robbedagain said:
Tim, lets say you (hypotheticallly speaking) get elected along with the UA folks, How will you force good ole uncle donkey and aunt parker to get FSA and or MTR both PMUS fair and equitable contracts? Also the outstanding grievances, mine included? I just dont see it happening like that esp given how long it has been for both Unless there a magic wand somewhere lying around that can help but the company is the problem as I see it right now
Actually, your grievance is a problem with the union. I think all of us have told you that 5+ years means you are being played. You are a pretty nice fella though. Keep your grievance in FO's hands then.
There is something called a contract, but the norm is for the union to run to AH and get him to waive the time limits. The contract says that time limits can not be waived except with mutual consent from management. Who do you think the union runs to to waive the time limits? Yep, Ole AH.
Immediately, if there is change, you will finally have representation that has the norm being time limits, and if they are waived, they will be waived with the members consent and by keeping the member fully informed. That's not happening guys. It simply isn't happening now. Again, if any grievance has its time limit waived, then I will make sure the member is fully informed and get his consent prior to me making that decision.
Presently, these guys do whatever they want. They withdraw grievances without telling anyone. Extend grievances for years, and once grievances leave a station, the current AGC's are useless as most of those grievances disappear forever. The best luck is to settle a grievance in the station. As much as AH has clobbered these guys, he is not above the contract. There needs to be better contract enforcement. Other unions do it, so should we. And all grievances must be reported as per our bylaws, but the AGC's don't even bother with that as well. Which leads me to a question, i.e., exactly what the hell have they done for 6 years? You want to vote for them robbed, I guess nobody can stop you, but you will only be voting to keep the same bullshit toxic environment going. Someone prove me wrong????
You above all people are getting F over worse than all of us but I have learned that the more someone gets hammered, the more they submit.
As far as me forcing a fair contract, I really wish I could but I can't. The question is, will AH be able to force me to endorse or negotiate a bullshitty contract with my signature. The answer to that question is HELL NO. That is a HUGE difference from the softees that YOU already have in office that HAVE already been pushed over in 2008 by ole AH, and again with United. So, let me understand this, you want to swallow the same bullshitters again?
BTW, I believe a contract proposal should come out, regardless of how I think. The bylaws allow the NC to issue a recommendation to reject or accept. If the contract is not acceptable then I will push for it to come out and recommend a rejection. I think the members need to see the damn thing and vote on it, and I think the leadership should follow the bylaw and issue a rejection or acceptance recommendation. Then, and only then, will the NC have the membership consent to go in and ask for more. But I think it is fundamentally wrong for Prez or Charlie brown to say that "I'm not going to bring Nuttn out unless I think it is good". That's a shame. Again, just because I think something may be unfair doesn't mean that the majority of members do. This is a FUNDAMENTAL break between me and the paternalistic "Daddy knows best" attitude of the present morons.
Don't forget, you already know what you have with these clowns. Smell the current toxic environment that they have FAILED in 6 years to change. And someone the softees from the 2008 negotiating team who HAMMERED us once are now begging you to vote for them and claim they have learned from the error of their ways?
If you want to continue that, then please do vote for these idiots. If not, then vote for change. That's what this comes down to.
