I no longer post here on a regular basis. I do however, READ this board with interest. Unfortunatly, many of the good posters here have left for various reasons. One of which I surmise is because of posts like the one above. First this is a public web board and all are welcome. Two, everyone is entittled to their own different opinions. This board used to be a good place to express those OPINIONS and to cordially debate them. Sometimes they are going to differ from yours! You obviously have very strong opinions and no matter what it appears they will not change. That is alright, you are entitled to that.
What is disturbing is your opinion seems to morphed into the gospel of be careful. You have made SOME ligitimate points along the way, but for the most part you try to lynch those that have opinions that differ from yours. It is basically been post after post screaming about people that took a different path than yours and voted no on your T/A. Interesting to note is the accusation that if you voted no you did not READ it. Then for some reason you started this thread with the claim that the no voters caused you to be recessed. You were then challenged to provide a link of the proof of such an event. You pointed to ourafa.org. Funny thing is there was nothing there that issued such a proclamation. While I would agree that the wording was poor and the union should have brought immediate clarity to their statement, NOTHING stated a recess was issued. Frankly, I believe this should have been a humbling moment for you. It would appear that you MISREAD the information! It would be my hope that you could brush yourself off and realize you are human like the rest of those you work with. Instead of the continual assult of your coworkers you could have an honest debate about your differences. You might find they really are not that far apart. I think the blame game has got you nowhere. If you can misunderstand a plain language memo, think of how easy it is to misunderstand a document full of legal language. Maybe discussing your views in a meaningful way more people might consider what you have to say.
In negotiations there is nothing that will make 100% of the people happy. You keep saying that the 49% that voted yes are being ignored while asking everyone to ignore the admitted majority that voted no. You might consider for one momment that there is middle ground somewhere. I understand your concern about the possibility of a merger. However, that is no reason to vote yes on an agreement just because of that threat. This seems to be what your argument is. If that is the case it is no better than your other argument that nobody read it before they voted on it. I think if you actually take the time to listen to those that differ from you you might both learn something.
I am not naieve. I realize that a recess could come at any minute. But the energy you spend trying to blame everyone else could be put to better use. I am certainly not trying to silence you, just trying to get you to have a real discussion about all your concerns.
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