suupah
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I just want to say that not having ALPA has compelled CJC management to do almost nothing good for you guys over the last year.
It may take alittle time, because of the way management negotiates and because of the current administration, but eventually you WILL get a raise and big QOL improvements with an ALPA contract. It will far exceed the 2% fee. Not even to mention all of the other protections and behind the scenes stuff ALPA does. It is exactly what management does not want you to do, for a good reason. They don't want you to have a say in your future.
Also, as you look around this industry, many of you will be a CJC ALLOT longer than you thought.
to their credit some things have improved ie paid parking at home base, uniform allowance and believe it or not i think the hotel situation has gotten a little bit better.
that being said, a union is about so much more than that. It is about the entire industry, the profession itself and also a measure of protection of all the hard work and money we have invested in this career with non-transferable skills.
These are things that we need to do for our profession and for our career in its totality that have little to do with Colgan error.