but we're joined this morning by the president of uwua local 12, harry farrell to tell us all about their troubles up there. harry, good morning. thanks for joining us. >> good morning, bill. >> bill: so what's going on? you guys, first of all, you work with con edison is the utility there, correct? >> yes, it is. it is our largest employer. we represent about 8500 members. >> bill: what are they -- first of all your contract is up now with your members? >> our contract expires at the end of the month june 30th. >> bill: june 30. what are they offering or trying to do? what's the issue here? >> well they're really not offering anything, bill. they want to take away all of our core principles, things that we fought for over the past 70 years. that's pensions, medical sick time and our wages. we're talking about a corporation here that made record profits last year. what they want to do is they want to take everything away from us. >> bill: what i was going to say, what is the justification -- what bad shape are they in, the justification for taking away your pensions, your medical benefits