Originally Posted by
alfaromeo
Just to be clear, negotiations are about money and data. You guys argue on webboards and think that negotiations are some PR contest. They are not. There is not one media article that will affect the outcome in any way.
Wrong alfa. In the same way political races are seldom about the real issues, races are won or lost on media campaigns.
Why do sellers of goods and services use advertising and marketing?
Why do employers use union busting firms with all of their associated media campaigns?
Why does ALPA purchase billboard space?
Why during C2K did DALPA start the Delta Pilots Charitable Fund and purchase a pediatric ambulance for Children's Healthcare of Atlanta at Egleston?
Why do union workers picket?
I could go on and on.
There is one simple reason alfa. Because these tactics have been proven to work. It IS about winning hearts and minds. It definitely involves the media and PR, both inside and outside.
That's why it IS important what the President of our UNION says to the world.