charlie Brown said:
Yes I'll comment on this, since it seems I'm the reason this happened. I was requested to brief a work area the other night, and I was trying to highlight some things that I thought we could get in our current section 6 talks, and then some things I personally think we should shoot for in the joint agreement. In just a short 12 hour period, that got turned into we have a T/A with all those things in it. I got hit with the piece of paper first thing this morning. So needless to say. My day was spent all day today going in break rooms telling them that the info was not correct and we do not have a T/A. Many things in that paper is incorrect. I have no idea who wrote that. Some of those things I think it's obvious we should expect to get back, but like ogracs post states. Everything is subject to change.
I appreciate you being forthright. I also appreciate PREZ for his timely response.
I will offer my opinion on this fwiw. There are people at this hub that are starving for information. Some want people to think they are in the know and pass on bad information. By the time the misinformation has morphed, it gets so blurred that people are arguing about which version is right and then damning the IAM for their sorry negotiation skills.
But it doesn't stop there. This melting pot of a hub has people passing this misinformation to their friends across the system and it snowballs.
Where do we go to get good information? I chuckled the other day when I looked on the Union board in the break room. the safety section was up to date. The section used by the Grievance committee had a committee update letter from 2008 and a Shop Steward List from 2009. There was a Negotiation update posted above the time clock. Problem is it was someones email copied and posted so that people not on your list could have some information.
There are alot of people that go to this forum to get information. You post updates here and I know people appreciate it. This place was buzzing when this BS Tentitive was being circulated. As soon as PREZ posted his reply, everyone knew it was BS. This forum has alot of power. The fact that it is ahead of the information curve needs to be discussed.
CLT has (2) AGC's. I have not witnessed a briefing from either of these representatives since the International rep visited the station this spring. I understand Fairbanks takes part in negotiations, but Hanlow has no excuse. He has the least stations. He should be briefing when negotiation talks are happening. Just sayin'
Charlie, you have two other committee people who can brief. You have alot on your plate and people understand that, but your selective impromptu briefings are making people feel left out. I heard, just yesterday, an agent remarked that (RR) is never seen until the bi-yearly Committee election. Then it's a solid month of kissing babies. Not everyone is on your email briefing list and it should be only one of many tools utilized to keep fleet in CLT informed.
I'm not trying to call you out, but the Local, District, and the International should be in full alert mode in keeping us informed. We have not had section 6 negotiations since 1999 and we are about to merge with another union.
Nuff said.
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