freedom
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- Feb 15, 2006
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I'd like to change the course of conversation and get some feedback from you guy's concerning the negotiations. After talking to some co-workers about the question of the union talaking strike to the company. How many would support that situation. Most I've talked to said for no more tahn the union has done, they would cross the picket line because if the company fired us for walking, they have no faith in the union to get our jobs back. What's the consensus and is the negotiating aware of the lack of support from the membership?
I don't think we will ever even need to consider striking ... in fact talk of a strike is not even constructive ... we need to plan for our eventual merger with American ...
If we get absorbed by the TWU , then we former IAM memebers need to make sure we work as a team and get the new combined union to MOVE QUICKLY to a new contract ...
it took far too long to get a contract when AWA and US Air merged , let's learn from our prior merger and do things better and faster this time .
Most of the other Rampers i've talked to expect increased benfits/wages in a new combined work group ... yet no one i've talked to is shooting for the moon ... more holidays , a higher top out rate and another week of vaction .. all very reasonable ....