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15 years ago @ KOMO - Seattle, WA - Coke employees to retu... · 1 reply · 0 points

Sure, I'll stop making my car payment! That will sure help the economy and that's a real responsible thing to do! BTW, we are not Obama supporters.

15 years ago @ KOMO - Seattle, WA - Coke employees to retu... · 1 reply · +1 points

Funny thing is he didn't go looking for a union job. He did what he had to do to support his family. This is the job he ended up with. He's not the kind of guy that's going to live off of everybody else and their tax dollars. He lost his previous good paying job due to the economy and immediatly started looking for any and all jobs. We were fortunate that he found the job at coke with good benefits. Union or not he could have cared less. Yes, I live in the real world. He lost his job he was responsible and found a new one and wasn't picky! We are both very responsible people. We are 27 and have a home (our 3rd one) and 3 beautiful daughters. We absolutely would go get another part time job if we had to. The point is that we would rather spend time with our children then work even more. But if they do succeed in raising how much we pay in premiums we will get another job. We're not the type of people that will just sit back and lose everything and live off of everybody else we will do whatever we have to do! I work full time btw and have been checking this during my breaks!

15 years ago @ KOMO - Seattle, WA - Coke employees to retu... · 3 replies · 0 points

Not much gets through that thick skull does it? You seem like you're self employed only because you couldn't get a job working for a place like Coke. You seem pretty bitter about unions and sounds to me like you are jealous.
Also, you should really brush up on your spelling, grammar and math skills! Maybe then you could get a decent job.

15 years ago @ KOMO - Seattle, WA - Coke employees to retu... · 3 replies · +1 points

Are you blind? Did you not see the big bold letters I typed that said that I understand that others pay more? I even said that we are willing to pay more than $30/mo but also as a family of 5 with a mortgage and car payments and childcare to pay we can't just pull an extra $210 out of our a**!
BTW, your world must be pretty small if you think that the opinions on this board represent the majority of people in the "real world". Out on the picket line the MAJORITY of people honked their horns and waved in support and even brought food to the men. I saw it first hand. It's all these people on here all day that are just jealous and have nothing better to do. They would take a UNION job at Coke in a split second if they were good enough to be offered it!

15 years ago @ KOMO - Seattle, WA - Coke employees to retu... · 1 reply · 0 points

You know what? You know nothing. They have taken unpaid days off of work too. I can't tell you how many times my husband had been asked if somebody would volunteer to take a day off and they're not asking for a cost of living increase! Don't bother commenting if you don't know what is actually going on!

15 years ago @ KOMO - Seattle, WA - Coke employees to retu... · 0 replies · +1 points

Yep, they have lost 2 million a day.

15 years ago @ KOMO - Seattle, WA - Coke employees to retu... · 10 replies · 0 points

Oh man, you have been all over these Coke stories like you have a grudge against them or something. Are you unemployed? Seems like you have a lot of time on your hands.
I too am a wife of one of these employees. I will show you the before and after. We have been paying $30/mo for our family of 5. That would be increasing to $240/mo. Yes, I UNDERSTAND THAT IS STILL NOT AS MUCH AS SOME PEOPLE PAY! We have been there. My husband was unemployed for a while before he got this job. We were paying over $600 a month just for 3 of us. The point is that part of the reason he took this job was that even though it was only paying 1/2 of what he made at his previous job it made up for it in the $570/mo we'd be saving on medical insurance. We barely make it by as it is and we are willing to pay more than $30/mo for medical but $240 is a big jump when you don't have that budgeted.

15 years ago @ KOMO - Seattle, WA - Strike affecting Coke ... · 0 replies · +1 points

Oh man...you still don't get it. I'm sorry you're so terrible at math...grammar too.

15 years ago @ KOMO - Seattle, WA - Strike affecting Coke ... · 1 reply · 0 points

Hey WISE guy! Pull out a calculator...now type in 40.00 then hit the "x" and then hit 8-0-0 % and tell me what you get?? Does it still look like a 180? I didn't think so....then ponder this for a second...not everybody is a family of 3...try a family of 4 or 5 or 6 even? SHUT YOUR MOUTH IF YOU DON'T KNOW THE FACTS OR CAN'T EVEN MANAGE TO USE A CALCULATOR, NO WONDER YOU KNOW SO MUCH ABOUT BEING UNEMPLOYED, WITH MATH SKILLS LIKE THAT I CAN SEE WHY!

15 years ago @ KOMO - Seattle, WA - Workers on strike: Coc... · 1 reply · +1 points

Not all of them voted for Obama.....don't lump everyone into the same category!

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