Tim
You are urging your coworkers to jump from the frying pan into the fire.
The TWU is a company union.
Many of the concessions that the IAM granted in BK were concessions that the TWU gave AA over 20 years ago.
B-scale, medical benifits, part time, junior fleet service clerks, straight time until 40 hours are worked etc were all put in place by the TWU.
The TWU allowed the company to contract out ALL building cleaning in 1995, they contracted out cabin cleaning in 2003. The TWU contract also allows the company to contract out any title group, including fleet service.
Lets not forget the TWU Junior Fleet service clerk, a C-scale that created a lower pay rate. All of these long standing concessions pressured your employer and the IAM into matching the costs of AA.
The TWU did all this outside of BK.
I can understand your disapointment with the IAM but the TWU? Dont tell me that you looked at what the TWU pays their officials and are tempted like the head of the PFAA?
For more info on what you are getting into with the TWU check here:
http://www.usaviation.com/forums/index.php?showtopic=26568