Originally Posted by
scambo1
What I think everyone (on these forums) understands is that scope sales, agreed to by a majority, were a HUGE mistake. On this topic, it should be our role as we approach section 6 to re-educate our colleages on the REAL danger and mistake WE brought upon ourselves. I fully expect the company to re-test this tactic in contract negotiations ...WE MUST realize that this is a red herring. The only response can be NO.
Totally agree scambo. The other really important thing however, is to get rid of this concept that senior guys sold scope to pad their own bank accounts AT THE EXPENSE of the junior guys. That is totally false. Here is what actually happened:
1. We ALL caved in on scope due to extreme fear. Our management (and thus our union) said they needed it to maintain a competitive operation with American and AmericanEagle. They said without it, the company would quickly die. When we said no and said we would strike over it, the company said: "go ahead, it will just kill the company a little quicker than it will otherwise be killed without these scope concessions." Fear won the day. It frequently does.
2. Senior people only occupy about the top one third of the list. The numbers on voting FOR the scope sales were in the 60 to 70 percent range. You can't get those percentage numbers from just the senior people, even if every senior guy voted for it...which we DIDN'T. The only way to get 60 to 70 percent of any vote is many, many mid level
and junior people to also vote for the scope cave in.
This is not my opinion. This is the plain historical fact. It is history that I am ashamed of, but it is OUR history.
Carl