So much for a strike

[FreightTrain]

Those damn politicans take all the fun out of everything. We were set to strike on Dec 7. This is after the first strike was pushed back from Oct 7 because the railroads went running to Capital Hill to get an injunction against us. Then our contract dispute went to labor relations and they put their 2 cents in on the matter. 30 days of cooling off later and we still couldn't come to an agreement, but low and behold in the 11th hour the union and the Railroads decide it's best to work it out before Congress decides to muddy the waters and those idiots get involved. With the Railroad Labor Act Congress has the right to set our contract if we can't agree on anything to prevent a strike. Neither the union nor the Railroads wanted to open that can of worms and roll the dice on what they wanted to give us.

So I guess it will be 3 years until we get our next chance at a strike. Now just have to wait and see the details of the contract. Rumor is it comes with a signing bonus and over a 20%+ raise. With no work rule changes and minor changes to health care I guess I can live with it. Labor Relations claims we will be making 30k a year more in 3 years than we make today so I'm good with that.

[SMEGMA STENCH]

Hopefully, one day your union will be completely destroyed. Then when you strike they just hire someone else for a lot cheaper.

[red95gts]

Let me get this straight, your union blackmailed the employer and you're upset that you have to settle for a bonus and a 20% increase for a job that any bonehead can do?

[mikeb]

The AA pilot union turned down a sweet deal for the pilots right before AA filed bankruptcy. The deal they'll get now out of the bankruptcy is probably going to be far worse. Unions are out of touch.

[bcoop]

Let me get this straight, your union blackmailed the employer and you're upset that you have to settle for a bonus and a 20% increase for a job that any bonehead can do?

You're not familiar with unskilled labor are you?

[Torinoman]

http://www.dfwmustangs.net/forums/showthread.php?t=21620

[mstng86]

Is it me, or doea it seem like unions have the same ideals and idiology as the OWS? Two groups of entitled whinny bitches. They seem the same to me, except the unions have had the years to dig deep into the backside of major industries.

[War Machine]

Damn these members and their train loving jobs. I hate trains more and more every time one of the train huggers post

[2011GT]

The AA pilot union turned down a sweet deal for the pilots right before AA filed bankruptcy. The deal they'll get now out of the bankruptcy is probably going to be far worse. Unions are out of touch.

You sir are an ill informed Dumbass.

[mikec]

You sir are an ill informed Dumbass.

How so? He's owned his own quite profitable business for quite some time. Good guy, actually. And far from a dumbass.

Conversely, it is interesting how you instantaneously jump into name calling. All research that I've seen indicates that this tactic is usually indicative of, ironically, a dumbass.

Neat how that shoe fits you better than he, isn't it, Dumbass?

[2011GT]

The AA pilot union turned down a sweet deal for the pilots right before AA filed bankruptcy. The deal they'll get now out of the bankruptcy is probably going to be far worse. Unions are out of touch.

http://m.examiner.com/exFortCollins/pm_86561/contentdetail.htm?contentguid=KPO3hjbJ

[2011GT]

How so? He's owned his own quite profitable business for quite some time. Good guy, actually. And far from a dumbass.

Conversely, it is interesting how you instantaneously jump into name calling. All research that I've seen indicates that this tactic is usually indicative of, ironically, a dumbass.

Neat how that shoe fits you better than he, isn't it, Dumbass?

I'm just sick of all the anti-union that is on this forum. If he would have done some research he would have found out first hand the real problem.

[Chas_svo]

That article was well written and unbiased....(sarcasm).

[mikec]

I'm just sick of all the anti-union that is on this forum. If he would have done some research he would have found out first hand the real problem.

Understandable. That said you could have presented that stance in a much more conversational manner. No need to attack one of the best people on this board.

Peace!

[FreightTrain]

I'm just sick of all the anti-union that is on this forum. If he would have done some research he would have found out first hand the real problem.

Amen. Everyone is quick to talk shit about unions and how they drive companies and industries into the ground without doing any kind of research or even thinking about it on their own. The railroads are 100% unions and have far better benefits and pay packages than non union industries, but still manage to profit billions of dollars a year. During the last recession they had banner years. So good that Warren Buffet bought BNSF and Bill Gates is thinking about buying his own railroad. The companies that fail that are union don't fail because they make inferior products or because the union killed the goose that laid the golden egg. They failed because management drove those companies into the ground and raped em for all they were worth. But lets blame the guy that gets up every morning and puts a shirt on that has his name on it.