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<blockquote data-quote="bacha29" data-source="post: 5367055" data-attributes="member: 58386">Actions speak louder than words. Right now you guys are putting everything you&#039;ve got on a single contractor who by his own admission is completely powerless only thinking about himself and will again by his own admission&nbsp; do what he thinks needs done in accordance with his own self interest. He doesn&#039;t care what the rest of you do.More than a decade ago when you had the primary employer case I&#039;m pretty darn sure that the federal judge stated that he was of the opinion that FXG contractors can form their own bargaining unit. Somebody should look into that to see if it will give you sufficient legal standing to form your own unit and one that FXG has to recognize. Even if there is a case to litigate just where are you going to get the money? If there is no punitive or compensatory damage award in play it means qualified legal representation will have to be paid by the hour. And if you lose in court which is the only place where you might get what you want if you lose you pay the court costs.I would be the first to congratulate you guys if you were somehow able to create a balanced operating agreement&nbsp; but you&#039;re going to have to be willing to go to the mat in the form of a long sustained system wide suspension of service as well as winning a long succession of bitter, years long courtroom victories. If the network completely collapses around you resulting in a cessation of operations that just the risk you agreed to take.There will be NO simple, easy or inexpensive way for you guys to prevail and you&#039;re not even close to be prepared for the counter punches FXG has ready to slug you with. And the knockout punch will be the successful lawsuit they file against every single contractor claiming breach of contract.</blockquote>

[QUOTE="bacha29, post: 5367055, member: 58386"] Actions speak louder than words. Right now you guys are putting everything you've got on a single contractor who by his own admission is completely powerless only thinking about himself and will again by his own admission do what he thinks needs done in accordance with his own self interest. He doesn't care what the rest of you do. More than a decade ago when you had the primary employer case I'm pretty darn sure that the federal judge stated that he was of the opinion that FXG contractors can form their own bargaining unit. Somebody should look into that to see if it will give you sufficient legal standing to form your own unit and one that FXG has to recognize. Even if there is a case to litigate just where are you going to get the money? If there is no punitive or compensatory damage award in play it means qualified legal representation will have to be paid by the hour. And if you lose in court which is the only place where you might get what you want if you lose you pay the court costs. I would be the first to congratulate you guys if you were somehow able to create a balanced operating agreement but you're going to have to be willing to go to the mat in the form of a long sustained system wide suspension of service as well as winning a long succession of bitter, years long courtroom victories. If the network completely collapses around you resulting in a cessation of operations that just the risk you agreed to take. There will be NO simple, easy or inexpensive way for you guys to prevail and you're not even close to be prepared for the counter punches FXG has ready to slug you with. And the knockout punch will be the successful lawsuit they file against every single contractor claiming breach of contract. [/QUOTE]

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