LisaR---The company (Mercury) doesn't benefit from moving to Stillwater. Their interests are in Fond du Lac. It is up to the parent company (Brunswick) to accept or reject the final deal. The union voting to accept the concessions is the only hope they have of staying. Brunswick may still decide to move the company--they have no reason for local loyalty. But Mercury does. I've read the proposal, too. It's fair and Mercury knew what needed to give in order to make staying in Fond du lac even an option.

Your liberal anti-american colleges are cranking out these executives who are only thinking about themselves and how much money they can make. They don't care about the preservation of America, just a good life for them only. It is all about the all mighty dollar. Union leaders are just as greedy.

Amen Zoom... Too bad we can't move teaching jobs out-of-state. Maybe then the Milton teachers union would "get a clue."

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if the jobs go to Stillwater..in a few years the company will want more concessions and eventually the jobs will end up in Mexico..

Unions have little negotiating power right now. Hey employees, accept the concessions. Live to fight another day. You can always negotiate a better deal when the economy improves.

I have not seen the proposal, but I wish the Union and employees vote yes no matter what even though some of the items against the workers may not be that fair or just as what someone is suggesting. I bet probably the company came up with some absurd agreements assuming the Union/employees would say NO to the agreement in hopes that they get cheap non-union pay in OKL. Doesn't surprise me one bit, yet another company looking for cheap labor, but at least it is in the USA, not mexico, china, or canada. That does not help the Fondulac workers much though if they get unemployed. I still would vote YES just to keep my job if it was 20 bucks per hour. Those jobs paying that much nowadays are getting harder and harder to find. VOTE YES??

You should read the contract. I have a copy of it, and no, I don't work at or for the company. There are 171 concessions. 61 pages. Some of them aren't too bad, but it is obvious the company wants the plant to move to Stillwater. It is not all about wages and benefits. There's a lot more to it than that, and I can see both sides of this. Frankly though, after reading the "booklet" of concessions, I lean more to the unions side. It is so cut and dried that the company wants to move to Stillwater. I don't even work there and I can see it. I feel bad for both sides because they make a great product. Hopefully they can reach some sort of an agreement and Keep Merc in Fondy.

Now that they know the company is not bluffing they all of the sudden want to reconsider the loss in pay and benefits.Who has got who by the you know what?

Unions Yes!! Or is it NO? Wait, Yes!! No!! Where's Brett Favre when you need him.