If or when we go to arbitration, I am very confident that AMFA and AMFA legal are prepared to present an excellent case that hopefully will be in the SWA mechanics favor. If we receive an undesirable ruling from the arbitrator it will not be because AMFA put forth a half effort. They have been preparing for a hard fight for months. I trust and respect the effort our SLI committee has put into and continues to put into representing our Members interests. They will fight hard for exactly what everyone wants even when the expectations may not be achievable, because that is what the membership has told them to do. Understand that no matter the final outcome of this SLI the AMFA Committee fought their asses off for every AMFA Mechanic at SWA.
Tell your Reps what you expect and tell them often. Email them through the links on the Local's website. Call them if they are not available when you are at work. Sign up as an observer. Demand more union meetings. GO TO YOUR UNION MEETINGS.
I am getting off this blog now and will return sometime after the 23rd.