Originally Posted by
HIFLYR
Yea I guess the company would never want to cut us like they did all the other employees in health care, retirement and of course want PBS on the property!!
Must be all the unions fault! YGTBSM
No, but they have not really changed the very slow pace of negotiations, why does it take so long and who does that benefit?
It benefits both the union and the company.
Originally Posted by
golfandfly
Sounds like a great idea!! Let's fire the negotiation committee and/or ALPA!! We'll get a new one that will tell the company to give us a contract or else!!
That'll show them...
Seriously?? Just how is this new group going to get this contact? There is very little they can do. Picketing is one of them. They can't ask us to withhold our services or not fly extra. Please inform us what replacing these guys will do to expedite our negotiations....
There are a few other methods, pickets are not going to garner much support from the public for guys knocking down 200-300k a year. Public support is zero, so what is this leverage everyone speaks of?
Originally Posted by
contrails
Actually jungle, it's about getting some press time in front of investors who do care very much about the goings on in a very large and important group of the company's employees.
Labor/management disputes are very good for earnings right up until a strike.
The great benefit of delay is that inflation works its 4% plus magic every year in reduced labor costs.
Some unions even double their dues during lengthy negotiations. It is a big win for two of the three players.
