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Originally Posted by JollyF15
Right on Trap. This was a low ball offer from the company that never should have been voted in. YGBSM----theres NFW most of us can bid this in it's current form. All in the name of scope---****? I'm one of the 32% that said NO to the scope improvement........
Jolly,
I also voted no, but not because I like seeing the company bleed financially. I just didn't think it was a fair agreement between the company and its employees. (I obviously wasn't in the majority, shame on us as a crew force).
There is a significant issue of perspective that is important to point out, and one that I think the entire crew force needs to consider in order to strengthen us as a union (and a company quite frankly). We are all a team. FedEx's future is our future and Mr. Smith is interested in FedEx's future. He is a visionary and I am thankful for his leadership. Still, when our negotiating commitee sits down with company reps, they do so with the intent of delivering the best contract the COMPANY is willing to offer. THEY ARE NOT delivering the best contract we would like. They do their best to communicate our desires to the company, but in the end there is only so far the company is willing to go. When the NC gets to the point where they feel they have negotiated the best contract the company is willing to offer, then they turn it over to us.
It is then OUR RESPONSIBILITY to vote it down if it is not acceptable. I believe the NC speaks for me, but that does not mean it is anarchy if I vote it down. It just means that the "best" LOA or contract the company was willing to offer was not good enough.
With this LOA I think we failed by voting it in. However, as fate would have it we sort of got a do-over with the poor bid. Now, the ball goes back to the company and they have to up the Ante in order to make it an acceptable offer.