Preparing for Strike

The speaker talks about upcoming contract negotiations and the possibility of a strike. They encourage everyone to be prepared for the worst and save money. They mention the importance of supporting other plants if they go on strike and suggest visiting a specific restaurant during strike hours. They also mention the need to follow the rules for striking and express their belief that the strike won't last long. Finally, they mention their personal schedule and sign off for the night. Hey, me. Okay. We're going to talk business here now. Um, wow. Uh, that was a cool song years ago. I think I'll save it. Anyway. Um, hello, peeps. We are, um, wow. This is calendar Wednesday. Halftime show, as I call it. People call it, they call it the halftime show. Um, because you know, we've got clowns and stuff. We just need a marching band and we'll be okay at work. What's going to happen? 11 and 59 p.m. Thursday. Going into Friday. What's going to happen? Oh, we don't know exactly what's going on with these, uh, contract negotiations. We don't exactly know. Or it is still on. This is close. How's everybody else doing? We don't know. And it's a good thing that we don't know because whatever gets leaked to the press would end up over to management. Management could just say, oh, well, they're caving in. Let's just keep the pressure on. We don't know what's going on. And so now what we need to do is be ready for the worst. The worst is everybody walks. For how long? Don't know. Um, but prepare for the worst. You've got money saved up. You know, you're watching your spending. You've got all your information that the union wants so that you can get paid while you're on strike. Are you ready? Um, yeah. I've got to get my stuff ready. I don't have, uh, any dependents at my house. So there's just me. This should be relatively easy. I'm thinking about writing it in crayon. Just because I think it needs to be written in crayon. Um, but just prepare for the worst. Um, what I could see happening is, you know, close some key plants that would affect the rest of the company. You know, but they tell them on your transmission, go for a walk. Um, we get transmissions from there so that that means we can't run either. Uh, and then they've given, they send on the other plant. Don't know. Um, but wherever they supply, can't run. And if we can't run, the company doesn't make any money. So just hang in there. Now also, if there's key plants that close down and it's not us, let's support them. Once in a while, go out there and walk with them. Stop by, see if they need anything. Get them coffee, donuts. When GM went on strike, you know, they would ask me, Hey, you want to go home? Really? Sure. I would go to the nearest place, which would be the, uh, powertrain over on, uh, in Romulus there. I'd be asking them, you guys need anything? You know, do you got bags of garbage that need to be hauled away? And, um, just another time I, uh, I did a Facebook live while on a picket line with them and there's a long distance between gates over there. Like, wow, that was a long hike, but still went out there, you know, and told them where I was from and Hey, we're supporting you guys, you know, and hopefully more people will be out here. Um, we got to do that so that, uh, I mean, it would be nice, you know, that if we were the ones walking, that other locals and stuff like that would just come out and say, Hey, support, do you need anything? You know, maybe instead of a shuttle, you get your own ride from them. Don't know. But if anybody, if, if we do go on strike, anybody works the midnight to 6 a.m. shift, there's a Coney Island in the city of, see, I think that's Westland. You go eastbound on Michigan Avenue, you get to Lane Road and you head north. It means you make a left. I mean, if you're on the, uh, stamping side and stuff, you go down Van Born Road to Lane Road, make a left. Keep going until you get to, um, Palmer Road. Just past Palmer Road on the left-hand side is a Rocky's Family Dining. They open up at 6 a.m. Um, I think I'm going to go down there if we're on strike and I'm just going to give them a little code word, you know, so that they would know, Hey, I sent you there. I'll just say, Hey, um, if there's someone who came down here and says, Hey, socks sent me. They'll know it's me. They don't know me as that. They just know me as the guy that comes by there after church and, um, has lunch and sometimes with, uh, my family and some friends. But yeah, they got some good prizes. They got some good food for the breakfast people. If you want to get some breakfast when you get off, get some coffee, stuff like that. Um, let me see, what time do they close? I think those who get off at 6 p.m. Oh, definitely have time for dinner. Go down there. Um, yeah, Rocky's Family Dining, look it up. And that's what I'd be doing. My schedule is midnight to 6 a.m. Sunday. And so is my son. So we'll just go from the picket line to breakfast, go home, get ready for church, go to church, take a nap until about Wednesday. A friend of mine where she works at, she's, uh, 6 p.m. to midnight on Friday. So I think I'll, uh, go down and see how she's doing. But yeah, that's it. Prepare for the worst. If it doesn't happen, hey, cool. Uh, and then there's rules for walking off. Be sure you read those. And, um, we got to do this by the book. And there's rules for striking. Do it by the book. And everything will be all right. Uh, do I see this as lasting a long time? No, I don't. Um, what y'all think? I think it's 3.15 a.m. Time for me to think about going to bed. I already had my dinner. Good night, and I'll see y'all later.