Originally Posted by
Packrat
In the micro world of our jobs, the RLA is bad. However in the macro economic world the RLA is an absolute necessity. Lose the RLA and you could easily flush this country down the toilet.
Sometimes you have to think a little beyond selfish self interest.
Typical Union guy response. When you give the common guy grounds to run with, they will win. Which means ALPA will lose. Alpa opposition against the RLA is obvious for one reason, authority to the working class will do more than a union can ever do.
ALPA opposes changing the RLA because common folk can stand up for themselves now. A union is as useful as a politician nowadays.
Take Jesse James and other black leaders, they pretend to fight for the black man but in the end they do what us white men say. Same with a union they pretend to fight for us but in reality they do whatever the top guys can gain from benefit.