Originally Posted by
pipe
A good strategy is to negotiate a furlough section in a contract and then fine tune it negotiation after negotiation. A good strategy is to then ENFORCE YOUR OWN CONTRACT! How many times have we been reminded to enforce the contract? Ostrich?..............Hardly.
Before we start on the blah, blah, blah, "unprecedented situation" thing....... Furloughs exist to deal with unprecedented situations. They never existed for day-to-day operations. 9/11-unprecedented. Two wars at once-unprecedented. Deregulation-unprecedented. Great recession-unprecedented. Unprecedented is the first word that comes out of everyone's mouth (particularly the guy demanding the concessions). Furloughs have gotten UA through a lot of "unprecedented" situations.
Pipe
Hmmm, parking all the 737s at LUAL prior to the merger was an unprecedented situation? Please save the theatrics and know your audience. I was furloughed twice and not on the chopping block this time... and I’m voting Yes to give the bottom 1/3 a lifeline until next summer... if things don’t improve then unfortunately they’ll be furloughed and the current UPA will be restored. After reading/watching all the info this is worth the risk... and this opinion coming from a FPLD convert.
Vote how you want... it’s your right.