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Post by wsu97 on Jan 31, 2019 21:42:36 GMT -5
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Post by wsu97 on Jan 31, 2019 21:43:17 GMT -5
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Post by wsu97 on Jan 31, 2019 21:44:07 GMT -5
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Post by RaiderFan on Feb 1, 2019 12:45:42 GMT -5
They need to pound out an agreement today so we can get the faculty back in the classrooms next week and start rebuilding the damage done by this strike.
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Post by Big D on Feb 1, 2019 14:54:29 GMT -5
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Post by Raider Alumni on Feb 2, 2019 11:23:57 GMT -5
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Post by wsu97 on Feb 2, 2019 14:34:13 GMT -5
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Post by Raider Alumni on Feb 3, 2019 9:24:06 GMT -5
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Post by keithfromxenia on Feb 3, 2019 15:39:49 GMT -5
I always thought in a negotiation you made a counteroffer, not just say no. did anyone say what they found objectionable?? has either side come off their opening position?? this just does not seem very promising.
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Post by raiders74 on Feb 3, 2019 16:14:57 GMT -5
The university wants the union to be on the same health care as all other employees on campus. The union feels they are entitled to more. I totally disagree with the union.
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Post by wsuraider09 on Feb 3, 2019 17:14:27 GMT -5
So frustrating to see this dragging on. My plant (70 union employees) goes through union negotiations every three years and I'm a member of that discussion as it impacts our financial position...
This negotiation is becoming a joke. Politics aside, it appears that the school is making strides in trying to meet the union on many of their requests and are making a good faith effort to reach an agreement. The union appears to have drawn a line in the sand and seemingly aren't budging in the health care. I haven't read into what exactly their issues are, but there has to be some give and some take in a negotiation.
It appears that the union representatives are not giving and dragging the entire university community along with it.
My experience has been nothing like what it appears this experience has come to. This whole thing is just embarrassing as an alumni, season ticket holder, and university supporter.
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Post by Big D on Feb 3, 2019 17:55:43 GMT -5
So frustrating to see this dragging on. My plant (70 union employees) goes through union negotiations every three years and I'm a member of that discussion as it impacts our financial position... This negotiation is becoming a joke. Politics aside, it appears that the school is making strides in trying to meet the union on many of their requests and are making a good faith effort to reach an agreement. The union appears to have drawn a line in the sand and seemingly aren't budging in the health care. I haven't read into what exactly their issues are, but there has to be some give and some take in a negotiation. It appears that the union representatives are not giving and dragging the entire university community along with it. My experience has been nothing like what it appears this experience has come to. This whole thing is just embarrassing as an alumni, season ticket holder, and university supporter. The union still has a health plan from the last time they negotiated a contract in 2014. As we all know health insurance has drastically changed since then due to the affordable care act and insurance companies not being able to deny people with pre existing conditions. The insurance companies have raised rates on everyone to cover those increased costs The university spends more to maintain the insurance plan for the 500+ union members than it does on almost all other Wright State employees combined. Getting the union on the same plan saves them millions and gives them a better negotiating stance with the insurance companies in the future with everyone in the same plan. I don’t think Wright State is going to budge on this point.
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Post by wsutommygun on Feb 3, 2019 18:26:36 GMT -5
I think I saw somewhere where President Schrader called the union's healthcare as a "Cadillac" plan. We can't expect anyone in America to have such a plan, especially through something the government has their hand in.
I'd like to think I could have a Cadillac plan and if I had one then I wouldn't sit by to see it disappear.
Even if the university made them whole, I could see them laughing at the union for accepting the change.
Time for the students to decide if they are getting anything out of the classes that are in question and not accepting any further deadline.
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Post by Raider Alumni on Feb 3, 2019 20:22:15 GMT -5
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Post by mrose on Feb 4, 2019 0:29:13 GMT -5
If I had a "Cadillac Plan" I would have been grateful to have received such a plan, but I couldn't justify (to myself) holding an institution hostage for my superior plan and letting others suffer in many different ways. All in a effort to keep my special plan (unlike most others).
If that's what it really comes down to then I find it simply unconscionable to defend the strike.
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