Originally Posted by
WhaleSurfing
So you're saying that once the items in dispute are resolved and you have a new TA the entire membership votes whether or not to end the strike and return to work, including the return to work agreement? So you stay on strike until the vote is complete?? No wonder you guys are so screwed up and have taken so long to get a TA. Management wet dream!
So honest question:
You're out on strike and the NC says we have a TA and MEC says let's go back to work. We go back to work and see that said TA is not ratifiable. We vote down said TA and now what? We aren't on strike anymore. Where's the leverage? There is some consensus that contract 2010 which pass with 74% in favor may not have passed had the group not returned without voting. It's highly likely that at least 24% voted in favor of the TA because they didn't know what would happen if they voted no.
If you're on strike it's fair to say that 100% of the group is paying attention. You don't need to go through the normal month long voting and road show process. You could easily release a TA and tally a vote within 24 hrs. Yes vote and you go back to build a great airline, no vote and we stay out until the come with industry standard.
I will admit I don't know what the ALPA policy is on this topic and I support our NC 100% at this time but I have a very hard time coming back from a strike just because they tell me it's a good deal. We should be the ones to decide