what has the association accomplished? before i start i want to make clear this is not a knock on iam members but their leadership their decisions and the consequences. we have a few winners on our side of the fence.
you might say the pay raise, the company brought cross utilization. what we sold and what they brought were two different things. Robert Isom was right in saying that pay raise may have been a mistake. for them it was.
anyway what have they accomplished?
when our p.v's were taken away, what was the reaction? i dont know they dont tell us anything. but i would imagine it was "gee we have D.A.T.s man that sucks. instead of being a true partner mobilizing the troops and saying an injustice for one is an injustice for all"
when they took away our flex vacation, what was the reaction of the association? a true partner would have come to our aid and said "no, you cant take that in fact we want it!" instead i would imagine the response was "we dont have that, wow. see you later" i dont know they dont tell us anything.
the first holiday my partner had that i didnt, you would think there would be outrage. and some kind of support. instead i would imagine the reaction was "damn you guys got hosed!" hey we are having a bbq ill get back to you on that. i dont know they dont tell us ****.
when i was walking the picket on my own time, a true partner would have joined me and had sympathy from your plight and multiple trips thru bankruptcy. instead of loading the leadership in a bus and bringing them down,i guess they are saving themselves to be the tip of the spear for when they need a partner.
now we are told wait till we have a jcba its not the right time. when is the right time? up to now everything negotiated and t.a'd is fluff. its stuff that they just talk about to get to know each other until the real issues come up scope and benefits.its important but easy basically procedural. now we are down to the nitty gritty of negotiations and all along i have trouble believing that what the company wants in scope and benefits was not anticipated by the negotiating committee. i find it very hard to believe that we were truly blind sided, i pay the association to negotiate a contract to be prepared for what may come to the best of their ability. all of the above examples are what preparations should have been made to ensure a strong partnership that can not be broken and is properly bonded.
they failed.
is now the time? when the association was imposed, its creation was based on the deception of a vote that did not occur. all the secrecy and rumors and misinformation that has been allowed to run rampant is another sign of the failure of the association.
im not feeling the refreshing fresh air of change, just the hot muggy feeling as business as usual.
i dont know they dont tell us anything.