BIGHORN--It's the ignorant theory that the "union" believes we are being treated as indentured servants that really makes you sound uneducated and just plain stupid. We believe we deserve a fair raise, mainly because we just plain earned it (look at our history at STP). Our company has not felt the impact of a recession or any economic distress nor has Matagorda County for the most part based on current statistics. The union workers at STP are the workers that are the ones in the field doing the dirty work. Our main job is protecting YOU the public. While you sit back and mock our work and speak without knowledge you might put some more thought into your words and your theories. We aren't being unrealistic. While you get an opinion just because you're an American, you should probably try to put some knowledge behind the words that just spew out of your mouth.
If just anybody off the streets could come in and run the plant to the level of excellence we do, then I'm sure Mr. Eller (who by the way has probably never been outside of his office) would be glad to hire you for $5.00 an hour. We are an educated workforce that does indeed know the risks of our environment and still choose to work and keep you the people complaing that we want a raise safe. We have all increased our workload as evidenced by the number of people who have retired, quit and/or passed away over the last few years and NEVER been replaced....we just keep picking up the slack and continue to allow the company to force more and more work on us without compensation. Those of you out there that ramble your opinions out without knowing ANY facts are the ones who will eventually pay for the lack of committment from STP management. On a side note...wages are only one of the many issues on the table...you wouldn't be so quick to run your mouth if you knew the other issues.
we actually have increased production in the last couple of years and have seen nothing for it. The company wants us to dedicate our lives to them but refuses to give anything in return. Working at a nuclear power plant is not like working anywhere else in the world....we follow different rules even when we aren't at work and therefore should be compensated. It's the workers that make STP number one in the world...not the management team getting all the raises.
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BIGHORN--It's the ignorant theory that the "union" believes we are being treated as indentured servants that really makes you sound uneducated and just plain stupid. We believe we deserve a fair raise, mainly because we just plain earned it (look at our history at STP). Our company has not felt the impact of a recession or any economic distress nor has Matagorda County for the most part based on current statistics. The union workers at STP are the workers that are the ones in the field doing the dirty work. Our main job is protecting YOU the public. While you sit back and mock our work and speak without knowledge you might put some more thought into your words and your theories. We aren't being unrealistic. While you get an opinion just because you're an American, you should probably try to put some knowledge behind the words that just spew out of your mouth.
If just anybody off the streets could come in and run the plant to the level of excellence we do, then I'm sure Mr. Eller (who by the way has probably never been outside of his office) would be glad to hire you for $5.00 an hour. We are an educated workforce that does indeed know the risks of our environment and still choose to work and keep you the people complaing that we want a raise safe. We have all increased our workload as evidenced by the number of people who have retired, quit and/or passed away over the last few years and NEVER been replaced....we just keep picking up the slack and continue to allow the company to force more and more work on us without compensation. Those of you out there that ramble your opinions out without knowing ANY facts are the ones who will eventually pay for the lack of committment from STP management. On a side note...wages are only one of the many issues on the table...you wouldn't be so quick to run your mouth if you knew the other issues.
we actually have increased production in the last couple of years and have seen nothing for it. The company wants us to dedicate our lives to them but refuses to give anything in return. Working at a nuclear power plant is not like working anywhere else in the world....we follow different rules even when we aren't at work and therefore should be compensated. It's the workers that make STP number one in the world...not the management team getting all the raises.