Originally Posted by
Carl Spackler
Why can't that happen again? I'd love to believe that, but what changed to specifically disallow it in the future?
Sorry, I should have been more clear. I meant that it must not be allowed to happen again. From recent discussions with my reps, and from what I understand went down at the LOA 14-01 ratification meeting, it won't be.
Originally Posted by
Carl Spackler
The big house cleaning wasn't so much the MEC chairman and two of the negotiators, it was the appointed admins. Those guys were the really bad actors at the road shows with the fear campaign. They were the ones that worked so hard to portray the TA as a fait accompli to the reps and demanded their support.
That said, these "appointed admins" work at the pleasure and direction of the MEC Chairman. It is he who gives them their marching orders, both in terms of substance and in terms of style.