Arguing on the internet...
Anyway, I think the real point here is not what the unions want to do, it is what the unions will be *allowed* to do.
Unless a higher court rules, I predict that there will be no more airline strikes in the US. The NMB members are appointed by POTUS.
Airline strikes equal news and bad press for the sitting POTUS, as they reflect poorly on the economy and state of labor relations in the USA. POTUS directly controls NMB equals no airline strikes.
The problem is far more fundamental than airline labor agreements. Voting in another union, or voting the union out will not change the law that pulls airline employee's teeth in collective bargaining agreements. The unions have been busted by the US government.
Last edited by Pain; 08-06-2012 at 08:53 AM.