Originally Posted by
NuGuy
Had the MEC followed the proper protocol, it wouldn't have gotten to this point.
The MEC could have redirected the NC, they would have gone back in, fixed the problems, then come back with a TA that more people could have supported.
And no one would have known outside the MEC, the NC and the company negotiators. What the other employee groups think, or that whole dynamic you describe above would never have happened.
Nu
This is EXACTLY correct. Our process is actually important to all of us. When it's ignored, problems result.
I'm reminded of the place Mr. Obama finds himself now. His health care bill was passed after the election of Scott Brown in Massachussetts via a flouting of the legislative process called "continuing resolution". It removed the newly elected Senator's right to vote on the bill, and it passed by 1 vote. The bill has now been a huge weight on him ever since, and it will very likely be judged as unconstitutional this week...only months before the election. All because the process was subverted.
Processes matter. They can often be cumbersome...but they are there for a reason. When they are ignored for expediency, the resulting unintended consequences are often devastating. My prediction for DALPA is that this single action by the MEC will result in the decertification of DALPA before our next section 6. Maybe not by DPA, but another in-house union drive.
Carl