Josh,
thanks for your understanding.
I do not know a lot about the labor movement outside of the airline industry and my only real interest and knowledge is how well DL employees do relative to the rest of the industry.
I have seen the discord that has occurred in the airline industry between labor and mgmt. but I am also not going to say that one side or the other is free from or completely at fault.
As much as some would like to believe otherwise, outside of government which is largely free to pass along extra costs fairly easily, most companies see labor as an adversarial force they have to fight to keep in check no different than they see the electric bill or taxes.
"Having a voice" is a great battle cry but most companies with unions see labor as a force that has to be conquered.
those may not be words that people on this forum who largely are rank and file unionized workers want to hear but that is reality.
Kev3188 said:
I don't expect them to "give" my workgroup anything.
They're an employer, not a benefactor.
outstanding!
which is why the notion that you will get something that your peers don't have unless the company wants more from you is unfounded.
In DL's case, they want you (and 70K of your colleagues) to run a better airline that generates superior financial results than any other airline.
they pay you for doing that, not because your peers are going to get the same thing.
yoyo,
don't even open the discussion about profit sharing again.
robbed doesn't even have it thanks to the IAM and yet he thinks Kev should have a say in what DL does with it?
like more or lots more this year vs last?
