Originally Posted by
CA1900
I agree with the rest of your post, but the RLA is stacked against labor. That's by the design. It was specifically written to neuter our ability to strike, and that lessens our leverage. It's definitely not impossible to make great gains, but it's more difficult and more time-consuming than operating under the NLRA would be.
There was a really good interview between the FAs and their attorney. There is a valuable aspect to the RLA for labor. Yes it allows the company to drag out negotiations, but at the same time our cba does not expire but becomes amendable. In other industries contracts expire if not negotiated in a timely manner which allows the company to abrogate all aspects of the contract. Under RLA our interests are protected until the new contract is negotiated because it doesn’t expire but is amendable.