yes I was and still am a ward supporter. Hutto Blake and her cronies on the BOD originally wanted to forego our pay increases in January 2003 and to begin negotiations for concessions sooner. They hated the fact that Ward didn't want to speak about concessions until the evidence it was needed was complete. The argument for or against Ward still revolves around that decision. I was against concession discussions until they could prove they really needed them.
The BOD's resolutions for that time period speak for themselves. They decided to negotiate concessions at any cost, to do telephonic balloting, and to extend my balloting period. THAT wasn't Ward's doing. I DO have a grudge against Ward for telling us we would get a revote and then signing off on the RPA. That grudge is nothing compared to the one I hold for ALL members of the BOD and their base reps for their decision making and scare tactics that resulted in the RPA being shoved up our collective a**.
I wasn't against giving concessions if it would have helped us stay solvent and out of bankruptcy. My argument has always been, and still is, giving everything up that they asked for and giving EVERYTHING away without ANY snap back clauses.
We'll see if Glading proves to be worth what so many of you think she is. I don't have any faith so I can only be pleasantly surprised if she comes up with anything worth looking at.
