PAGirl,
Thanks for the compliment. I have had a job of some sort since I was 14 years old. I worked after school and on weekends. I enjoyed and got along every place I worked except one. It was a very well paying part time job with flexible hours I could work into my class schedule. After six weeks, I realized this place was crooked and sleazy. Basically a scam being run on innocent people. I had to quit.
I believe Mark Twain said you can be as miserable or as happy as you choose to be. I took that to heart and every day work on seeing the positives in life. In this country we have many reasons to be grateful. Some days it takes a bit of looking to find gratitude but one can manage to if one truly wants it. I choose to be happy and grateful.
You have every right to vote as you see fit. Something to be grateful about. I don't understand your logic, but that's your call to make. However, I am curious where you think the outcome of "NO" will take us. Pride tastes pretty good but tends to get stuck in one's throat. If you think shutting it down is the best way to get revenge or even the score with Dave S., keep in mind HE won't suffer. He's one of the good old boys now and they will find him a nice new home with a good income. Dr Bronner loses nothing, he's top of the creditor's list. Jerry Glass can slither on back to Ford-Harrison.
I don't believe there will be further negotiations as there were no negotiations from the get-go. WE know this. Even though I intend to leave, I'd rather go on MY terms. I'd rather our soon to be furloughed coworkers get their furlough/severance pay. It may give them a bit more time to find a better job. And still have medical benefits a bit longer. And above all, I don't want this management team to blame labor for their failures. To quote Frederick Lewis Allen in "Since Yesterday, the 1930's in America": "To find a scapegoat is to be spared, for the moment, any necessity for further examination of the facts or for further comment." It's a great book and to me mirrors what is happening in America today. I think it's still in print.
So, if you would explain your reasoning, I would be most interested in hearing it. Not to harange you, demean you or attempt to change your mind. I would respect hearing a well thought out answer.
Thanks,
Dea