Originally Posted by
CptGSXR
Huh? Other way around? Normally agree with a lot of what you say but.....is it altruistic to purposefully torpedo negotiations for years? Let's review, last contract was 10 years ago. Rumor is, Union was told to come back to the table with something realistic or be iced again. If not, no deal before a JCBA, meaning 5 more years till a contract. So that's 15 years on ONE contract with no backpay and very unlikely to get Retention Bonus "IF" it goes that far.....MG played the Toonsters like a fiddle. Failing to see the altruism there
maybe I wasn’t clear. Unions should be held to way way a higher standard than management. Why does anyone act surprised when management negotiates for their benefit, uses the leverage they have, etc. that’s all I was trying to get at.
You are correct management has played the IBT like a fiddle. That’s what makes me laugh when people said management was using the Alpa drive. Management would HATE if we moved to Alpa. A professional union that cannot be jerked around. MG loves the IBT, he can walk all over them.
And yes, I was also told that the Union was given a deadline to start getting realistic or else the NMB was gonna ignore us til JCBA. That is why Josh, Jay, and the other Js that are still trying to sell us on their brilliant strategy of legacy contract and anything else will get us released.