Originally Posted by
Screwed
Davetastic;
BK is not retired. You are jumping the gun. Soon, but not yet. And when he does retire he gets to stick around and run the union. The rules were changed after the election.
As far as which group is good or bad, or which group do I support.....it is real simple.
One group is fighting to get us a raise in compensation and benefits. One group will protect my job if it is threatened. Do I pay a lot for these services? Absolutely. Maybe even too much. Is there an alternative?
The other group is trying to take away the few good work rules we have. They are also trying to severely limit an increase in compensation. This same group lies and cheats. They also pay themselves industry leading compensation and awards themselves huge bonuses.
Which group should we support?
^This^
The men and women in the union fight the good fight day in and day out to make our QOL as good as they can. They keep the crew scheduling and crew planning departments honest when they try to undermine what little protections we have in the CBA. They win grievances on behalf of us. They represent us when the company hands down ludicrous disciplinary punishments for petty intimidation reasons. It’s not the union cashing in; FPL is a drop in the bucket. The real winners in this are those sending out the invoices for the billable hour$.