Tim Nelson
Veteran
First of all, you are not even employed by US anymore and those of us who know your past and the suffering it has caused this Fleet service group are sick of listening to your antics.....
You have no inside track with negotiations and cannot even begin to predict what any arbitrator will or will not do....Your claim that the ruling is a virtual lock in our favor is nothing more then a opinion, your opinion...
So quit filling peoples heads with false truths and let the process unfold as it will...
Regards
Jimmy, Jimmy, Jimmy, I'm not the smartest guy but I don't have to be at the negotiations table to do the math on this one. Unfortunately, we all know the process and the likely outcome, because we all know the IAM. Sorry, just pointing to the scoreboard on this one. At any rate, it was the IAM loyalist themselves, not me, telling the members that the arbitration case was 'in the bag' and if they voted out the IAM in favor of the TWU then they would lose thousands of dollars.
Regarding the grievance, maybe you are right, so let's find out and go to arbitration. It's separate from negotiations so why not proceed and have a chance to get the members the money they were suppose to be getting.
If the IAM loses the grievance then big deal, the members haven't lost anything but an interpretation.
Jimmy, remember, the change of control grievance is in the contract and it should be non negotiable and separate from negotiations. In fact why would the IAM ever agree to waive the arbitration and make it a negotiated item if it should be kept separate?
I'll bet you a coke that the IAM makes the 'change of control' grievance negotiable and waives it to get more members included in a contract. In IAM negotiations....it's always about the IAM
regards,