broke&retired

Yeah dipshit I remember the strike of 1976.....I was out on the picket line collecting $50 a week strike pay and trying to support my family. YOU my friend are a union member in name only. True union men and women care about all of our members, atctive and retired. You have no clue what it means to be a true union member.

Seems to me that those of us who have worked 35 years or so earned the benefits that the active members now cry about having to finance. Your day will come... We supported the retirees before us and now have to hear the whining of some spoiled members who dont appreciate the sacrifices made by those who came before them.

I was shocked to discover that the new contract includes NOTHING at all for the retired members. All the men and women who layed the groundwork over the years with their hard work and sacrifice have been thrown to the curb with this new contract!! Many of us count heavily on the small lump sum bonus in December to help with Christmas and end of year bills and for the next four years we have been left with nothing from our UAW Representatives. I am so ashamed of our bargaining unit for their careless disregard for the members who helped make the UAW what it is today.