Originally Posted by
AllOva736
Because they made it so the company couldn't use them. If RSV guys didn't all do it every week you would still have it. Just because something is allowed in the contract doesn't mean it can't be abused. I'm not saying it's wrong but treating it the way people did ensured its destruction. Smart enough? It doesn't take a genius to figure out how to drop a work day and no one is mad at them for doing it. Just sick of hearing people complain about it as if the whole group should have given something up to make sure they could continue sitting at home.
Bottom line is we had them by the balls BECAUSE people were checkerboarding, among other things such as transition. But yet 70 percent were dumb enough to give in for a guaranteed five years of near industry bottom contract because they thought "most people don't get transitions, and most people can't checkerboard." Talk about short sighted!