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Good day Brothers and Sisters,
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We are now reaching a critical point in terms of not being able to fill the calls that are currently on the board.% J' l1 p1 T. W( B, j7 l$ |, ~
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If we don’t start manning these jobs, we are going to lose more contracts to the non-union.- ]9 N1 ?% a5 i
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Once these contracts are gone, they’re gone. We are rapidly losing market-share which means that we will not have the bargaining power to maintain our agreements in future, and the contractors will be able to start demanding roll-backs.
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1 X' ~. v8 L j6 ~This will mean loss of wages, benefits and pension.- l, x; M" O7 c/ p8 ]2 r
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: o3 t; {4 |1 \9 |7 bThere are currently 435 Journeymen on the unemployed list.
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1 ?/ g. i5 g% u# i' r- YWe need to fill these calls!8 @+ b' {. }7 i/ M4 H/ W* p
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Please consider taking these calls as soon as possible. Let’s get our market share back and keep our union strong!!
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2 y0 `( B% G* y" e4 K, [In Solidarity,0 m9 q# G& E& C! e4 n3 b5 o
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