Thomas Paine
Veteran
- Sep 4, 2003
- 583
- 569
Don't sound like a NYer to me.
Sound more like some guy who was likely voted out of office (not in NY of course, would not get voted in there) but is still trying to suck his way into an international job! Slurp! Slurp!
"Maintenance" was never given their own locals, in a typical divide and conquer move only some in Maintenence were given Locals. For every President on the Negotiating committee that was elected by a membership where a majority were mechanics there was a President that was elected where the majority were not. In negotiations there were 7 locals where mechanics were the majority (514, 561,2,3,4,5 and 567) and nine where they were not (501, 512, 513 SFO, BNA, DTW, RDU,DCA and STL) and every one of those Presidents had the right, except RDU where they voted to have no one there, to vote like any other President. By splitting off just enough mechanics, both Title I and Title II, they made it nearly impossible for those who were willing to fight to overcome Tulsa and the Fleet Locals either through a headcount or representative vote.. If all those mechanics had been in maintenance Locals things may have been different and then mechanics would have less to complain about, but as it is, the complaining is completely justified.
Looks like they set 591 up to keep things the same way. Mechanic majority Locals will still be outnumbered on their own committees.
