Brown Girl Aficionado,
I wish I knew where I was going, those decision makers who are impaired or simply incompetents, have alot of us in limbo.
You do make a good argument and raise some good points. However, a ******* sandwich is still full of ******* no matter what you call it. I have to agree with the 'send a message point', this history of taking in the shorts because there are a couple of things that might be agreeable is setting a damaging precedence. All I have seen in my short time here is capitulation by the crew force (union), from the inadequate contract to the LOA disaster to only name the major ones. I think this is a time when we need to get our act together and act together!
Most opinions for the no are well documented and be redundant to list.
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Finally, I believe the items in the LOA #2 have already been agreed to and will continue to be available. That would be a pretty bad morale move on the company's part to not give everyone fair treatment. They can't make the guys that have already gone there pay back or send back the improvements they already received.
It's time we grow a pair and stand up for what is right!!