Originally Posted by
Globemaster2827
A couple of points... We've known for two years that they had zero intention of negotiating anything. We're YEARS away from a new contract and it may be a MERGED contract NOT a negotiated one... As for the Per Diem.... Remember that the contract was MERGED... We couldn't vote down that rate and there was an Arbitrator on the other end should we turn down what was offered.
So what was the first law suit the company filed against us about? Forcing us into another MERGED contract instead of Section 6 where we can vote it down. This time it'd be MERGING Atlas's contract with a Bankruptcy Southern contract.
Yay for the Railway Labor Act.