Originally Posted by
dojetdriver
At UAL, like a few other places, they have scabs. And like other places, the scabs are not well liked. Despite what one thinks of ALPA, all the pilots (non -scab) wear ALPA pins on their ties. Scabs do not. I'm not sure if they are entitled to representation or not. The "slick tie" as they call it is giving it away that they are a scab. Hence, if the guys has a "slick tie", he probably won't get much respect from anybody.
Careful with this. A scab is a scab. A tie is a tie. They do not alway match up. I know many non-scabs ****ed off at ALPA that don't wear their pins. I went through a period of time when my pin fell off and was lost. It took me months to replace it. Look at the tie and then verify that it is true. Don't just act on a tie without a pin.
APLA and CALAPLA gives out lots of bag stickers to put on for various reasons. I don't put any of them on. I have the nylon bag; they do not stick. That does not make me a bad/non-union pilot. I was on the strike committee for the last contract.
