Originally Posted by
Gunga Din
How about this... 1)membership asks leadership to recommend legal work actions. 2) leadership tells lawyers what they want and asks for ways to make said actions justified 3) leadership tells membership to fall in line and makes the time to personally persuade each of the approx 200 OT queens to fall in line. 4) as a group we support each other even when the legal job actions cause us personal inconvenience like gate returns, or open write ups or cancellations. 5) the leadership schedules more public displays of our frustration.
But wait... we are going to self censor by quickly saying "the lawyers won't approve" or "we can't do that". And there you have it. We don't have the balls to do it. Always looking for lawyers to give permission. I've hired lawyers for the last 20 years and not one of them wants to stick their neck out. You've got to tell them what you want and to find a legal way to make it happen. Lawyers always say "don't".
Or we can continue to wait until the other side is ready.
I find your lack of RLA understanding astounding, yet amusing. Why not bring up these gems at the next LEC meeting or pilot conference call. It will make for some good comic relief.