Because I have one vote. And a Union is a democracy. So I try to communicate my views to other voters to convince them that they deserve more.

Delta connection pilots are peers with mainline pilots, they just don't realize it. Or think its just easier to buy in to the system because one day they too can fly a mainline jet.
The only argument that they are not peers is because they fly different scale equipment to different destinations. Destinations that would otherwise not be served.

As both Southern and FedEx fly 777 from HKG to their US hub, that argument does not hold true either. It costs the customer about $200 to ship from HKG to the US on either carrier, but FedEx pilots make about twice what I do. Same plane, same route, same revenue. Half the gross pay, and lets not even start with benefits.

Where did the money go? That's the real question.