Ain't no unions in red China....

 

Not sure who p!ssed in your Wheaties, but here's the deal. The old adage, "if your not part of the solution......."

So, I'll ask again. What's YOUR solution? I hear you complaining, but I don't hear your answer to the problem. Quit the union? Yeah, that'll help.

 

And yet somehow they have managed to average 10% growth in GDP for 30 years.

 

Mostly at the expense of the American Worker.

 

No that was the Japanese and the Koreans, the Commies are stealing jobs from them.

 

A lot of us have already "spoken to your REP" and "write your Rep" only to hear DT say in his perfect Cockney, "Mgmt can do that" over and over and over again. And the rep will tell you, well it's in the contract, go read the contract. Skeebo speaks the truth.

 

And that would be better or different without a contract how?

 

If you want to quit the union, I'd suggest that you just go ahead and quit. I'm sure you really don't need this stinkin' job anyway. As for being a non-member, again, feel free. No one will think you a freeloader, because by contract, you still have to pay your maintenance fee. Now, as for what the dues payers are getting, I'd suggest that among benefits such as the "B" fund, and a top of the line pay scale, the vast majority of us are getting protection. Protection from being fired for absolutely no reason, or perhaps a reason like: "you've got blue eyes and we have decided we don't want blue eyed pilots working here"; or "sorry, but you missed check-in by 2 minutes, and we can't have that, so you're fired." Stuff like that. In Tennessee, they can fire you for whatever reason they want. In fact, they don't even have to tell you why you were fired. Once unionized, the employee has a much enhanced protection system, not just within the contract, but within both federal as well as state laws.

But again, if the union has treated you that badly, I'd suggest you resign. That will surely show them. Of course, you could buck tradition and attempt to work within the confines of the union, for the betterment of the group, but I know that would be asking too much. Especially when it's so much easier to sling mud, while bitc*!ng and moaning.

JJ

 

Since you are so smart why don't you ask any other employee at FedEx how their pension is? Ask them how great that cash balance plan is compared to what they used to have before the company took it.

 

How about, "How many pilots, members or not, have lost their jobs after the final appeal process, for anything other than gross financial misconduct or drug use?"

And while I may be ugly in the morning, at least I'm not a total Richard Cranium.