Has anyone read the new e-line? If not go read it ... It has the latest company offer. No F ing way, please don't be fooled by the raise... They want us to give up way to much . Please Please stay informed. And if piece of sh&@ is presented to the members vote NO!!!!
After reading the eline I have to wonder.
Either they just ARE oblivious to the fact that they proposed completely unacceptable garbage, or they simply threw something at the NLB because they had to, OR we really are in the preliminary stages of a merger with another carrier, so they don't care about wasting the NLB's time.
At any rate, if they are oblivious and we are on a fast track to a strike vote, please keep a couple things in mind.
1. They lose more than we do almost immediately. Decreased bookings, uncertainty, stock fluctuations etc.
2. CHAOS does not require everyone to hit the street. It's targeted strikes, and they don't know when they're going to happen.
3. CHAOS uses volunteers.
4. Caselaw is already on the books as to the legality of CHAOS. I would EXPECT AFA to start sending out the exact nature of those laws.
5. We don't even have to start CHAOS right away to impose pain and uncertainty on US. There are unique assets to the EAST contract that allow us to just stay home and let them bleed. Assets that your current negotiators are ready to give away, I might add.
6. In this economic environment they have to have their heads examined to think that we'd give up scope.
Why this bunch doesn't get that paying people fairly and treating them well would yield much better results than taking us to the wall, I have no idea, this is their world, we just live in it.
Get your house in order, this is going to be ugly.