La Li Lu Le Lo
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- May 29, 2010
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For all the Fleet Service haters out there let me ask you this.
How much money would you want to:
Work a job where you have knee, shoulder, hip, and back problems for the rest of your life from throwing heavy bags?
Work in heat, cold, rain, sleet, snow, and ice?
Work every holiday, every weekend, and be stuck in part time for years on end? (We had someone bump in
TULE who had 22 years in and was the BOTTOM PART TIMER). By the time you
get weekends and holidays off (if ever) your kids are grown and your an old man. You sacrifice your family life.
I think $21.16 is awfully damn cheap to ask a man (or woman) to sacrifice his health, work odd hours most if not all of his career, and sacrifice his family/social life. What is that worth to you?
It seems your more interested in tearing us down than building yourselves up.
Let me say this. Mechanics are a component of a whole. We all have a part to play in the business. I agree your A&P should earn you a higher wage. That does not mean that Fleet Service should work for a non living wage.
Your 18 month A&P does not make you special. It does not make you irreplaceable (OSM's proved that). So let's all try to get along shall we?
We have been down this road before. We know where it leads. Remember who the true enemy is (AA/TWU).
How much money would you want to:
Work a job where you have knee, shoulder, hip, and back problems for the rest of your life from throwing heavy bags?
Work in heat, cold, rain, sleet, snow, and ice?
Work every holiday, every weekend, and be stuck in part time for years on end? (We had someone bump in
TULE who had 22 years in and was the BOTTOM PART TIMER). By the time you
get weekends and holidays off (if ever) your kids are grown and your an old man. You sacrifice your family life.
I think $21.16 is awfully damn cheap to ask a man (or woman) to sacrifice his health, work odd hours most if not all of his career, and sacrifice his family/social life. What is that worth to you?
It seems your more interested in tearing us down than building yourselves up.
Let me say this. Mechanics are a component of a whole. We all have a part to play in the business. I agree your A&P should earn you a higher wage. That does not mean that Fleet Service should work for a non living wage.
Your 18 month A&P does not make you special. It does not make you irreplaceable (OSM's proved that). So let's all try to get along shall we?
We have been down this road before. We know where it leads. Remember who the true enemy is (AA/TWU).