I certainly agree with your premises on this post. Frankly, many times we give our management too much credit for incredibly devious plotting behind closed doors. I don't think their IQ jumps 30 points when they hang pictures on their new wall (or possibly the requisite 50 or 60 that would be required to orchestrate some of the recent events). From a credible source - age 60, when and how it happened, was a huge surprise.

I think you're right in that we may be tending to do that too much with our Union now. Personally, I don't think any conspiracies are going on, just repeated times of blowing it.

I really like your last comment - ".... a little more transparency and honesty....just spit the truth out and let the membership deal with it..." It would really be refreshing to occasionally hear a "Wow, we never saw that coming...." or a "We really whiffed on that one. Jeez. We'll start working to get it fixed, or at least the impact minimized."

Fear management or the union more? Interesting debate. One hurts you by acts of commission, the other by acts of omission. ALPA's been fumbling the rock a lot recently.

Open communication has been beat to death on this forum. But, it certainly can work wonders, foster a better understanding, and counteract an "us vs. them" mentality. It is difficult to try to come up with a real, honest, no BS reason why it is resisted by our LEC/MEC. Telling, though, that it's always a plank for votes for new blood, but never favored by the old blood.

Albie - nothing personal here, just the reality. I sincerely hope that you, Vic, and TonyC will truly not just try, but force, some of the changes to open up that area. Before whatever cool-aid it is that they serve takes you under its spell, and you forget both who you are suppose to be working for, and who your 'customers' are.

Apparently, that stuff did not make it to Subic.

 

Purpledriver: "sideways..."

Now that's funny right there.

 

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