Originally Posted by
alfaromeo
The policy manual says that normally you will have a negotiating committee election 6 months prior to Section 6. The MEC has to either have an election or pass a resolution waiving that part of the policy manual. They have to do one or the other. So put the conspiracy theories away, the MEC has to act one way or another and I guess they will figure out how they want to proceed. Different people will have different ideas, that's democracy. In the end, they will work out a solution. Tin Foil Hats - Stow.
Here is the policy manual: (Which I know you know)
21. Negotiating Committee
a. A Negotiating Committee, consisting of a minimum of three members,
including the chairman, will be elected by the MEC in accordance with
Section 5 of this Policy Manual.
b. MEC committee chairmen will act in an advisory capacity to the
committee, as requested by the MEC chairman or the Negotiating
Committee chairman, to assist in their respective areas of jurisdiction and
responsibility.
c. A member of the Negotiating Committee is strongly discouraged from
holding another elected ALPA office.
d. The Negotiating Committee will normally serve for a period:
1) Commencing six months before the Opening Letter may be
presented by either party to commence Section 6 negotiations
under the Railway Labor Act, in which case the committee will
serve for a period not to exceed six months after the signing of the
new Section 6 Agreement (or its equivalent), or
2) Commencing no later than six months after the signing of an
Agreement in Section 6 negotiations (or its equivalent), and for a
term not to exceed two years.
e. Within the constraints of d.1) and 2) above and in order to provide for an
orderly transition, the MEC chairman may choose to schedule the election
of a new committee within the 90-day period (or at the regularly scheduled
MEC meeting immediately prior to the 90-day period) prior to the
expiration of the term of the incumbent committee. The newly elected
committee will take office at the expiration of the incumbent committee’s
term.
You can also admit that the Reps called this meeting to discuss this and talk a recorded vote. Many of the reps feel no need for this election.
If they do choose as a group to have this, will you run?