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<blockquote data-quote="quadro" data-source="post: 728793" data-attributes="member: 12850">Umm, not really.&nbsp; Consider that the percentage of eligible employees that are unionized under RLA is much higher than the percentage of eligible employees under the NLRA.&nbsp; A big part of the reason for that statistic is that there are many, many more employees covered under NLRA versus RLA.&nbsp; This is because there aren&#039;t nearly as many RLA covered companies as there are NLRA so in reality it won&#039;t affect many companies.&nbsp; Two of the biggest non-unionized RLA companies are FedEx and Delta.&nbsp; Unions tend to go after large groups of people because, as any business would do, it makes sense to go after the $$$.&nbsp; This change absolutely is about FedEx and Delta.&nbsp;If this stands, just like in politics, the minority will decide what is best for the majority.&nbsp; While this for the most part works in politics as you can just as easily vote in a different candidate if the first one doesn&#039;t do a good job, it is much harder to get a union out if they don&#039;t do a good job.&nbsp; Sure you could possibly vote in a different union but really, how many unions are big enough to represent as large a group as FedEx employees?Most people don&#039;t vote in a political election because they can&#039;t be bothered, aren&#039;t informed, don&#039;t care, etc, etc.&nbsp; I would imagine that most people don&#039;t vote in a union election for much the same reasons.&nbsp; If they were interested in having a union they&#039;d vote.&nbsp; That&#039;s just my opinion.&nbsp; I would welcome any factual evidence to prove me wrong.</blockquote>

[QUOTE="quadro, post: 728793, member: 12850"] Umm, not really. Consider that the percentage of eligible employees that are unionized under RLA is much higher than the percentage of eligible employees under the NLRA. A big part of the reason for that statistic is that there are many, many more employees covered under NLRA versus RLA. This is because there aren't nearly as many RLA covered companies as there are NLRA so in reality it won't affect many companies. Two of the biggest non-unionized RLA companies are FedEx and Delta. Unions tend to go after large groups of people because, as any business would do, it makes sense to go after the $$$. This change absolutely is about FedEx and Delta. If this stands, just like in politics, the minority will decide what is best for the majority. While this for the most part works in politics as you can just as easily vote in a different candidate if the first one doesn't do a good job, it is much harder to get a union out if they don't do a good job. Sure you could possibly vote in a different union but really, how many unions are big enough to represent as large a group as FedEx employees? Most people don't vote in a political election because they can't be bothered, aren't informed, don't care, etc, etc. I would imagine that most people don't vote in a union election for much the same reasons. If they were interested in having a union they'd vote. That's just my opinion. I would welcome any factual evidence to prove me wrong. [/QUOTE]

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