Jeeze you guys, some of you are so thick.

Cleaning IS ONE OF THE BIG BATTLEFIELDS. The union has made it very clear: Don't clean! The company has made it very clear: We are battling the union on this to the extent that we developed a program to brain wash pilots to clean, and are starting a fear-based campaign to make pilots clean.

THIS IS ONE OF THE FIGHTS. This is NOT a sideshow. It is one of the battles in the campaign.

If you help clean, you are like a new kid on the soccer team kicking the ball into his own goal, giving a point to the company (and, no offense to kids, I did that at least once, too...).

Heck, even the Flight Attendants shouldn't be cleaning. We have cleaners. Let them clean.

I was in a union in a different industry, and when mgt. messed with our pay or working conditions, we would clearly and decisively limit the amount and quality of work we would do (keeping it all legal and safe of course, we just wouldn't do as good a job as we would do if mgt was respecting us). I remember starting to do a common "courtesy" task my work group would do, and my boss told me to stop, saying "we don't do that when they aren't paying us".

This is a battle front, and it does matter, and the union told us clearly to not do this. For cripes sake, please stop playing against your own team.

Divide and conquer IS the playbook. Rejoin YOUR team, please.