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Originally Posted by RiddleEagle18
That is false. The rules have changed. I dont get to vote and dont really care either way, but dont spread lies either way.
If you want ALPA vote for ALPA, if you dont you must vote no. The rules have changed so only a majority of those voting is required.
I also don't get to vote... I was hired on the other side of the turning in of the cards.
I do care with a lot of passion - this is going to affect my whole career.
I am very disappointed by the way that the whole election is being held. Every day I am subject to more and more propaganda then even during the height of the Obama-McCain election.
I have worked in graphic design... all of this copy, the emails, the posters... it's all coming from somewhere. And all of that work costs big bucks. A lot of money is being spent to 'protect' me... or at least that's what I am being told. (again, I don't get to vote... so no matter what happens, I can complain either way... a win/win) The part that I don't trust, is where someone tells me, (and spends lots of money one!) things that they are doing things for my interest, telling me they are protecting me out of my own interest. Wait! You are doing all of this for 'little ole' me'.... hmmm.... what's the catch? (I'm still asking myself that)
Here's my other problem: All of this propaganda says that the relationship that we have with the company is going to be thrown away if the union is voted in. It's like throwing out the baby with the bathwater. Does the company management think that I am not going to give my best and my all if a union is voted in? My own personal success in my career is tied to the success of the airline. I voted with my brain and my feet by coming here when I was offered a job... I am happy to be here and plan on spending the rest of my career here. I want to build a strong airline that lasts through my retirement and beyond. (since I would like to travel and bum around with my wife after I retire) I am still going to cross seatbelts, make PA's from the front, help customers, be a leader and the face of the company. I am proud to work here and I believe in the culture of the company... I want to bring humanity to air travel. I remember when there was humanity in air travel... I tried to do my level best when I was at the regionals to make every flight a great one of the passengers. It is wonderful to be at a airline where the culture supports this. I am proud to be in the trenches here.
I have been at both union (ALPA) an non-union carriers. I was treated better at a non-union carrier. At my non-union carrier I was treated like a professional - and when I had a grievance, it was handled professionally by my boss. When I screwed something up, they handled it with care and grace. When I needed time off, I got the time off to take care of my family problems. When I was being accused of untrue things (FA's gossiping to a client, trying to get me kicked out of a aircraft program) - my boss brought me into his office and said: "We can hire a FA out of a lineup at Starbucks, you have spent over ten years of hard work and sacrifice getting into your seat, we have your back." (and they did)
At my two ALPA carriers not so much... if I had a problem, I was told to grieve it. (then the committee sold the grievences for pennies on the dollar back to the company) When I had problems with management, ALPA didn't protect me. And at another carrier, it was my former ALPA rep, turned manager, that gave me a basically quasi-illegal 'warning' letter to sign from the company because the overwork and... what's that french word... Fat-i-gue was causing me to get sick every couple of months. Oh yeah, after ALPA national got all the props for negotiating a 'industry leading' contract for us... and their writeup in their magazine... the MEC started in with the givebacks.
So, am I a fan... not just no, but H-E-Double Hockey Sticks NO.
The problem, now... again... no vote for me, so I don't even get a say in my own future. But, if I did have a vote... the company is pushing me in to the Yes column with all of the propaganda. Because I know, as bad as it was... it was not all of the GLOOM and DOOM I'm being told.
I have to say that the campaign has failed. It took a guy like me and pushed him from the ambiguity column... right into the yes column. If I'm around for a base visit, and not running for a flight home, I will mention it. And tell my boss and my bosses boss... ad infinitum that hopefully they didn't follow bad advice from a bad playbook.