They did offer the raise with one hand and then withdrew it with the other hand. Under their health care proposal, if you or your spouse or kid ended up having to go to the hospital for five days, you'd spend your whole raise. -Bob Bedard

 

They did offer the raise with one hand and then withdrew it with the other hand. Under their health care proposal, if you or your spouse or kid ended up having to go to the hospital for five days, you'd spend your whole raise.


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We've spent most of the day getting back to where we were [Saturday]. There's been no discussion of economics, no discussion of salaries, no discussion of health care.

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They did offer the raise with one hand and then withdrew it with the other hand. Under their health care proposal, if you or your spouse or kid ended up having to go to the hospital for five days, you'd spend your whole raise.

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Overall, we think it was a big victory. The little guy doesn't have to subsidize the fat cat's health care. -Bob Bedard
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It's a life-and-death issue for us.

Bob Bedard
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And thank God it is decent weather so people can walk. It's not raining, and we're not ruining people's shoes.

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The last strike lasted 40 days (in 1998), so this union is not afraid of a long strike. They will stand up for what they believe. -Bob Bedard
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We've paid for health care and we're not going to pay again. We're not going to change our position.

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