Chapstick on a
PIG:
First and foremost,
against my will against my years of dedicated service I was once again being
force transferred to the Pipeline, because Alyeska needed my expertise as a “Custody
Transfer” expert at Pump Station #1 - when that critical component of moving
oil was handed back to the Pipeline, taken away from Fat Alex in 84 due the
fact the Technicians were tweaking the accountability of just how much oil went
down that pipeline. And Yes, I went to “Basic Training” upon my original hire,
but was hired to work in Valdez and at the time there was a difference in what
was offered to new hirers with respect to that “Basic Training” curriculum, the
reason I stayed and spent time on CBT’s that were geared toward the “Pipeline
Technician” requirements, so to speak up I did but was told to attend anyway.
Secondly, the “Basic
Training” was not cancelled due to recruiting difficulties, it was cancelled
when Rick the instructor refused to teach the class with me in the audience,
because he knew my credentials and was embarrassed and pissed that somebody had
made the decision to send me to such training with a bunch of new hirers.
Correct the
issue was resolved, because I had already turned in my resignation papers
effective September of 1991.
So what Kathy
Carr provides in answers to the Company President, it was all a cover-thou-ass
LIE!
And YES I was a “Vocal
Union Supporter” when the Valdez technicians were trying to “organize”, because
we went sick and tired of being called upon by Larry the Marine Guy to help get
the drunk tanker crews back aboard that tanker filled with crude oil and ready
to set sail through the “Valdez Narrows”. We went tired of being an accomplice
that allowed that damaging bad habit to be…then came the EXXON Valdez wreck.
Had there been a “Union” that wreck would have never happened the way it did.
And YES some more, due the fact I was labeled as a “Unionist”, there would be
no promotions as that is what “black-listing” is all about. And CarCarr’s response,
again lying to the CEO that it was ultimately resolved, sorry again another ”big
fat lie”. But that is why Alyeska has been in trouble for so long as oil has
been flowing down that 800-mile long Trans-Alaska-Pipeline – as it appears
lying to the executives was par for the course, may I suggest “soap”.
Now Carr was a
part of that Cowitt “corporate corruption”, that thought getting in favor with
the Filth Floor Bragaw Executives - that were for the most part “loanees” from
the “Big Oil” - staying in favor by coping a “shoot the messenger” attitude and
don’t forget to kiss everything and anything that looks like a “corporate” asshole.
But there came a purge in Alyeska’s rank and file management, following the
Hermiller “Spy” network getting caught, but it did not go deep enough as we see
that today with the current CEO being recalled, she was part of that “culture”
and learned well all about it and used that wherewithal to climb to the “top”. Now
Carr was retired, probably one hell of a bonus for targeting “Vocal Union
Supporters” like myself. And low and behold, she became the HR manager for a
contractor I was gainfully employed with and at the time I was in good standing,
working for a BP contract on the “Slope”. And guess what, when there came a down-turn in
the oil field due to price gouging, I was the first worker “axed” and the BP
managers were pissed, as I was the only worker that pulled his own weight, due my
years of experience in the “oil patch”. But that is how payback works, and even
though the CEO can recite that “rehire eligibility”, that means nothing and is
but for a legal means to cover one’s ass. Once “black-listed” it never goes
away! And even after 40-years since the Valdez Technicians tried to get “organized”,
that fight still sheds blood, as “Big Oil” wants nothing to do with a “Union”
except in rare circumstances. But for the most part, it remains a “shoot the
messenger” reality.
