If it was just about the money we’d have never voted a union in.
When I went to work I accepted the conditions in place at the time. I never tried to change anything. The company did. They were constantly changing the terms of employment. And, it was always in their favor.
Dispatch overriding maintenance, backed up by the very ops people that should have been the pilots’ advocate left us unprotected and unsafe. Constant unilateral mandates be email were the norm. Screwing with our duty and rest left us with no other alternative. Favoritism, cultism, dishonest managers, and weak willed employees caused this.
Don’t try to simplify this by saying that it’s just the money. Maybe you don’t remember and even some of the union members have forgotten.
Believe me. It wasn’t about the money.
You said it all Turbo, great post!