Tim Nelson
Veteran
I really don't have any idea how you could come up with most of what you wrote. I've been arguing for democracy and to allow our members to vote on a proposal provided that the leadership recommend a rejection if the deal is not worthy, or a acceptance if it is. And I have said countless times that this should happen now. What you support, sir, is the paternal stranglehold from the leaders you want to keep in place but who have decided among themselves what is the best interest of the members by leaving members out of it. That's what currently exist. That's what I will do my best to change as soon as I could become an AGC elect, I will push to get what is currently on the table into the members hand and get the District to recommend one way or the other as the bylaws say. If a NC thinks the membership deserves more then it ought to bring back the proposal and recommend a rejection to gain the consent of the membership to ask for more, or the membership ratifies and moves on to the Association.ograc said:There is indeed a difference between your idealogy and mine. The difference is accountability not political gain. I believe, in the end, the membership, through the ratification vote process, chooses what they believe is best for them. If the TA is such a POS then it will surely be rejected overwhemingly by the membership. You believe, it is up to the DL leadership and the respective NC, to not bring back any TA that may not be in the best interest of the membership. Your belief, as I see it, is the NC and the District leadership will determine what is in the best interest of the members. Until then... the members will have no say. Doesn't sound too democratic to me. The inescapable truth is; in the end the members either accept the TA or reject it! We must all be willing to accept and support the memberships' choice. This applies to contract ratification votes and leadership elections.
I want to check you on one thing though. Do you believe the IAM 141 eboard was accountable in bringing back the United contract and recommending it approved? Remember, it wasn't just that they brought back a TA but they recommended a acceptance. And if the leadership brings back a TA at US AIRWAYS and recommends an acceptance but falls short of many things, you are saying that you will give them a free pass and not hold fault with them?