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Originally Posted by Exhibitman
The short answer is that they are precisely the same as you: their union achieved a pension plan for these employees through collective bargaining, same as yours. The longer answer is that your position is an intellectually dishonest one given that you vest in a pension after "only" 5 years of work. Why do you "deserve" a pension for five years but ballplayers don't deserve them for four years? Or are you merely envious that they now vest in four years whereas you need five? A lot of us don't have pensions at all; does that mean we should be resentful of your pension because you can have one after "only" five years of work? After all, why don't you just move on to the next job? It's not like you cannot do anything else. Perhaps you should tell your union rep to ask management to raise the pension vesting threshold from five years to twenty years, just so it can be a reward for a career rather than a stop-over.
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That was a sarcastic yay! Personally, I'd rather not have anything to do with our pension. It's a complete mess, and I'll never see anywhere near what I will ultimately put in. Yes, I have to pay into the pension, there's absolutely no choice in the matter. Did these guys? The way our credit years work is a complete nightmare as well. Anyways, I'm not in the business for the pension. I'm in it because it's a well paying job. Now, not to go all political here, in case anyone's wondering I'm as close to the most non-union minded, union guys that you'll find...