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"Congratulations to carpenters in Western Washington State. About a week ago, they rejected a contract proposal by about 2-1. This came after a “teleconference” in early May in which some 3,000 union members participated. The “teleconference” is kind of like a controlled meeting. The leadership gets to try to sell its bill of goods and can somewhat control who gets to speak. Equally important, by not physically being in the same hall together, the members don’t get to feel their collective power. But according to reports, the mood against the conference was so powerful that even in that teleconference some carpenters called in and spoke against the contract proposal. The original proposal was for a $2.00 increase in wages and $1.00 for a 401K. After that was voted down, the Regional Council leadership came up with a new proposal which basically shuffled a very similar package around...." Read more: https://oaklandsocialist.com/2018/05/19/western-washington-carpenters-vote-contract-down/ _________________________________________________________ Full posting guidelines at: http://www.marxmail.org/sub.htm Set your options at: http://lists.csbs.utah.edu/options/marxism/archive%40mail-archive.com
