Originally Posted by
Banzai
Seems to me the best thing we could do for the company is to help the other groups unionize ASAP. Management decision making seems to be primarily driven by the desire to demonstrate to other work groups why having a union isn't advantageous...or could even be disadvantageous. Because of that, much like they have with many other things, they've decided to take the road of zero communication and imposing edicts, rather than treat us like the bargaining agent we are.
They were so scared of flight attendants that they didn't offer SILs. And, let's be honest, who's going to take a SIL now? I would have then, but I'm rather enjoying Reserve Guarantee, thank you very much. But they managed to quiet the FAs, didn't they? Worth every penny, I guess.
Let's just get the other workgroups unionized so that management can start thinking clearly. That might get us some more clear eyed solutions going forward.
I doubt it would change much for us. I came from a regional in which every work group was organized. When negotiating items, the company would frequently use the excuse that they couldn't agree to something because another union on property had a me-too clause that would come into play. Bottom line: the company, unionized or not, will always use every excuse they can come up with.