Up and atom! 4AM heading to my new building at Stewart to MCC to make sure the Labor Board sets everything up right. Can't stay - not allowed. I have NO OBSERVER NAMED FROM THE WORKERS BECAUSE I DO NOT WANT TO EXPOSE ANYONE.
So ask yourself - who is it that REALLY CARES about the PEOPLE?? The IBEW THAT"S WHO!
Here we are! This is the day everybody! The start of your new beginnning! The one with a voice and a seat at the table.
Tony is Gone - THE LIES HAVE BEEN TOLD- HOW STRONG ARE YOU? I THINK REAL STRONG!
STAY IBEW STRONG! BECOME AN IBEW MEMEBR AND NEVER HAVE TO WORRY ABOUT THEM WALKING AROUND THE PLANT SCARING EVERYBODY INDIVIDUALLY SO THAT YOU CANNOT SCARE THEM COLLECTIVELY - AS ONE!
VOTE YES FOR IBEW LOCAL 363 - YOU WILL NOT REGRET IT!
( Please read the post below for my take on Tony and his last visits. Thank you )
We have all worked hard and will continue to work to work hard as IBEW, only now with fair treatment, respect and a say in our future. We are doing this for ourselves and our families. STAY STRONG VOTE YES
ReplyDeleteJust VOTED YES for the IBEW. Don't let Tony keep us from having our union and our contract. He doesn't care about us, it is a game to him.
ReplyDeleteHe has his big paycheck and probably feels secure that he will not lose anything.
I want that protection too and I just gave myself that chance with that YES VOTE!
I'm gettin mine. Tony is not taking my chance at making it here and having a contract.
Things have changed for the worse. It isn't our old company anymore, lets protect ourselves.
Vote YES
Join me VOTE YES
I just voted hell yeah!
ReplyDeleteIm telling everyone im pumped up.We are going to tell brito in a clear voice, we are proud of what we are. We will not just accept being standardized to the rest of the world. We are a great group of individuals who brought this plant to the top of the industry. Why should the management be the only ones who capitalize on our backs? We deserve the right to be treated with respect and compensated at the rate at which we delivered the results. Isnt that what Inbev preaches? Then why the hell does Tony keep telling us he wants us to be closer to what the other plants make? We make a hell of alot of money for them.
Dam it Im pissed that some of you people dont want a union but are ok with being compensated with other plants that dont even compare with us.Wake the fuck up.
I dont buy it for one second that this company will play hard ball with us because they can.Of course thy are going to tell you gloom and doom if we go union.They want to be like Bernie Madoff and take what they can from you. all they have to do is scare you alittle and he pockets another wad of money. As Tony said when we hickup the rest of the industry feels it.Do you think that brito is willing to let the other can manufacturers gain leverage on us? They need us .They have commitments. remember. Whos going to do the line sweeps?Warren? Holly? Dan? Some one who doesnt know line one from four? They need us folks. Stop the fucking crying and whining and vote yes . I did
I agree with you. These guys could give two shits about us worker bees. We are bringing in the union to make sure that they cannot take evry dam thing we have. We are winning this election big. There are too many smart people who want a contract. Vote yes everybody or we are just handing over our asses to them on a silver platter.
ReplyDeleteCan't wait for my turn in the voting booth! Count my yes vote please
ReplyDeleteI am an IBEW LU 363 member for 23 plus years and i have been watching this blog since it had 2,000 hits and all i can say is welcome brothers and sisters. You guys took the ball and ran right into the endzone.The people posting on this blog sound like they have been in the union longer than myself.It's refreshing to see such strong support for each other as you campaign for fair treatment which is not much to ask for as an american worker.I wish all of you goodluck today and tomorrow, vote yes.
ReplyDelete8:58,come on it, is "YOUR TURN", DON'T just procrastinate,get to work and vote,or it will be 1994 all over again,Now HURRY UP AND VOTE YES,I did and i am off today!!
ReplyDeletequestion,why is Rob M.,sitting at the voting poles,he is not management,he just got rehired?
ReplyDeleteWith my impersonation of Flava Flav, I
ReplyDeletewould like to give you the word of the day.
YEAHHHHHHHHH BOYYYYYYYYYY!!!
I heard about this story at a district IBEW meeting in Atlantic City this week. I think that this is awesome! If Inbev has already turned the place around from what it was when it was AB, then the changes aren't going to stop. The greedy bastards will just continue to take, just like any other corporation would. I would urge all of you to vote YES for the forming of a union there! Welcome to the IBEW!!!!
ReplyDeleteJust left the plant and voted yes.Boy did that feel good.Like a big weight off my shoulders.
ReplyDeleteJust voted yes. Happy to have voted yes to a voice, to a contract,and for my future.
ReplyDeleteRob is the observer for the company - pay no attention to that man behind the curtain...lol
ReplyDeletevoted YES
ReplyDeleteUnofficial exit poll 2-1 YES
ReplyDeleteHi everyone! I am an IBEW member of Local 363 in the manufacturing division. I work at Zumtobel Staff Lighting in Highland. I have been dealing with Sam as our Business Agent since 1994! YOU GUYS ARE IN GOOD HANDS! DON'T MISS THIS CHANCE TO HAVE SAM AND 363 REPRESENT YOU. We have had nothing but a good experience. It would be a shame if you guys listened to the baloney the company has told you about contracts and our union and ended up screwing yourselves.
ReplyDeleteI don't think there is any reason accept fear that can stop you guys.
With all due respect to all of you I would NEVER trade places with you because you have NO contract! I don't care what you tell me you "have". I would not trust working "uncovered" like that and niether should you.
Come and join the hardest working union in the area and one that will watch your back without question.
Good luck guys hope you choose to support each other and join our union. Maybe I will show up at your victory party!
New guy (Rob M.) is sitting where? And who is he?
ReplyDeletetommorrow B&A will take this the rest of the way all that will be left is the crying
ReplyDeleteI was a no vote in 94. I was going to vote no now,but after hearing what Tony Dan & Dave have said and looking back at the past few years I agree we need to be one. I will be a YES vote and hope everyone has listened to what was said. Thank-you Sam for all your hard work.
ReplyDeleteI am voting tomorrow and I will be adding another yes vote to that pile. Think hard guys, don't leave us out there with nothing or we can kiss everything we have goodbye. Look what they did to us BEFORE 363 got here. They are only caring now because they are afraid of the union.
ReplyDeletevote yes and lets move into the future together.
Went to get my check today and voted it was so easy to put the X in the yes square.
ReplyDeleteWell hopefully we will all be at the victory party.
Thank You Sam for everything.You gave us HOPE.
Sam what does 2-1 yes mean ?
ReplyDeleteHey guys you are amazing hope you guys win your vote. union is the way to go.
ReplyDelete5:42PM - 2-1 means that we have an informal poll going on how people voted and it is 2 yes votes for every no vote.
ReplyDeleteIts informal but should be in the ballpark.
It shows that more people are in tune with the urgency of having a contract then we thought!
VOTE YES GUYS TODAY AND TOMORROW TO HAVE A TOMORROW.
Warren must smoke 2 packs a day again setting a bad exsample shame shame....smoke breaks all day long.
ReplyDeleteWe have a poll going on the magic #96 yes votes.
ReplyDeleteWe are so excited can't wait to be local 363.
Hey my brother Sam I hear you have them all rattled at Metal Container met up with a friend
ReplyDeletehe gave me this site address and from reading this what a bunch of good guys. Good luck all
Sam is a good guy he will take care of you.
Here is a thought ......
ReplyDeleteYou can always be non-union and have no contract......
....and when you choose that path - you are saying to the corporate office.....
"It is OK to take back anything you want of ours anytime and just let us know HOW MUCH YOU ARE TAKING AFTER you do it.
I don't think that is the best solution for people who are working for a new foriegn owner who has openly admitted that they will be cutting jobs and benefits from the hourly workforce.
That should mean they get no votes, zero.
For instance, they already have a PLAN TO INCREASE YOUR HEALTH COVERAGE TO 35% OF THE PREMIUM.
Voting NO tells them to do it and if they need more to do that too.
Doesn't make sense for a worker to choose that situation but it is all up to you guys now.
A YES vote means they CANNOT do that without us coming to the table and NEGOTIATING WHAT ECCET IT WILL HAVE ON YOU.
THE CHOICE IS A NO BRAINER FOLKS, A NO BRAINER.
VOTE YES AND GET A SEAT AT THAT TABLE OR VOTE NO AND GIVE IT ALL BACK WITHOUT A PEEP.
....ooop I meant.....
ReplyDelete"...coming to the table and NEGOTIATING WHAT AFFECT IT WILL HAVE ON YOU.
Not eccet ( which is not even a word...lol )
I been reading this from 10,ooo hits you brother and sisters know what you want. I am a IBEW member and it's the only way to go vote yes
ReplyDeletethe rest will follow I have been a member for 20
years and it kept me working.
Sam, I am voting yes because they are looking to get rid of our pension too. I am not one to just say here take everything I have, I have a problem with just laying down, but thats just me.
ReplyDelete363 is our answer guys vote yes with me
My crew had at leased 26 yes votes I can feel
ReplyDeletethe passion and I feel IBEW!!!!!
Did you see the great benfits for being a member
Coooooooooooooooool.
Go get your union you guys will be happier
ReplyDeletedon't let them fool you.
A request for those who wern't anti -union to begin with. We need to band together to make sure this vote leans heavy for the union. It is up to us, the ones who are looking ahead, to see that we are in deep shit if we allow Brito ro even Tony unlimited access to our benefits and our paychecks. Tony told us all the bad things that could happen with the union.
ReplyDeleteThe problem is those same things will happen without the union and we will have no say at all in any of it. I am appealing to you guys out there, bring this in big. We need to make a stand together. We will decide what our union does. They get their plans from us. We need to be able to talk about any more changes that happen in this Newburgh Plant. To give that up is insane!
Vote UNION YES IBEW 363
Give them shades of "Apollo 13". "Brussels?, we have a problem! "Mr.Brito, a "Tony Bhalla" on the line from MCC Control". Hear that Windsor?, Mira Loma? Longhorn Glass, OKC?
ReplyDeleteAdd my yes vote in the mix
ReplyDeleteSorry guys.....Anyone who trashes Rob M. obviously doesn't know him. He's the only person that I know that can swallow managements crap and still stand up for hourlys. I stand up for Roast.....He's one of the few team leaders we've had that isn't two faced.
ReplyDeleteI WILL SECOND THAT NOTION ABOUT ROBERT MYERS AS WELL . A TOTALLY STAND UP GUY!!!!!!!!!!!!! LEAVE HIM OFF THE TABLE!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
ReplyDeleteOFF LIMITS!!!!!
IF HE COULD HE WOULD GIVE YOU THE SHIRT OFF OF HIS BACK IN A HEART BEAT.
NEW SUBJECT . THE IMPORTANT SUBJECT AT HAND.
THE TOP 3 SO CALLED LEADERS LOGGED MORE HOURS ON THE FLOOR THIS WEEK ALONE THEN THEY HAVE IN THE LAST TWO YEARS COMBINED.
SEE FOLKS ISN'T AMAZING HOW IF YOU FLIP THE RIGHT SWITCH HOW MUCH BETTER THE MACHINE RUNS.
IF THE WAY THE TOP 3 MANAGERS HAVE ACTED IN JUST THIS LAST WEEK ALONE DOESN'T MAKE YOU THE LEAST BIT SUSPICIOUS ABOUT THERE INTEGRITY OR THE LACK THEREOF.
DO THEY ACTUALLY THINK BECAUSE THEY ARE OUT THERE WAVING LIKE BEST FRIENDS TO YOU ALL AND PICKING CANS UP OFF THE FLOOR AND JUST WALKING AROUND AIMLESSLY THAT WE'RE ALL OF A SUDDEN GOING TO FORGET ABOUT THE ISSUES WE HAVE BEEN BRINGING UP OVER THE LAST FEW WEEKS.
THATS RIGHT - TOP 3 ( ISSUES WE THE TEAM MEMBERS HAVE BEEN BRINGING UP )
NOT THE UNION PEOPLE.
YOU GUYS STILL DON'T SEEM TO GET IT. EVEN AFTER ALL OF THIS CESS POOL OF INFORMATION THAT HAS BEEN PRESENTED FOR YOU ALL TO LEARN FROM.
WE DONT REALLY THINK YOU DONT GET IT.
YOU JUST SHOW US EVERYDAY YOU REALLY,REALLY,REALLY DONT CARE AT ALL!!!!
HEY I KNOW WHAT!
SEEING AS MCC IS GETTING SO GOOD AT TRAINING NOW.
MAYBE WE CAN START A NEW TRAINING CLASS ON HOW TO BRING A UNION IN.
AFTER ALL THE EFFORT DAN,DAVE AND WARREN HAVE PUT INTO SOLVING OUR ISSUES IN SUCH A PROMPT AND CARING MANNER.
AFTER ALL NOBODY CARES ABOUT US AS MUCH AS THEM RIGHT DAN?
WHAT WAS IT YOU SAID
YOU HOPE YOUR TRUST WORTHINESS AND INTEGRITY SPEAKS FOR ITSELF.
WELL THANK YOU FOR THAT STATEMENT!!!!!!
IT HAS SPOKE VOLUMES THESE LAST FEW WEEKS
YOU GUYS CAN CALL ALL KINDS OF MEETINGS
LIKE YOU DO NOW
YOU CAN BRAIN STORM
LIKE YOU DO NOW
YOU CAN POINT FINGERS AT EVERYONE ELSE
LIKE YOU DO NOW
YOU CAN ACCOMPLISH NOTHING
LIKE YOU DO NOW.
MAYBE YOU CAN HAVE A MEETING AFTER THE MEETING TO PAT YOURSELVES ON THE BACK FOR DOING SUCH A GOOD JOB AND FIGURE OUT WHICH ONE OF YOU IS GETTING A PART OF THAT GREAT PACKAGE.
A NICE FORMAL LETTER IN YOU FILE OR EVEN BETTER YET. GO FOR THE GUSTO THE BIG $25.00 GIFT CERTIFICATE.. OH YEAH BABY THATS THE TICKET
WHOOPS I STAND CORRECTED
WE MAY HAVE TO THANK YOU AFTER ALL.
WITH ALL OF THAT GREAT EFFORT YOU 3 HAVE PUT FORTH YOU MAY HAVE EVEN HELPED SAM GET THE
363 TRAIN TO COME TO NEWBURGH AFTER ALL.
SAM WHEN THE UNION COMES IN CAN WE SPARE OF FEW UNION DUES FOR 3 $25.OO GIFT CERTIFICATES. OR DO WE ONLY HAVE A ENOUGH MONEY AND PAPER FOR A LETTER OF ACCOMODATION FOR THE BIG 3???
A - AND B - CREW WILL FINISH THE JOB TOMORROW.
IF THEY ARE SMART!!!!!!!!!!!!!
I THINK THEY ARE SMART ENOUGH TO SEE THROUGH FAKE ACT THE BIG 3 ARE PUTTING ON NOW.
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THIS IS WHAT IS SHOULD LOOK LIKE WHEN YOUR DONE
I do also stand behind Rob Myers. HE is a person of good intentions and will always be a good person in my eyes. I have his back in anything he does, because he does it because he feels its the right thing to do.
ReplyDeleteSo leave Mr. Myers alone
Passion
Leave Rob M alone he is one of the best people I have ever known. Don't talk about someone you don't know he is a class act.Lets stick to getin
ReplyDeleteour union.
1:28 very well said. Come on A & B BRING IT TO DADDY SAM HE DESERVES THIS VICTORIE TO HE HAS
ReplyDeleteSTOOD BY OUR SIDE.LET THIS BE A LANDSLIDE SO
MGT KNOW WE ALL WANTED IT.
Comment about Rob M shame shame he is a great
ReplyDeleteguy leave him alone. They should have given
him his team leader job back he is doing all the work and not getting paid for it.He is a real
LEADER!!!!!!!!!
well about the team leader spot on D crew.
ReplyDeleteno disrespect to the current team leader. it's not about him.
Its about the total lack of true leadership on the top managerial positions part again.
we had a guy doing a GREAT JOB!!!!!!!!!
but maybe because he wasn't a BOOT LICKER he didn't get the job ? who knows any more.
they should have done a repost .
how can you insert no experience in an area that needs alot of knowledge,forethought,and the ability to make informed decisions.
it tells alot of people watching this whole thing unfold that the decision makers think
not too highly of the current team leaders,
or they don't think that the job is that hard.
or that anybody can do the job at hand.
but you know maybe were missing the point i guess.
they were probably just looking for people similar to them selves.
INEXPERIENCE IN REAL LEADER SHIP!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
A REAL LEADER IS SOME ONE WHO WHEN THEY SUCCEED EVERYONE SUCCEEDS, WHEN THEY GET REWARDED EVERYONE GETS REWARDED!!!
AND WHEN A TEAM WORKS TOGETHER - KINDA LIKE WHATS HAPPENING NOW!!! WE WILL ALL BE WINNERS!
(BASICALLY) JUST LIKE SAM IS!!!!! WOW
that's why it's called TEAM WORK!!!!!!!
DAMN THERE'S A CONCEPT EH!
WIN OR NOT. THE ONES WHO STOOD UP FOR THEMSELVES AND WILL MAKE CHANGE HAPPEN. WIN OR NOT. ARE INSTANT WINNERS!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
THE INSTANT WINNERS CAN RIDE THE FRONT OF THE
363 TRAIN
AND YOU KNOW WHAT TO SHOW YOU HOW PROFESSIONAL WE ARE AS WINNERS. WE WILL EVEN LET YOU BOOT LICKERS UP FRONT AS WELL.
WE WILL ALL BE A REAL TEAM AGAIN.
I CAN HERE THE HORN A BLOWING NOW.
I CAN HERE THE ENGINE OF WINNERS REVVING UP
THE COAL FIRES ARE BURNING HOT WITH PASSION.
THIS TRAIN CAN'T BE STOPPED!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
CONDUCTOR BULL -- HORNER IS BLOWING THE HORN!
TOOT TOOT, CHUGGA-LUGGA,CHRGGA-LUGGA.TOOT,TOOT
M.C.C WILL NOW BE 3.6.3
Hi guys. Can i ride on the train also? I like trains. I want to sit by the window so i can smoke.
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