Originally Posted by
Carl Spackler
I highly suspect that we're not even asking. Our union administration is very concerned about asking for too much. I base that on a number of admins who spoke very passionately against the whole concept of restoration.
I've heard similar intimations in certain circles. There is a general fear, not totally unfounded IMO, that asking for "too much" (whatever that is) will simply drive the other side from the table. The example often used is that of APA, who asked for a 50% pay increase and got zero response from AMR until they became more "reasonable."
The issue then becomes one of whether our view of what is reasonable is too low.
Originally Posted by
Carl Spackler
I asked my reps when our opener would be released for us to read and they said it would be released at some point during negotiations. They later said that the MEC admins decided that the opener would never be released...ever. Of course, it's never been released.
We saw the C2012 opener, did we not?