well the perpetual mantra that its always managements fault, past or present is not a valid statement in any way itself. Its not that simple. Management is wide swath of people in any organization. They took pay cuts. Their numbers were cut as well. I knew dozens out of hundreds that were cut, including myself with no more warning or preperation than a final conversation stating all depts are affected & you and others no longer have a position. To address the one post: I had over 70 days in a sick back that were wiped off the books. But, I don't look at it that I lost them unlike the majority of many empl. groups. When I was sick, I worked for a co. that provided sick days as a beneifits. But too many will never shake the use them or lose them mentality. Or just abuse the system.
Unfortunatly, it seem that unions eat their young so to speak. When the going truly gets tough for a co. like the ecomony, or competition, or 911, unions are built to start lopping off the lowest paid, sometimes best employees. There's no provision to eliminate a truly inefficent or abusive person. So the rest of the co suffers as a whole.