Question : why are you guys so frigging hostile ? No one is forcing you to do the things you want , i.e. : tolerance . Yet you guys are trying to force G4 dude to change his mind ? You talk about the union . Ever read the by laws of a union? First ten state : survival of the Union . Not survival of the employee . Hopefully you'll all keep your jobs .
Yes, and as a UNION, advancement of the COLLECTIVE goals requires participation from all the members (or the vast majority).
Why so hostile? Because the majority are working towards a better CBA for all of us, including G4. So yes, it creates hostility when someone who has openly said they aren't going to lift a finger comes on a public board and asks questions about signing bonuses and what was the company's offer when all that info has either been put out to us, or is easily available from the union. He obviously just plans to ride the coattails of all the folks actually doing the work.
Imagine yourself digging a swimming pool, by hand, for your neighborhood to use. Most of the neighbors are there putting their backs into it. But there's a couple guys reclining in loungers, soaking up the sun and drinking drinks with little umbrellas in them, who periodically run over to the edge and ask how warm we plan on keeping the water temperature and will there be a slide. Would kind of irritate you, yes? And they also periodically tell you not to get so worked up because the pool planners will get it done, no need to work so hard (even when it's clear there's no progress except when everyone is digging). And even if you calmly try to explain the history of pool digging and how it works, one of the guys sitting in the lounger says, "Hey, my buddy sitting next to me here says there's no need to dig. Pools don't happen that way.". And the guys digging the pool say, "Okay, if you won't actually help dig the pool, how about donating a couple shovels?", to which our loungers reply, "Nah, we (the loungers) have been talking amongst ourselves and decided we need to just let the pool planners do their thing.". Why would that create any hostility?
If you can't figure it out, whatever.
As for this place being in business for us, don't worry about it. It won't fail because of labor.
