Originally Posted by
UalHvy
The "kicking and screaming" as you call it, has NOTHING to do with whether or not CAL guys should receive profit sharing. It has to do with Jay Pierce working a backdoor deal with management. A deal that may very well cause a delay in the JCBA. It also shows that Jay is not working together as agreed upon with the UAL reps. Would you want the UAL reps to go off on their own and work deals behind the CAL reps backs? I sure wouldn't....we are supposed to be working together for a common goal.
Management knows this and will capitalize on it...wait and see. Jay did not do CAL guys a favor.
While I can understand your frustration, it will only cause a delay in the JCBA if the MECs allow it to. Let the MECs hash this out with each other but the task of our JNC should be to get the JCBA done. They should still be able to work to that goal without this being a distraction.
We've been ticked off at the company for continual failure to come to the table with counter proposals to negotiate. Obviously they latest has been the scheduling section which they have had for 5 months now with the last session still not producing one because they have to "rework" the proposal.
Management has said to the press and to the pilots that delays have happened in the past because of internal union strife (L-CAL ALPA MEC/IAH rep issue, UAL MEC issues, pay banding, etc.) not them. For the most part it is BS and we know it.
Both MECs need to direct their respective negotiators to hunker down, negotiate with management, don't let outside issues and leadership changes bog us down at the table and let the MECs work these other issues out. Don't give management any reason to believe we are anything but ready, willing, able and available to sit at that negotiating table. All other distractions are just BS for them being able to get this done with the support of the line pilots....
...unless you are saying one party should tell it's JNC members to stall or not negotiate.