Originally Posted by
tsquare
And do what?
I am not advocating one way or the other here, but I keep seeing this from the crowd. OK... tell me how you would get what it is that we need with a (for certain) adversarial relationship, because your statement says to me that you are absolutely in the anti-engagement camp. Just show me the way to get me more money and more time off, get the violations solved in a timely manner, (because waiting for several years to have them resolved is a big fat fail in my book). and I will get right on that train with ya.
We are out of balance in our relationship. We, DALPA, are the P-Whipped boyfriend trying to do everything we can to be with this hot woman (Mngmt). This Woman knows this and will take advantage of the situation. She will give us a little sugar to keep us begging, but ultimately she runs the show and little by little she dismantles us.
My solution to DALPA would be to start getting TOUGH. Dont be lenient and stop pretending to be management. We are a labor union, not chairmen of the board. There needs to be a nice thick line between labor and management or else sides will be taken advantage of. In management courses, this is the first lesson you are taught. DO NOT CO-MINGLE WITH THE HELP. We are the help and we are falling for this false relationship.
On a side note, I actually thought the SD letter was optimistic. We just need to be a little stronger and replace those 400s with higher paying jobs.
Respectfully.
TEN