Agree 100%
AMEN
I agree with part. But to give an example of coat riders, our new MC and FMT's coming into our contract is just another coat rider in my opinion. Yes AMFA should and can represent them but why in the world do they have to be in our contract, I say nego their own so their very small group can vote on things that affect them and that way we are not voting for them just because of our shere numbers over theirs, it just doesn't make sense to me to have them on ours. Another thing, why hold up our contract for a very small group to come to terms for them, you better please the larger part of the group and worry about nego their part later. In other words, let's say the co. offered them 250K a year, free stock options, a one time 250K ratification bonus, 6 months a year vac, unlimited sick back, accrual, and no restrictions to use it, everyone provided with a co. car and co. pays all expenses tied to it, every year each employee gets to take their entire family on a huge vac over seas fully funded by the co. Now, if they are in our contract and the mechanics were offered a pay freeze blah, blah, blah how do you think this vote would go? For this reason they need their own contract, this way the co. cannot pit work groups against work groups with division any longer. Yes my example is far fetched, but I'm sure all get the point.
