Originally Posted by
HKFlyr
(Especially with this great new business relationship we have with company)
Dude, I get you're disappointed with ALPA.
But I swore if I read this statement from you again (this is the 2nd time I've seen you say it), I'd say something.
Not sure how long you've been here, but the whole "business like relationship" is a quote from the DW / BC era.
SS and group have never, not once, used a phrase like that. I'm not sure if you just read the Webb stuff from years ago and got so ****ed off you never read any ALPA emails again. That I could almost understand. I was not a supporter of even one single thing (including our '06 contract) that those guys did.
Maybe you should re-read (or perhaps read for the first time) some of our ALPA's newer stuff:
SS: As we progress through this end stage of contract bargaining it becomes clearer than ever; during contract negotiations there are only two teams. Our team and the team that is hard at work on an entirely different agenda. As a team we will prevail.
JC: When it comes to negotiations, Captain Stratton has written about two teams. The same must apply when it comes to management’s administrative assault on the CBA. So, I strongly encourage you to fully comprehend that your manager and your manager’s supervisors are not on your team. They see your CBA as an obstacle or an impediment—a daily hassle around which to scheme when they need a different outcome. Is that how you see our CBA? I see our CBA as an essential body of rights which has been earned over the past two decades by countless volunteers. I’m not giving it up for anyone or anything and I know which team supports that view.
These are NOTHING like the statements that came out of the Webb regime. Again, I haven't seen ONE time (and i've read every email ALPA has sent to us over the last 8 years) any "we're on the same team" or "business like relationship" BS from our guys in office now. You would never, ever, have seen statements like the above two coming out of the Webb regime.
So again dude, your derogatory "business-like relationship" remarks should actually be directed at a different FDX ALPA.