Originally Posted by
Avg Joe
???
28,000 fewer block hours, dozens of acft parked, volume down 5-10%, mechanics furloughed, part-time ground pounders fired, full-time Teamsters laid off... do you see a pattern FR8K9?
Do you read the newspaper about the huge number of job losses and bankruptcies outside of UPS?
"allow this to happen"? You are confused and have grossly unrealistic expectations regarding the power of a union, IMO.
Joe
Maybe his point is that if you have the "don't give an inch" approach, then we are putting people on the street, in bankruptcy, divorced, etc
I want a good contract to come back to, so I don't want to see everything given up either, but you can have snap backs and other things to assure not losing in the end.