Originally Posted by
kwri10s
I will say that this is the quietest contract we've had in my 20 plus years. Usually, we are getting ALPA emails at a much more robust rate. There were weekly or bi-weekly negotiation briefings videos with updates. There was a calendar of upcoming picket events. Weekly encouragement emails to help us encourage those that need encouragement. This time around it does seem very quiet. Not sure why, hard to put a finger on it.
I respectfully disagree. I think things are actually accelerated this time compared to the last 3 contracts I've been here for.
I'm old, so I don't know if I have the dates correct, but the last contract Section 6 openers were, I believe, in January 2013, and we didn't have our first picket event until the fall of 2014, some 20+ months after openers. I remember marching on Wall Street in November of '14.
I like the pace we've set this time around.