Night Leaves

I was taking out the trash tonight, when I looked up, and this is what I saw. Those beautiful orange leaves against that pitch black sky was just begging to be photographed. I don't really feel this shot even does it justice. I really love the way everything looks this time of year. All these reds, oranges, and browns is really beautiful.

We had our meeting about the contract today. The meeting ran about 3 hours, and nothing in that meeting was said that even came close to changing my "no" vote. I don't really think it makes a difference at this point, but at least my vote is in there. I did learn two things of importance today. First, an International rep accidentally let slip that third shift is indeed slated to be shut down. After realizing by the stunned crowd that this had not yet been officially announced, he quickly backpedaled and tried to change the subject. No one bought it. I don't know when it will happen, but I should know soon. The second thing I learned is that any job openings at the plant will be filled by ETEs first, after all seniority employees have returned to work. This may seem unimportant since they're shutting down the third shift, but they also announced there will be more severance and retirement packages available early next year. Hopefully many, many people will take them, so I can get back into the plant asap.