Originally Posted by UPSFO4LIFE
Well, just got back from a week trip. My take on the TA is as follows. I think the TA will pass between 55-60%. There are angry people out there, no doubt about it. As the week went on however, the level of hostility seemed to go down a bit as people talked among themselves and really studied the TA. There seems to be those who will vote NO just to vote NO, and those who will vote YES just to get er done with. There has been a lot of talk on here about people just off probation voting yes just to get the big pay raise and bonus. I have to say that of the 15 or so so called new-hires I have spoken to, I would guess 10 of them are saying they will vote NO. And like myself, there seems to be many many folks waiting to attend the GMM on Sunday to help make up their minds on how to vote. All I can say is, let the sales pitch begin.....
I would imagine that there are far fewer NO votes for the sake of it than there are YES votes "just to get it done" with. Either way it's pathetic that anyone would waste a vote that they do not whole heartedly support. This contract is both substandard and concessional in too many aspects to get anything other than a
NO vote from me.
The road shows won't fix all that this TA is lacking and smack of a desperate attempt by the EB to "sell" this obviously hurried and, IMHO, worthless deal to those that are looking for a reason to vote yes.
