Less than 6 months after the proposal passed (most with
the backing of phx) and we see the direction of this mgt.
team.
The point system thrown at us, with in my opinion, because
we kicked Canale out and this is an FU form AH and AC. We
got rid of thier boy. The talks of cuts in PHX are very real and
that says ''thanks'' now see ya. Canale insured that this proposal
got in before he left and used PHX to ''get r done''.
I don't think there was any surprise that PHX overwhelmingly supported the TA, given that what most people here were concerned with was the sizable wage increase that was going to going to come with pay parity with our East Coast counterparts, though since PHX was the largest voting station for YES it seems to get most of the "blame". Maybe you should appeal instead and look towards those stations that helped you shoot down the previous TA but supported this one?
Also one would be wise to realize that when it comes to things like serious staff reductions in a troubled economy decisions such as how many get the boot and where are typically made with hard numbers in mind (in terms of traffic, savings, etc.) and not merely the kind of schoolyard animosity and pettiness that seems to permeate a lot of union attitudes and opinions.
Everyone had
a vote yet some listened to thier mgt. instead of thier brothers and
sisters who've traveled this road and continue to do so.
you down the wrong path.
I always get a kick out of how a lot of those people who voted against the TA shake their heads slowly and say with confident wisdom "if only you listened to us and held out for a
real contract", as if all the ills that are befalling fleet service since the passage of the TA would have been alleviated if everyone had voted no.
A "no" vote would have guaranteed no layoffs. A "no" vote would have guaranteed a sizable raise for all. A "no" vote would have guaranteed 365 vacation days a year and 26 paid holidays. A "no" vote would have entitled each fleet service agent a magical rainbow unicorn that poops ice cream. Because, let's face it, the period directly following the passage of the TA was really a
prime time to hold contract negotiations, what with $147 bbl oil, the collapse of the United merger and now skyrocketing unemployment, we'd have really had those management goons tight in our grip and lo, we'd have reached the ramper promised land! But alas and alack, the unlearned rabble in a state of innocence bent their heads and lent their ears to the serpent, and that serpent was management, and they did vote "Yes", and CLT wept.
Please. The choice in PHX came down to either what was written in the TA or the fanciful vapor promises of what the East wanted us to linger under a derelict contract and hold out for. It was an easy decision.
Please
listen to us or at least talk to us when you have questions. We
will not mislead you. You are us and we you. Why would we lead
you down the wrong path.
There y'all go with the Messiah talk again...the East is the all-knowing unshakable authority of what is right and good for ALL fleet service. Okay.
