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<blockquote data-quote="Caustic Burno" data-source="post: 1220934" data-attributes="member: 694"><p>I read the proposal and of coarse there is some Mickey Mouse stuff they are wanting as always and not worth walking over.</p><p>My Dad went to work in same facility in 1941 when the companies motto was kill a man hire another one kill a horse buy another one. His generation did the heavy lifting getting a pension, sick leave and vacation. About 90% of his bunch </p><p>died of weird cancers. There was one unit in the Carbide Plant across a chain link fence, we know that a chain link fence is a vapor barrier that had the highest rate of brain cancer in the world. There was a elementary school about 1/4 mile downwind</p><p>and a lot of the kids, teachers and moms died of weird leukemia. </p><p>When I went to work there we were 100 times more likely to die than a Houston Police officer. </p><p>My generation got after the safety policies and pay to compensate for the work environment as sucked</p><p>you could make more working construction on on new equipment. That was a major safety issue as well in the turn over </p><p>rate and getting people properly trained and retaining them.</p><p>The FRC policy that is in place in that refinery I lead the charge for as I was</p><p>tired of going in and getting burnt up men. Until you go in and get a guy with all his skin hanging off him and your telling him the whole time he is going to be OK and you know your talking to a dead man. That will give nightmares and have you taking Valium to sleep. Nothing like body bags and the smell of a guy you know in one. I can still see everyone of them and remember their names. I carried collections to 6 widows in the 1980 strike as that will haunt you as well. It is a smell you will never forget. We got after the safety on Benzene, Carbon TetraChloride , Chromate and Polynuclear Aromatics were the really bad actors and some others as well. All stuff that will make you glow in the dark.</p><p>I fought hard for certified trained operators as well, wrote a lot of the requirements in place today.</p><p>I fought that fight as a Union hand and won it when I got over in management.</p><p>When I went to work there was a board with a list posted at the gate. You might not work the same unit two days in a row.</p><p>It was absolutely ridiculous as most units take at least three to five years to really learn. </p><p>I would have walked as well over the Pension and Safety issues.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="Caustic Burno, post: 1220934, member: 694"] I read the proposal and of coarse there is some Mickey Mouse stuff they are wanting as always and not worth walking over. My Dad went to work in same facility in 1941 when the companies motto was kill a man hire another one kill a horse buy another one. His generation did the heavy lifting getting a pension, sick leave and vacation. About 90% of his bunch died of weird cancers. There was one unit in the Carbide Plant across a chain link fence, we know that a chain link fence is a vapor barrier that had the highest rate of brain cancer in the world. There was a elementary school about 1/4 mile downwind and a lot of the kids, teachers and moms died of weird leukemia. When I went to work there we were 100 times more likely to die than a Houston Police officer. My generation got after the safety policies and pay to compensate for the work environment as sucked you could make more working construction on on new equipment. That was a major safety issue as well in the turn over rate and getting people properly trained and retaining them. The FRC policy that is in place in that refinery I lead the charge for as I was tired of going in and getting burnt up men. Until you go in and get a guy with all his skin hanging off him and your telling him the whole time he is going to be OK and you know your talking to a dead man. That will give nightmares and have you taking Valium to sleep. Nothing like body bags and the smell of a guy you know in one. I can still see everyone of them and remember their names. I carried collections to 6 widows in the 1980 strike as that will haunt you as well. It is a smell you will never forget. We got after the safety on Benzene, Carbon TetraChloride , Chromate and Polynuclear Aromatics were the really bad actors and some others as well. All stuff that will make you glow in the dark. I fought hard for certified trained operators as well, wrote a lot of the requirements in place today. I fought that fight as a Union hand and won it when I got over in management. When I went to work there was a board with a list posted at the gate. You might not work the same unit two days in a row. It was absolutely ridiculous as most units take at least three to five years to really learn. I would have walked as well over the Pension and Safety issues. [/QUOTE]
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