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Seems mechanics are being recalled. When the mechanics ask what the future holds the answer by both management and union are basically, duh, we don’t know.
Many that can retire are deciding they have had enough mental abuse from the constant uncertainty and are leaving, collecting their pensions and taking a lesser more secure job for their mental health.
Seems they are recalling mechanics just to fill the holes made by the ones leaving, with absolutely no guarantees whatsoever. The only ones willing to come back are up against it with nothing to lose realizing that their recall could last only weeks or a few short months.
It’s amazing to me that after all that was put on the employees by U’s management team the union leaders can offer no hint of what to expect.
A fellow mechanic I now work with was recalled and of course declined, but he already had a start date. He asked what he was supposed to do because he wanted to part in good standing doing the right thing, but neither the company nor the IAM makes that easy. He now must jump thru many hoops having both the company and union sign paper work so he can resign in dignity. If he fails to show up, he is simply fired.
It’s amazing what years of unions dues accomplishes. The more I live the more I know unions are nothing but another money machine for a few uncaring incompetent individuals that are completely powerless or unwilling to stop the insanity management gets away with. From the second one walks into door at U until you leave the company both the union (IAM) and management make your experience one continuous nightmare. What’s worse is the fact one must “pay†the IAM for that privilege.
The IAM is self destructing by its own hands filling its ranks with some 60 year old hippies and morons incapable of seeing the reality of what’s happening let alone doing anything about it.
700 this is for you: I am speaking directly to PIT, and I will NOT reply to any of your sorry excuses for such a flawed pathetic excuse of an entity that dares call itself a union. Its record stands and speaks for itself.
Many that can retire are deciding they have had enough mental abuse from the constant uncertainty and are leaving, collecting their pensions and taking a lesser more secure job for their mental health.
Seems they are recalling mechanics just to fill the holes made by the ones leaving, with absolutely no guarantees whatsoever. The only ones willing to come back are up against it with nothing to lose realizing that their recall could last only weeks or a few short months.
It’s amazing to me that after all that was put on the employees by U’s management team the union leaders can offer no hint of what to expect.
A fellow mechanic I now work with was recalled and of course declined, but he already had a start date. He asked what he was supposed to do because he wanted to part in good standing doing the right thing, but neither the company nor the IAM makes that easy. He now must jump thru many hoops having both the company and union sign paper work so he can resign in dignity. If he fails to show up, he is simply fired.
It’s amazing what years of unions dues accomplishes. The more I live the more I know unions are nothing but another money machine for a few uncaring incompetent individuals that are completely powerless or unwilling to stop the insanity management gets away with. From the second one walks into door at U until you leave the company both the union (IAM) and management make your experience one continuous nightmare. What’s worse is the fact one must “pay†the IAM for that privilege.
The IAM is self destructing by its own hands filling its ranks with some 60 year old hippies and morons incapable of seeing the reality of what’s happening let alone doing anything about it.
700 this is for you: I am speaking directly to PIT, and I will NOT reply to any of your sorry excuses for such a flawed pathetic excuse of an entity that dares call itself a union. Its record stands and speaks for itself.
