Originally Posted by
jimmy8
somewhat agree. The union had a chance to hit a “home run” contract and have us be teamsters forever, but at this point I don’t see us staying teamsters unless it is a phenomenal contract… and even then I don’t know if I see it. Just more false promises that things will change while nothing has changed besides the name of the almighty dictator. I do think we have more leverage than some pilots think but we should’ve had a contract 6 months ago regardless of everything that happened. I’m sure Owen’s and crew were fine and GU just didn’t like that he wasn’t in power. I know for a fact they did not pass a TA requiring us to download apps and have the company track us, it was literally the opposite, that’s just this new regime spreading false nonsense to make them look like superstars.
The union had a chance to hit a "home run" contract shortly after the wave started following Alaska's deal. Instead, AR was to busy running each committee and playing holywood director to learn how to actually negotiate. IBT could have come in, wrapped this thing up on a couple of months and we would all be bragging about how strong the IBT actually is. Instead, we're all sitting here scratching our heads wondering what the h*ll we did to deserve this mess.
We won't know what language was or wasn't in these TA's through the various changes until something comes out to vote. Even then, we just see the final product. I agree, it seems like a lot of political showboating. Should we be surprised? No, GU is a lunatic lefty having wet dreams about "saving" the IBT from a suddenly moderate Sean O'Brien.