Originally Posted by
DoorMatNot
Here is a question for those of you who have no confidence in the assistance of your weak ass union.
Would you ever hire a labor attorney to assist you when the company is harrassing you and interpreting the contract to THEIR advantage.
People that I have talked to have said that our grievence process is a deplorable joke.
Does anyone have experience with this.
Need a lot more background before being able to answer the question. Like the issue and what the problem with the greivance system is (CBA language, etc.)
Generally speaking, an outside attorney who has no airline specific RLA experience or experience with your CBA will do
you no good, but you will fund his nautical or motorsport pursuits very nicely.
Add to that the fact that since your union has the collective bargaining rights for your pilot group, the company could refuse to pay any attention to the guy. And if you go to court, as soon as the judge finds you are under a CBA and have not followed the greivance process...they will dismiss the complaint and tell you that you must go through the process first.