I hear ya. I have a new roommate because he can't afford the house anymore due to increases in gas and his modest living.
I hear Glacier just doesn't care....
We should do a mini UPM up here over beers..I'm game
rjp
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Originally Posted by Superman
This is a very, very interesting story. There are aspects I would not discuss here, but would gladly discuss over a beverage. The union was going after more wages. The wages there are, in my opinion, soft. All or nearly all those workers live 2+ hours away. Those wages do not support housing prices in Seattle, and the plant is downtown. Merlino had no choice. Glacier does not just own a competing concrete business, it also owns the cement (the active ingredient in concrete) that supplies the other concrete-makers. They are at Glacier's mercy. The thing that made that strike especially scary is that the guy pulling the levers at Glacier is a determined union-buster, his tactics are brutal and he doesn't give a **** about the community. Glacier is multinational. They could screw the entire Seattle construction industry for a year and not notice any impact on itself. Everyone got involved in that one. The Governor, for example. Again, there are aspects of that story I would prefer to discuss over a beverage.
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