, Santa and GI Joe were riding the bus. GI Joe was threatening to pepper spray the coach, and took a spray at Santa. He missed, and Santa (the ex Marine) got up and one timed GI Joe out for the count. The responding officers gratefully took Santa to the BART station instead of to jail.
And, Santa and GI Joe were riding the bus. GI Joe was threatening to pepper spray the coach, and took a spray at Santa. He missed, and Santa (the ex Marine) got up and one timed GI Joe out for the count. The responding officers gratefully took Santa to the BART station instead of to jail.
Friday, December 23, 2011
I'm Not Like This
Tia Was Hot Stuff
This is Tia Carrera. She was all that back in the day. She was Babreham Lincoln in the Wayne's World films. And she starred with Arnold and Jamie Lee Curtis in the spy movie. She even had an appearance in Married With Children, the one where Kelly does the "Bundy Bounce" for the Cadillac Alante.
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