Originally Posted by
ACEssXfer
Pretty much my point. These guys are taking a worse job, screwing everyone else in the hopes they get large improvements in the new contract. That, or they are ego maniacs. It's disgusting and there should be union consequences. I saw one guy on the internal forum claim he was heavily involved in union work but at the same time "never saw" the guidance to stay away from CKA jobs.
Didn’t we see what the company’s proposal was for improving the CKA job already? IIRC it was like one more day off per month (making it 13?), and a few other very insignificant improvements from what I could tell. And that’s the section the company actually has interest getting right!
These guys are in for a rude awakening. Our negotiations are going to last a lot longer than most believe. And if we go to mediation, we’re probably looking at years. All the while these new CKA are going to be run ragged for 96 hours in a constant training environment. Then when a TA is finally reached, they’re going to be very disappointed with the gains in section 12. Again it’s the one section the company wants to enhance asap and yet their last proposal included minor improvement for the CKA. Some people have to learn the hard way I guess.