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<blockquote data-quote="PiedmontSteward" data-source="post: 1263348" data-attributes="member: 42270"><p>I disagree -- to an extent. I think being afraid of going on strike because of what our drivers get paid is a mistake. It definitely needs to be considered from a strategic standpoint, but IBT leadership seemed scared at the prospect of the talking heads on Fox News running stories about our benefits package combined with the unemployment numbers still being in the upper 7-8%'s when negotiations were going on. They could have rallied behind the low starting wages and lack of FT job opportunities but -- as usual with our negotiations -- they simply gave us more of the same as far as higher wages for already-FT members, a few additional minor sweeteners, and additional par-for-the-course 22.3 jobs without improved 22.3 language.</p><p></p><p>I voted against the NMA and my supplement but both passed. I can live with that -- that's how democracy works. The Vote No folks ultimately generated enough pressure to force IBT to improve TeamCare but I don't see how much more they can get by refusing to let their supplements pass. If they fork out even more guaranteed 22.3 jobs to the hold-outs (didn't 804 get +100 guaranteed combos on their 2nd supplement?) it's going to prove to be an interesting lesson to the members in regions with almost-automatic supplements that were passed on the first round. If we hit August without this thing being passed and another $0.70 raise goes by, there are going to be some awful pissed off people in the rest of the country.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="PiedmontSteward, post: 1263348, member: 42270"] I disagree -- to an extent. I think being afraid of going on strike because of what our drivers get paid is a mistake. It definitely needs to be considered from a strategic standpoint, but IBT leadership seemed scared at the prospect of the talking heads on Fox News running stories about our benefits package combined with the unemployment numbers still being in the upper 7-8%'s when negotiations were going on. They could have rallied behind the low starting wages and lack of FT job opportunities but -- as usual with our negotiations -- they simply gave us more of the same as far as higher wages for already-FT members, a few additional minor sweeteners, and additional par-for-the-course 22.3 jobs without improved 22.3 language. I voted against the NMA and my supplement but both passed. I can live with that -- that's how democracy works. The Vote No folks ultimately generated enough pressure to force IBT to improve TeamCare but I don't see how much more they can get by refusing to let their supplements pass. If they fork out even more guaranteed 22.3 jobs to the hold-outs (didn't 804 get +100 guaranteed combos on their 2nd supplement?) it's going to prove to be an interesting lesson to the members in regions with almost-automatic supplements that were passed on the first round. If we hit August without this thing being passed and another $0.70 raise goes by, there are going to be some awful pissed off people in the rest of the country. [/QUOTE]
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