Originally Posted by
Scoop
Denny,
Can you truly have mutual agreement when one side is threatening the other with BK and a team of lawyers? My point is, that no matter who changed the rules, by definition there was no more status-quo. If guys stop doing the extra flying at this time the union could have said - "Look I guess its just not enough of an incentive and that is why guys are not doing green-slips anymore." But, conceding your above point, I guess someone would have had to organize this, and subject themselves to lawsuits etc.
Funny thing is - I think the above is exactly what happened....eventually. A lot of guys stopped doing GSs with the more restrictive rules and so they loosened them up again to what we have now.
I personally know one of the "49ers" and to this day the whole topic really upsets him.
Scoop
Scoop,
I see your point and tend to agree with it but in the eyes of the law, it was mutually agreed to by both parties and so legally not a violation of status quo. What's the difference between a union holding the strike hammer and a company holding the BK hammer. Both are applying pressure to get their way.
I do think you are right, guys stopped picking up time on their own after the 1.5x came into effect because it wasn't worth it to them.
I'll bet this topic does bother him and I'm sorry he had to go through all he did. I think he and the others were "hostages" taken by the company for the purpose of leverage. It was all a bunch of BS.
Denny