The Bargaining Team met with the Company Saturday into late evening, and all day Sunday and today. We were going over the latest full package the Company provided to us on Saturday. Many of their retrogressive demands are still on the table - eliminate our APA and replace it with a plan with a lower minimum payout; eliminate our scholarship program and replace it with one that pays out much less; eliminate the legal plan. Their change in the absence plan (less than 3 years - no pay for absence; 3-5 years, pay after the 2nd scheduled day; 5-8 years, pay after the 1st scheduled day; and over 8 years, pay for the first day of absence) and the double time build (only after 9 hours OT) are still on the table. They are still demanding a much lower level of post-retirement benefits and pension for all "new hires." The worst part of that is that they define "new hires" not just as those hired off the street, but also longtime employees who are rehired after being laid off. This is completely unacceptable to the
