Originally Posted by
450knotOffice
Yea, it’s not quite as simple as you want to think it is, especially when your management is playing hardball and has all the cards. Not sure what you think your union leadership can do to change anything right now. The reality is that the only thing management will react to, in terms of better pay and work rules, is staffing becoming critical (in their eyes, not yours) due to classes not being filled. When that happens, then you can expect management to work with you to some extent.
The management playing hardball??? you don't say Captain obvious, I think we can agree that they have been doing that for years. My point is the union keeps falling for it time and time again and should have known better after the Reserve rules debacle. Hence my comment to get some education from folks that know what they are doing when it comes to hostile management. But then again, our Union leadership is about to flow, so can't ruffle too many feathers cause that could affect that ...