Really? Back in the day...before Little gave you seperate locals, and self determination as an appeasement offering due to support for AMFA, you sure sang a different tune then. Complaining that you were in Fleet dominated locals and had no voice. Now all of the sudden that was not true? You are either becoming dillusional or losing your memory from the stress you have been under. But your story has changed.
You had a $2.55 Line Premium with the help of Steve Luis but you campaigned hard against that idea and led us to where we are now. And now you are going to begin a new quest of Owens' agenda. Do you think maybe you are impossible to please and just an erratic and unhappy man no matter what is laid before you?
Maybe you need to just SHUT THE "F" UP and ride in the back of the bus for awhile. Before you screw up another great shot at replacing the problem instead of hoping for change from within.
Well if you actually read what I've written then you would see that IMO we are still dominated by fleet locals (and Tulsa) and that the seperate locals did not fix anything.
The "Owens agenda"? Now you sound like the people you say you are opposed to. I'd certainly like to know exactly what those who throw that around mean by that.
I dont see where I'm saying anything different than I have been since I took office 4 years ago. The organization is screwed up and we need change. The IAC has the authority to change
the Union and the membership has the authority to change unions. Sounds the same but its two different things.
I dont recall Steve Luis pushing for the increased Line premium before the company threw it on the table, I do recall him pushing for a $5/hr CC Premium though.
As far as the comments on my emotiional state and satiability I think you are the one that needs to learn to put emotions in check. What I'm trying to do is consistant with what I've been saying for the last four years and no I'm not satisfied with this agreement but we've been told that 74% of your coworkers voted for it.
Odie;
As far as a timeline those involved are still discussing it, it may very well go nowhere but we have an obligation to try something. Conventions provide very limited opportunity for change, if there is any chance at implimenting change at the Convention the chips have to be in place long before the Convention actually takes place. At the last Convention we had a whole slew of Timely resolutions, Recall, election of Division directors, electronic ballotting,,, they blocked them from even going to the floor.
Sure we could throw ourselves on our swords and resign without exhausting every idea, the ATD would simply love that, in fact Gillespie said as much two weeks ago when he accused me of posting what Lee Sehamm was writing under my name (???), peppered with the language that Little cited as being so offensive (its only offensive when they dont use it I guess) but thats not the message I've been getting from the guys I represent. Maybe it would make a good story for Dave to use in Tulsa but I think its been made pretty clear that the majority in Tulsa (not the 26%) could care less what happens out on the line.
