Right, cuz the old CAL way of fending for yourself at $29/hr, no health care for 6 months, and listening to scabs brag about the new set of fake **** they just bought for their 2nd or 3rd wife is awesome The 8-ball may seem like a lame pre-merger LUAL tradition, but it is a unity builder from day 1. That unity will carry over to contract time so that maybe folks won't act like many at LCAL who operated in full wh0re mode during negotiations.