Claxon, on 03 Jan 2014 - 10:06 PM, said:
Did you enjoy your retro check? Who do you thank when you cash it? (rhetorical question)
Trader replied: APA. No MOU, no retro check.
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APA was not the catalyst. Parker's yearning for a merger - any merger - at nearly any cost was the catalyst.
APA leveraged this yearning with all the tools at their disposal, insisting on utmost resolve and focus on clear objectives from a key leader. The fired their leader for lack thereof.
USAPA reasoned, rationalized, and depreciated their leverage. USAPA failed to follow APA's lead in leveraging Parker's yearning. Your deferment in greatfullness to APA is symptomatic of a lost focus, lost resolve, and acquiescence to an other's worth in contempt of your own. --a fairly depreciative mindset as a bargaining advocate.
But like APA, USAPA recognized a lost focus, a loss of utmost resolve, and a loss of focus on clear objectives from a key leader at a critical juncture. And like APA, USAPA is attempting to fire its leader for reasons of same.
On the subject of the MOU, retrospective pay, and a key leader arguing as advocate for lowered self-worth as a strategy, then I agree with your respect for APA with deference. --USAPA should appropriately fire this key leader... as APA prudently fired theirs.