Been following this thread with interest, our union will be going into contract negotiations later in the year to prepare for a contract vote next year.
I truly hate the process. The games that get played by management and union alike. The company I work for is better in a lot of ways than the previous one to be fair, and most of what we will be looking for is adjustments in pay to keep up with inflation.
Unfortunately the Union has put themselves in a bind over a long time where people expect parity in pay whether or not they directly work on an aircraft or sweep the floors and take out the trash, and everyone naturally wants this to continue. I just don’t know how sustainable it is.
What I DO know, strikes are not fun, and the last one that happened here was ultimately for (and over) nothing at all.
I hope we avoid a repeat next year.
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