Originally Posted by Mudhen200

You are correct sir. A strike just isn't going to happen. We have to get B&B's attention through other means.

Even if we were to get released to strike, (years and years and years from now), all it would take is one phone call from a native councilmen from OME, OTZ, BRW or BET complaining that the days rations of soda pop didn't make it in - and you can consider the strike to be over. The local native politics leaning on the governor, senators and congressman of Alaska is all it would take to shut a strike down in no time at all. I doubt a strike would even be allowed to start as these politicians are probably smart enough to make the phone calls before we are even officially "released" to strike.
So rather than waste our time on things that won't help, I hope that we can focus on what we can do. The only thing that B&B will pay attention to is when jets stop moving. They buried their heads in the sand and denied that there was a problem last summer at QX. They ignored it until it imploded and shut itself down. That is what has to happen here to get them to pay attention. It must fail, then they will wake up and try to fix it. As long as we keep making them money, they will keep ignoring us. When the jets stop moving, they will suddenly be very attentive.

Extensions, working on a day off, working on vacation, selling back vacation, picking up premium, for that matter - picking up any time at all, VSA, sick leave make up, working when your back is a little stiff or your nose is a little stuffy and you are not 100%. These are the easy things that would make a huge impact and all completely within our individual control.