skeebo2

Take a look at " REPRESENTATIVE NOMINATION REPORT" put out by FDX COUNCIL 7

Ballot summary
SBR 1 Shem 2 votes TWO
Don 37 votes
SBR 4 Dave 10 votes
Tony 14 votes
SBR 8 Don L 11 votes
Eric 9 votes

1143 that's ONE THOUSAND ONE HUNDRED FORTY THREE printed
1051 eligible
% received 5.52 that's FIVE PERCENT

Time for a no confidence vote. We don't need Alpa for the next 6 years. Oh yes they will defend and enforce contract 2015. YGSM they have NEVER won a single mediation or passed a decent LOA.

We would be better with a small in house FPA.
We would be better with anybody but 5% ers
We would be better off if FDX was not a closed shop. An antiquated notion from the Railway labor days.
People would have to choose to be represented. You would get more participation.
Most modern thinkers believe in personal rights (right to work) and smaller government=union. NOT Do nothing blow hards.

I'll bet this post gets more views and replies than Shem got votes . Scream at me all you wish. Call me names. Accuse me of insobriety, etc. THEN DEBATE THE TRUE numbers.

skeebo2

"The Supreme Court, in Ellis v. BRAC, 466 U.S. 435 (1984), a lawsuit that was supported by the Foundation, ruled that objecting nonmembers cannot be required to pay union dues. The most that nonnmembers can be required to pay is an agency fee that equals their share of what the union can prove is its costs of collective bargaining, contract administration, and grievance adjustment with their employer.

Except in extraordinary cases, the union's costs of collective bargaining, contract administration, and grievance adjustment do not equal the dues amount.

Ellis makes clear that nonmembers required to pay union fees as a condition of employment have a right under the RLA to object and obtain a reduction of their compulsory payments so that they do not include union expenses for purposes other than collective bargaining, contract administration, and grievance adjustment.

busdriver12

I was curious what would come up when I googled FedEx FPA, I got:

"FedEx Pilots Association

Diaper duty, delivered"

Other definitions include "Fancy Pants Adventures (game).

I think we should definitely consider replacing ALPA with the Fancy Pants Adventures. I'm sure they would do a much better job. After all, the original FPA was all so powerful.

skeebo2

is an agency fee that equals their share of what the union can prove is its costs of collective bargaining, contract administration, and grievance adjustment with their employer.

SO we pay what 2% each with an avg income of $XXX,XXX. Giving our union $$$$$

Bargaining over = 0
Admin good luck one lady answers the phone at kirby. Just send your rep a Text email or voicemail =0
Grievance = 0 not laughing I'm crying

skeebo2

No FPA was not that effective. But we DID not send tens of thousands to the stooges in Herndon.

Our votes were not just the hand full of x Navy bunk buddies that voted for us.
How can anyone with 2 TWO votes make an acceptance speech???

skeebo2

Here come the :you are a mgmt cubicle commander accusations. Like Gatorade with a H Hatoraid.

Read some of my old posts. I am no bigot, don't discriminate. I hate all equally. I once challenged the APC'ers to take a walk back through MGMT cubes. Look at all the Fuel sense trophies. Is their one in the crew room where it belongs?

To quote Shakespeare " a plague on both your houses" mgmt and Alpa

FXDX

Skeebo: surely you realize that those are nominations and not votes. Not being in that council I would reckon that those 6 individuals sent out emails to their council members telling them that they would like to run for the block rep position, which is essence meets the requirement of being willing to serve as a block rep. Its really not that surprising that there aren't more nominees at large from the members of those blocks. How would you know who to nominate without some communication indicating a willingness to serve and a platform of sorts?

Now the current council reps will send out ballots to the entire council with those nominees as candidates and those council members will have the opportunity to vote for the rep of their choice.

If their participation is still at 5% in the actual vote you may have a point. But right now you might want to give the nomination process time to work before you indict the entire membership.

skeebo2

Thank you I stand corrected.

frozenboxhauler

Throw your name in the hat, Skeebo.

Goulet69

Nah...he's too much of a coward to do that! He's content to sit on the sidelines like the waterboy that he is and throw stones at the process.