Chuck scoffed at that. “They’re not going to do that,” he said flatly. Besides, he asked, why should every worker walk out with the same amount? “You’re telling me that your three years count as much as my forty-eight?” “Yes, I am,” John replied. “What did they take from you? You’ve been there forty-eight years. You can retire. You have your pension. What did they take from me? They took away the ability to retire…. You’ve already had the opportunity. Now you’re saying you want more?” The argument got heated, so heated that Chuck joked later that he’d looked around for something heavy—a tape
...more
