Grizz
Too much free time
- Joined
- Nov 21, 2004
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doh,
Without knowing what "your treatment" is, it is impossible to answer your question.
Here are two reasons that have come up in just the past couple of weeks that make me glad I pay dues.
1) The company currently wants relief from our scope provisions. That would open us up to have more of our owner flights flown by charter companies and reduce the need for pilots. If it weren't for our union and our CBA, the company would have changed it already - and not to our benefit.
2) The union negotiated a loss of medical policy that is an adjunct to what we have in our contract. It picks up after our contractually defined loss of medical provision ends (3 years) and goes out to normal retirement age. That one little tidbit right there is worth every penny I've paid in dues since 2002.
I could list many more examples but the bottom line is that a union acts as a protective layer between the company and the worker. It leverages the power of the employees to bring greater benefits and pay than would be available to individuals. Companies can not make wholesale changes to pay and working conditions because they are bound by a contract.
Without knowing what "your treatment" is, it is impossible to answer your question.
Here are two reasons that have come up in just the past couple of weeks that make me glad I pay dues.
1) The company currently wants relief from our scope provisions. That would open us up to have more of our owner flights flown by charter companies and reduce the need for pilots. If it weren't for our union and our CBA, the company would have changed it already - and not to our benefit.
2) The union negotiated a loss of medical policy that is an adjunct to what we have in our contract. It picks up after our contractually defined loss of medical provision ends (3 years) and goes out to normal retirement age. That one little tidbit right there is worth every penny I've paid in dues since 2002.
I could list many more examples but the bottom line is that a union acts as a protective layer between the company and the worker. It leverages the power of the employees to bring greater benefits and pay than would be available to individuals. Companies can not make wholesale changes to pay and working conditions because they are bound by a contract.
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