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Covington Resident
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I've lived in Covington all my 44 years. Worked here for the past 27. I make no where near what westvaco employees make. I live and have raised 2 children on an average of $8.00 an hour. I think the employees ay wesvaco should be happy with what they have. Also I'd like to see one of them live off my salary. It aint easy!
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Number 019
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Maybe you should get a Union job. Then you can deal with people who envy the wages you have worked so hard to protect through collective bargaining.
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Virginia Resident
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It's amazing to see unions outlive their usefulness. It's no wonder all the jobs are going overseas. If you think you can get better wages elsewhere, then go. I'm sure there are plenty of people in Covington that would love to work for what you guys are working for. I grew up near the coal fields. I had a 21 year old buddy who was a union coal miner. Back in 1989 he made about $80,000 a year driving an earth mover for a strip mine. He had two houses (one a rental house), two cars and little debt. He made much more than he needed and he managed his money. Then he went on strike. I asked him why and he said "Because the union wants us to." He was doing it to show solidarity for another union mine. It was a good thing he had saved so much money and had houses to sell. At least he was able to support himself while he was on strike. I hope MeadWestvaco doesn't pull out of Covington because of your strike.
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Virginia Woodsmen
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While a lot of discussions seem to focus on whether the Covington Mill will strike or not. Has anyone heard about the proposed sale of all or some of MeadWestvaco's land? John Luke Jr. promised a statement would be made in early January. Maybe the workers at Covington might not be aware of a much larger problem lurking in the near future.
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Covington Native
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Man I'm from Covington and those guys for the most part make plenty of money. There's barely any other place in that town to work in. I moved 10 years ago after I graduated high school but everytime I go back to visit family it looks worse each time! They had better be greatful or they'll be nothing there to strike over!
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Bud3
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"Greed"...it cosumes many!lots of people would wrk for less!!
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KPTexan
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Sounds like a bunch of republicans out there. If you wish to live in poverty so be it. Have you looked at John Luke's salary? He would not be making what he is making if mwv was not making lots of money!
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DMP unionmember
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Sure they do make good money...but gas is climbing, and their insurance premiums are out of this world. The reason why jobs are going overseas is not because of unions...it is because of the corporate greed. Wouldn't you move your business if you could pay workers $1.50 an hour , offer them no health care, no pension, treat them like garbage, no environmental laws to abide by, and let's not talk about the tax breaks...and if your friend was going on strike because the union said to, there was a reason they said to. You have no idea what unions do behind the scenes to keep jobs, pensions, and salaries for workers in America
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Gopher Sidney
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Most of us workers are laid of due to no work,but Im sure they have plenty of work,in China and
New Mexico. this is where MWV built their new
state of the art plants.
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UMW
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The work that is done @ the paper mill is extremely hard - atleast at the MWV in Cottonton, AL. My husband comes home exhausted often working well over 8 hours in very high temperatures. It is also very dangerous. You make the wrong move & you can die. Upper mgmt's pay increases dramatically b/c of the work that the union members do. The union member's expect to be treated somewhat equally. Since WestVaco merged with Mead, the company doesn't seem to care about the employees. The company is already trying to outsource the maintenance dept. It won't be long before they go overseas.
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