Don Vito:still waiting for craig to call me back

Coax Monkey:probably going to have to go back to the other one

gotunion-23:don vito corleone?

Don Vito:yep

Coax Monkey:red how pretty

ok boss man im out

see ya in the am

Don Vito:later

whats up colonel

The Colonel:not much pal...you?

Don Vito:decompressing! finally

The Colonel:yup...havent done that yet..

FIRED UP...STILL

Don Vito:just realized how important yuo me and brett are to this situation we have come too far and worked too hard to have this beat us

we need to turn this around and make this legendary

we are the ones that run that place now lets show them

anderson!!!!!!!!

anderson do you want to meet sometime nex week? if so how many guys do you think you can get?

The Colonel:Yup, you got that right...you know me pal...I DO NOT GIVE UP

Mr. Anderson:yooooo sorry reading the past

Don Vito:i look at this as a way to make history buddy..... now lets start tomorrow and DO it!!!!

thts ok

Mr. Anderson:umm i think 4

the core guys

Don Vito:where do you want to meet?

The Colonel:Good nite guys. Anderson, good to hear from you. YOU KNOW, I AM NOT INTO THE PUBLICITY. BUT, I AM ALWAYS READY TO MAKE WAVES....AND BELIEVE ME, I WISH THE COX

Mr. Anderson:southington

Don Vito:lol where is that ?

Mr. Anderson:ct

The Colonel:EMPLOYEES COULD SEE ME TOMORROW. WE ARE GOING TO HAVE TO MEET AWAY FROM THE BUILDING...CUZ I AM GONNA BE MORE THAN LOUD.

Mr. Anderson:you got it colonel

Don Vito:ok i will contact you and get directions looking forward to it i am really inspiired by u guys in ct

Mr. Anderson:really?!? why is that?

Don Vito:you guys have stuck together and put your knecks out on the line for what you believe in

The Colonel:YUP, AND I KNOW I BELIEVE IN YOU GUYS. FROM WHAT THE GUYS TELL US, YOU GUYS WOULD BE LEGENDS HERE...

Don Vito:most guys just listen to managers but you guys actually form your own opinions

Mr. Anderson:hey I am a born loudmouth always looking for a good fight

The Colonel:HEY....ME TOO!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! LOL

Don Vito:hey i know one of thiose actually sounds like someone i know!!???

Mr. Anderson:LOL, I am not alone. souns like good company

Don Vito:ok guys i need to spend time with my wife i will keep in touch anderson.... united we stand.... divided we beg!!!

The Colonel:See you guys. going to bed

Mr. Anderson:well I will talk to you tommorow don enjoy the night colonel

The Colonel:you too Anderson

gotunion-29:test

superuser:testing one two

gotunion-29:hi

Don Vito:whats happening

gotunion-29:I think I might have found the problem from last night

this is steve dondley, the guy who build the site

Don Vito:what was it?

gotunion-29:caching was turned on

page caching

Don Vito:oh gotcha so people will be able to just click chat without creating a profile?

gotunion-29:let me know if you still have issues

yeah

but I think you should be all set

Don Vito:sounds good to me thanks for the site hopefully people start getting on here

gotunion-29:craig says you were pretty busy last night

Don Vito:it wasnt bad the problem is people are used to the old site

superuser:how was the old site different?

Don Vito:it was a guest book you would post stuff would save and you had to hit refresh to see what someone posted

superuser:that's called a shoutbox

you can have that, too

Don Vito:the only thing people kept on putting garbage up on it

superuser:this should be less of a pain for people to use

Don Vito:is there anyway to weed out the garbage posts on the shoutbox?

superuser:yeah, let me show you an example of a site

http://utu573.org/

look down the left

that reminds me, this union set up a conference room where you can chat by voice, but that might reveal the identiy of your members

Don Vito:see that pretty cool too

yeah i would have no problem doing it but other people would get freaked out

superuser:with the shoutbox, you can edit and trash messages

Don Vito:is it a pain to add the shout box to the site?

superuser:what kind of garbage were people posting?

no, but it's not as immediate as this

Don Vito:sexual crap calling craigs wife names

superuser:you want the ability to delete specific messages?

Don Vito:i think i have it already craig made me an administrator with no limitations

superuser:yeah, but you can't delete specific messages with this chat room

Don Vito:you can't

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superuser:he didn't tell me he wanted that functionality or else I would have never recommended this

Don Vito:i dont think its a big deal usually its the union busters on here that do that

hey it was nice to meet you gotta eat dinner thanks for the site once again

superuser:ok, me too

my pleasure

have a good one

Mikey likes it:its nice to be back

gotunion:hello

welcome

it has been a quiet night

gotunion-28:t

Don Vito:does anyone know when the next all employee meeting is?

Mikey likes it:whoo hooo

is Gilcrist back from his suspension yet?

Mr. Anderson:im sick of high gas and oil prices and tiny little raises that dont cover my increased expenses. When Cox has a record $15 billion year. wheres my share I bled

for that money, all I get is the runaround on how "great our benefits" are when everyone knows they SUCK! give me whats fair!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

oh yeah they also say our pay and raises are grrrreat, liars and assholes. I am sick of it, help us brothers.

gotunion:IBEW2323 will do everything we can to assist you and your co=workers

What needs to occur is the hard working employees of Cox in CT and RI need to stand up together and demand a voice in their workplace.

BOO:handjobs for everyone

Mikey likes it:Must be Gilcrist

gotunion-90:anyone on here or what

cablemonkey247:are there any mailing coming to my house? i check my mail box every day for it

Don Vito:Does anyone know when the next all employee meeting is at Cox in connecticut and or Rhode island?

up the irons:anyone going to van halen sunday night

anyone going to maiden on the 20th should be a great show i have great seats

Don Vito:Good for you

Whats goin gon guest?

I mean Whats going on guest?

What's happening?

gotunion-118:what a load of crap don vito since when do you have 2 boys and a wife that stays at home

Don Vito:I don't. Married with no kids. That was a post from a fellow employee I work with now that didnt know how to blog on this site.

gotunion-122:yes i can see how confusing it is perhaps if you set up a class to show people how to blog

Don Vito:Do you have a question?

gotunion-142:anyone going to judas priest

Don Vito:Last time I checked this was a website to discuss organizing not the New England concert update.

gotunion-151:welcome to the new chat room

Coax Monkey:hello

Don Vito: What going on?

Coax Monkey:nuthin just eatin my dinner you?

Don Vito:just got home from doing stuff

Coax Monkey:vets and the baby store

Don Vito:thats it

pretty good standout today

Coax Monkey:i thought so

Don Vito:mr anderson is suppose to be on tonight

Coax Monkey:cool hopefully some other people that saw the sign today

answer some questions for them

Don Vito:i hear ya

Coax Monkey:the one i always hear is how our companies compete

how can the ibew represent two competitors

Don Vito:thats fine but what about competitive wages for employees?

Coax Monkey:thats unfortunate they should ask the directTV

guys who contacted craig

in regards to representation

they seem to understand that they stand to gain so much

from union respresentation

Don Vito:but very hesitent to stand up for it

Coax Monkey:than if they tried to negotiate for themselves which the company never does

Don Vito:i bet paul cronoin has a contract!

Coax Monkey:i wonder what cox will give them this time

last two times it was equity study

then the next year it was freeze on healthcare going up

Don Vito:yeah i remember that one thrirty three cents over 3 years

Coax Monkey:but then the following year they ended up going up over 30 percent

because of 2 years worth of increases

Don Vito:i found out that there is a guy out there that paid over 300 dollars for prescriptions because of their shitty medical

Coax Monkey:i hope the techs should realize that if the company is willing to give you a little something

just for talking to the ibew thats because they know if you vote in a union

they will have to give up so much more, they take everything away from you

Don Vito:if they have the money to get new trucks every 3 years and also spend a shit load of money keeping a union out they have the money to pay for their medical

Coax Monkey:a little every year since cronin got in!!!

Don Vito:amen on that

they could help out but they dont want to be honest with your employees

Coax Monkey:i truly hope that my fellow brothers at cox can realize

how much they will gain

a way of life that every american worker deserves

Don Vito:ibew cant guarantee anything but ill tell you what he would be in a very bad spot if it wasnt for them safety medical wages job security

Coax Monkey:support his family

well i thank all the brothers and sisters before me for doing what needed to be done

they fought for the wages and benefits i receive now

Don Vito:absolutely and ill fight for them until i cant fight no more

Coax Monkey:i will continue to do that for workers that will follow me

after i retire

i guess when you work next to a guy who has been working for the IBEW for 38 years

and still loves his job and works his ass off

and there are quite a few guys that have over 35 years

Don Vito:i would like to have a question and answer meeting for some techs and even some supervisors out there too that could better their quality of life with a union

Coax Monkey:if its so bad then why do they contiue to come to work when they can clearly retire

with a sweet pension

how many techs there have that kind of time in

we should try to find out

whats up -158

Don Vito:i loved working at cox and working with guys there the hardest working people i know very loyal very knowledgeable and dedicated to the craft

hello gotunion-158

and also with cox and their numbers system thats a joke! its modern day cock fighting between employees you should be paid for what you know not what you

gotunion-157:hello

Coax Monkey:hi

Don Vito:whats up 158?

Coax Monkey:weird

Don Vito:i came on as gotunion-157 to see if people were having issues? it seems good on my end

Coax Monkey:i am sure it will pick up in a few

Don Vito:people putting kids to bed and shit listen going to heat up my dinner ill be back

Coax Monkey:alright

whats up

Don Vito:whats up

morisseau:what up boys?

Coax Monkey:don went to heat up his food

Don Vito:not much

Coax Monkey:guess hes back

Don Vito:back

morisseau:the lake sucks right now.

Don Vito:why??

Coax Monkey:sorry to hear that

Don Vito:why do i care cant swim anyway!!!!!!!

Coax Monkey:hahahaha

forgot about that