I hate to say it fellas, however ALPA did none of us a favor by being so passive on the issue. SWAPA and NJASAP asked ALPA get the word out with an event the first week of Trump's presidency. Their reply paraphrased was "we don't want Mr Trump to think we don't like him".
Ridiculous.
In contract negotiations and politics, a lot of attention can be garnered through these highly visible events. At a time when all aviation unions should have come together, the largest one decided to sit it out and work "behind the scenes".
Guess that didn't work out to well.