Originally Posted by
Stringfellow
I wear the lanyard, but I think we are all adult enough to still have this perfect trip, even if the guy next to us isn't wearing the required "15 pieces of flare." (to quote Office Space.) Signs and symbols will not improve the quality of the negotiators we've put in place. To place so much emphasis on something like a lanyard reminds me of a typical high school clique. We are gown a** men and women, and supposedly professionals as well. ALPA is here and we are negotiating with the company; with or without any lanyards. We are not laborers who never made it past high school, and need the extra signs and slogans to follow the collective sheep. Everybody who has such a hard-on about these lanyards that they would stop treating a colleague with some common courtesy needs to grow up.
I don't ever give people crap if they don't have a lanyard on, but I will say "hey if you need a lanyard I've got extras in my bag". The whole point of the lanyard is a show of strength and unity. When management walks through the terminal and sees everyone has their lanyard on it means we are all on the same page and we are all committed to this process. When they see guys without the lanyard it shows discontent and disagreement... Especially because to this point the union has only really requested one measly thing for us.