You know what that 50% means ? It means DISSENTION … we won’t be able to agree on any one contract , and this company will play off it , for a very long time … if the company KNOWS what they have to do in order to get 50% plus one , they won’t come back with much more , and when they do , a lot of time will have passed us by …
You’’ll all be pissed at the next contract you see , but if the west isn’t rolled into your contract , the union will HAVE to present the offer … and we will do this all over again , it will be like a revolving door … and I don’t think you’ll get permission to strike , not if the membership is so close to voting something in time and time again …
If the union Didn’t present an offer to the membership and half of that membership feels that they should , you’ll have civil war within our union .
Here’s an interesting scenario for you … say we don’t vote this in , and the company comes and cuts a thousand or two east guys using the sixty day rule … then you guys threaten to strike …. There’s your replacement workers right there … and no they won’t be buying your solidarity B/S after having gone under the bus .