Mystery Meat
Ben Hogan Fan
Hello all
im usually heavy into golf but I thought I would try a thread for anyone concerned about their future in the steel business's / oil~refinery etc. With lower taxation on foreign steel/ right to work state laws/ outdated equipment / Union and company squabbles . The industry is in some bad times , currently 800 jobs at my facility have been lost since last fall. Either a layoff/ forced retirement /or termination for probationary employees .
This past Friday my current job (12 inch bar mill) ended . The last order ran at 4:25 pm and the mill is officially closed (1958 to 2015). Over 350 jobs have been eliminated due to foreign imports and union/company issues . We cleaned out our lockers that evening . Many are looking for jobs now, a vast number unemployed until openings in the company / while a select few like myself found a job transfer close by.
These are sad times ; a major contract negotiation is looming this fall. Which could be a real fight until the bitter end ( company and union ) . Strike and layoff talks are continuing with this upcoming contract talks . Bp is still on a massive strike with no end in sight
Anyone out there experiencing this or something similar ?
im usually heavy into golf but I thought I would try a thread for anyone concerned about their future in the steel business's / oil~refinery etc. With lower taxation on foreign steel/ right to work state laws/ outdated equipment / Union and company squabbles . The industry is in some bad times , currently 800 jobs at my facility have been lost since last fall. Either a layoff/ forced retirement /or termination for probationary employees .
This past Friday my current job (12 inch bar mill) ended . The last order ran at 4:25 pm and the mill is officially closed (1958 to 2015). Over 350 jobs have been eliminated due to foreign imports and union/company issues . We cleaned out our lockers that evening . Many are looking for jobs now, a vast number unemployed until openings in the company / while a select few like myself found a job transfer close by.
These are sad times ; a major contract negotiation is looming this fall. Which could be a real fight until the bitter end ( company and union ) . Strike and layoff talks are continuing with this upcoming contract talks . Bp is still on a massive strike with no end in sight
Anyone out there experiencing this or something similar ?