Seconded. Did any of you get to cast a vote for DW when he was re-elected?

No?

Because the election of the MEC Chair is much like the electoral college for the President: people think they elect someone directly, but they don't.

The only way to get a new MEC Chair is to have enough people on the MEC who are willing to support someone new. And the first way to get that is to get people on the LECs who will have a new view.

I agree with everyone so far who has said that ALPA is us. However, when your representatives (not lords or dictators, but representatives who are supposed to represent your views) disappoint you, the solution is not to quit the union, boycott it or anything else. The solution is to elect people who truly represent your views and who will fight for them when the chips are down.

I know that many people (including me) want something changed quickly, but that is just not going to happen. What CAN happen is a methodical change in makeup of the LECs, the MEC and eventually the Chairman so that they more accurately reflect the will of the majority.

What that means is that everyone needs to participate. Remember what is happening now, and vow that it never happens again.

 

From the FDX MEC Policy Manual:

"Any MEC Officer may be removed at any time, with or without cause, IAW ALPA Constitution and By Laws"

Summary from the ALPA By Laws (the crucial stuff):

- any officer of the MEC can be removed by a 2/3 vote of the MEC.


So let's see - we've got 12 blocks that's 12 plus the Chair, Vice Chair and Sec=15?? Need 10 votes to overturn or at least 50% on the first vote and then a simple majority vote after. I suspect it'll be tough.

 

Yep, it's tough. And for a reason, so that guys don't get tossed out for single issues.

But this (to me, at least) feels different. This is a single issue that is also a defining issue.

So it looks tough on the surface, but might be easier when the actual straws are collected. This issue has generated more energy and involvement than anything I've ever seen, and people don't tend to forget when their careers have been sold out.

 

I'll buy ten and hand them out

 

How about wearing your ALPA lanyards backwards? My Co-star and I did today. The new all black look is symbolic of our mourning for the loss of our say on issues DW and the MEC know we don't agree with them on. Spread the word..

 

If guys like Albief15 thinks he is entitled to a greater "piece of the pie" in future contract negotiations, he can wait & get his at the same time I get mine...slugging it out between 60 to 65. I didn't ask for it & don't want it but will have to find a way to deal with it & it doesn't include caving-in to someone who feels he deserves more now than someone else. Wait your turn & "get it" like the rest of us.

 

Hey Freightdog. I quit wearing my lanyard when our alpa quit representing me

 

Albie can defend himself but I believe he was talking about everyone getting the same size slice of pie. The last contract was nice but there were some extra goodies if you happened to be of a certain age. And now the reason for those extra goodies has magically vanished. In the future perhaps it will be best if we just negotiate our contracts to benefit all equally.

 

Put me down for 10

 

Our turn is about to get extended by 5 more years..