United Airlines technicians: "they're trying to shove the contract down our throats"

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[Thisischange?]

Geno really gets it, I'm impressed with his knowledge. Thanks for the iinsight Brother. O'Brien's a corporate hack he's going to screw these guys.

[NYNick]

When will our members understand that the IBT wants to settle contracts as fast as they can? It costs them money to negotiate, it costs them even more money if they have to pay strike benefits! Thats the secret surrounding the “ strike fund “ ! It is kind of like the having a nuclear bomb, they NEVER want to use it but they like to threaten with it.
Corporate America knows this! That’s why the companies like UPS sit back and let us run our mouths in public because they know it’s all a show for the members.

[Watcher745]

That is exactly what UPS did during O’Brien’s historic bull shit contract campaign last time. He got what he always wants! The spotlight! A soap box to climb up on and act tough ( and taller)

[TonyTonyTony]

United mechanics cant strike.....

[AlJackson1962!]

Excellent interview. Same pattern as the UPS "historic 2023 contract". Job security and no concessions should always be first and foremost.
Can someone confirm the vote on the Union bargaining committee? If the final tally recommending ratification was 19-12, how many of the 12 NO votes were rank and file committee members?

And Brother Hannibal, I think it's important to preserve the definition of a "scab". Aside from Jack London's classic "Ode To A Scab", a scab is someone who crosses or works behind a primary picket line.
The National Labor Relations Act provides that private sector workers that choose not to cross such a picket line - whether they are a Union member or non-union - are engaged in concerted activity and cannot be disciplined for exercising such rights (unless their Employer is covered by a contractual no strike clause that does not clarify the exception of the right to refuse to cross or work behind a primary or other picket line) . But calling workers such as Roadie UPS subcontractors "scabs" is not a correct description unless such workers are crossing or working behind the primary picket line of striking workers.
This use of the term "scab" should be preserved for what it really is.