Originally Posted by hemaybedid

I would like to add a little context. We are negotiating with a company that has been negotiating with itself for well over 20 years. They sat down at the table and gave the talking points to themselves (FedEx ALPA), and FedEx ALPA attempted to scare everyone into voting yes. Their biggest and most successful selling points have always been a big payoff to those near retirement. And that is why the mantra of “what are you willing to give up for that” has always been a part of this place.

The funny thing is, even when we started negotiations early in 2021, the industry leading pay our “MEC” promised us wasn’t promised by them. It was promised by their company handlers. They didn’t have the foresight to see how far off they would be. And yet they persist. FedEx pilots had sat on top of their brothers and sisters so long they couldn’t imagine a world where the industry righted itself. And then the industry proved FedEx pilots had been working for a fraction of what they were worth and **** work rules for decades. And when you work for a company that’d never do that, you lose decades of industry standard language to protect you. But at least you had W-2’s to lord over furloughed friends heads.

At this point, unfortunately, we are in a position where we have to teach FedEx how to have a union. That is never an easy process. But since they haven’t had to learn until now. Game on.