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Are you kidding me ?cfm56-7b said:Is alpa at nwa going to back it's mechanics?
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nice solidaryity
surplus1 said:Your own view of self preservation has always taken precedence over union solidarity. When the pilots decide to walk, which they have done many times at NWA, they don't ask the mechanics if it's OK. They should not be surprised if the mechanics don't ask them.
As for whether the strike is foolish or not, remember this: No strike can ever take place unless management wants it to.
SMMustang said:It isn't going to be a strike. It is going to be a lot less payroll for Mgt to deal with. Mgt wins big here. That'll be a whole lot of $ saved...I wonder what it'll add up to.
SMMustang said:It isn't going to be a strike. It is going to be a lot less payroll for Mgt to deal with. Mgt wins big here. That'll be a whole lot of $ saved...I wonder what it'll add up to.
P38JLightning said:Yeah but someone's got to turn the wrenches. What's mgt's game plan? I doubt they will get nearly enough NWA line crossers to do the job, and probably next to none in the short term. Can any qualified mechanic start working right away for an airline, or do they have to be specific airline qualified like pilots? If so, that could take another few weeks or so for outsiders to line cross, even if they wanted to.
Not saying mgt won't allow the strike, as they very much might. But this is also looking more and more like an 11th hour deal in the making. Mgt wants 26% pay cuts and 1/3 or more furloughs. Union already offered 16% cuts with no furloughs. There could be room for some kind of middle ground. Either way, I don;t see a mech strike as a purely money/payroll saving move by mgt. But its been done before so who knows.
SMMustang said:What I don't understand is how the rank and file can't see the writing on the wall? They've seen the furloughs, they know the company situation. How can they not see that the day they walk out they might as well start practicing, "Would you like a cart today?" because Wal-Mart greeter is in their immediate future if they do.
SMMustang said:How can they not see that the day they walk out they might as well start practicing, "Would you like a cart today?" .