Pittsburgh Brewing Workers Accept Lesser of Two Evils cuts pay 15% and other items

[Omaha Steve]

http://www.laborradio.org/node/5132

Pittsburgh Brewing Workers Accept Lesser of Two Evils

Workers for bankrupt Pittsburgh Brewing Company had little choice when faced with the lesser of two evils. Jesse Russell has more:

By Jesse Russell

It was a slim margin, but workers at Pittsburgh Brewing Company accepted a new contract that slashes wages by 15 percent, cuts vacation time for senior employees, and takes more from the pockets of workers for healthcare. The other option - the plant closes up shop and they have no jobs. Even after the 66-52 vote the future of the plant is uncertain. The salvation of the faltering plant is contingent on Pittsburgh Brewing Acquisition acquiring the plant after it emerges from bankruptcy in late April. The new three-year contract would replace a contract set to expire in 2010 and would cover nearly 130 workers represented by two separate unions.

[MikeNearMcChord]

1. But...But....But.....Bill O'Reilly said that 52% of the American People

said that the economy was great! Why would he lie?:sarcasm: :silly:

[Robson]

2. How much did the CEO get?

This is the elephant in the closet that Democrats must change. Sen Webb eloquently and succinctly stated last night that workers and investors in this country are getting screwed by elitist 21st century robber barrons (aka CEOs).

The robber barrons have worked the system in every respect to their benefit....from importing cheap illegal workers from Mexico, to back dating options and falsifying the books so that they can get their exhorbitant raises and perks and parachutes, even when the stock is falling and companies are going into bankruptcy.