Speaking of strikes, we have accepted our company's latest offer and return to work on Friday after striking for nine weeks.
Finally!
Maybe I can get my car fixed now, from the hail damage almost three months ago.
The cracks in my windshield have grown alarmingly since the weather got cold - one of them goes almost the entire way from the bottom of windshield up to the top.
My apologies for the delay and I hope you can get an estimate soon. I would imagine we'll be trying to catch up as quickly as we can.
It's not on you to apologize. I'm not actually sure who I'm mad at, just mad that it took so long, and service suffered.
This strike always struck me as a weird one - the way I see it, when employees go on strike, the 'company' usually gets hurt. The Business isn't able to manufacture their widget, so they have to stop sales, and eventually their bottom line starts to hurt, motivating them to come to a deal with their employees.
BUT, with MPI, it didn't really happen that way, did it? As a customer, I couldn't very well stop paying my insurance premiums, so MPI's bottom line likely didn't take a hit. If anything, they saved a BUNCH of money by not paying their employee's salaries for close to a quarter of the year. And as a consumer, I had zero recourse for action, aside from complaining to my MLA.
And I had a hard time not feeling bad for the employees, especially the longer it dragged on, as you guys weren't getting paid. I"m sure the strike pay did an inadequate job of making up for your usual take-home. There must have been a TON of people who suffered hardship over the past few months.
So, the customers suffer, the employees suffer. It was a silly strike. I've always been 'on board' with our public insurance, but this strike has pretty much changed my mind. If we had a private insurance system, at least there would be competition and alternative options, and it would have put more pressure on the company on strike, as their customers could have voiced their displeasure by going with another insurance company.
Anyway, I'm happy it's over and you guys are finally back to work.
