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<blockquote data-quote="Island" data-source="post: 1294964" data-attributes="member: 42417"><p>60 Minutes is a joke. They are corporate pawns.</p><p>I researched their contract a bit. Like most contracts there is contradictory language about the situation, that's a result of our union having no idea what legalese is or how to properly coordinate language about the same event that can be mentioned in different ways across 5 different articles.</p><p>It could go either way, really, but the weight of the language is against them. The BA made the right decision at the wrong time, the local should have given notice of intent to strike on that day rather than the drivers walking out, then struck the following week. It's all because the BA was caught up in the moment. Their grievances are backlogged at national, they have a strong case of constant harassment and wrongful termination, the intent to strike would have been completely by the book. Now, they did have nationals that same weekend and if they had issued intent then the company would have attempted to resolve the backlogged grievances at the national in Florida which would have meant the strike couldn't happen, but that would have been a major step in the right direction. That driver who was fired that day still wouldn't have his job back (yet - he would, because he was fired with no rep), and the harassment probably wouldn't have stopped, but if the company had to surrender that many cases at one time to prevent a legitimate strike then their hub's management would have been issued some commands on high to iron their pants and press their shirts, because things are going by the book until the union heat died down.</p><p>This is all my opinion, supported by facts out of their supplement. If you disagree, let's not get emotional about it like people tend to do on the other related threads.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="Island, post: 1294964, member: 42417"] 60 Minutes is a joke. They are corporate pawns. I researched their contract a bit. Like most contracts there is contradictory language about the situation, that's a result of our union having no idea what legalese is or how to properly coordinate language about the same event that can be mentioned in different ways across 5 different articles. It could go either way, really, but the weight of the language is against them. The BA made the right decision at the wrong time, the local should have given notice of intent to strike on that day rather than the drivers walking out, then struck the following week. It's all because the BA was caught up in the moment. Their grievances are backlogged at national, they have a strong case of constant harassment and wrongful termination, the intent to strike would have been completely by the book. Now, they did have nationals that same weekend and if they had issued intent then the company would have attempted to resolve the backlogged grievances at the national in Florida which would have meant the strike couldn't happen, but that would have been a major step in the right direction. That driver who was fired that day still wouldn't have his job back (yet - he would, because he was fired with no rep), and the harassment probably wouldn't have stopped, but if the company had to surrender that many cases at one time to prevent a legitimate strike then their hub's management would have been issued some commands on high to iron their pants and press their shirts, because things are going by the book until the union heat died down. This is all my opinion, supported by facts out of their supplement. If you disagree, let's not get emotional about it like people tend to do on the other related threads. [/QUOTE]
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