Originally Posted by
normalperson
New to big labor so please pardon ignorance. Is there a way for the unions of the different work groups to poll their respective groups to see if we have a vote of no confidence for the current leadership and clean house? Or is that fantasy? It seems that right now we would probably have the support of the media and customers.
The pilots did it last contract cycle. But honestly, who really cares? We still settled for more than a billion dollars less than "The Platform." A VONC gives us very little, if any, additional leverage.
What does give us real.leverage? The credible threat of a legal strike. To pose that kind of threat requires patience and knowing how to play the game. Those are two things that neither SWAPA nor this pilot group have demonstrated much aptitude for so far since the 1970’s.