"Behind the scenes" politics regarding the 49 vote.
VR- any reason why you pulled your last thread?
The AOA President has hinted at numerous 49 meeting overseas that certain people will not have a problem with the interview, but discouraged other members from moving back to Hong Kong. I believe that MG and NR already talked about who will be accepted and who will not. They think some will be too bitter, well take a look at some still working at CX, but hey, we are willing to put it all behind us, are they willing to do the same? I think not!
"Behind the scenes" politics regarding the 49 vote.
Hi xxxx,
Great to hear from you, thank you for your support.
I hope that you are not looking for 100%, cause that will never happen. There are many reasons but statistically:
Facts of industrial relation disputes (10-80-10):
There will always be a 10% group of militants who will reject, no matter how good the deal is.
There will always be a 10% group who will be intimidated, break and bend over backward for management.
There will always be an 80% group who can fall either way, looking at the merits of the "offer" itself.
With regard to the 49er Poll that you will receive approximately Tuesday, I would be shocked to see more than 10% of 49ers who intend to accept (4 or 5 at the most.) I think that 100% of the 80% will Reject the "offer", which means that 90% of the 49ers will reject. We shall see...
PS. I am confident to say that I would not pass the three interviews, as I have not received "the call" from MG. MG has personally called at least four 49ers (that we know of,) telling them that they would be "OK" during the interviews (wink, wink, nudge, nudge.) MG knows who will not be accepted and who will (of course, he will deny that.) These 49ers include ??????. (the first two will accept the deal, the third won't.) Another one was recently called, see this following message:
Gentlemen
It has been brought to my attention that one of our group recently electronically submitted his intention poll and EGM proxy vote both of which were NO. One hour later he was telephoned by the President who attempted to persuade him to change his vote.
In the course of the conversation he was told that the President could "virtually guarantee" that he would pass the "selection process" and that he would "probably" receive his Command within 12 to 18 months after his employment. He was also told that the AOA would pay for his commuting costs between his place of residence and his home base.
The terms of the current offer make no provision for such guarantees and/or financial undertakings
The timing of this phone call may be pure coincidence or it may be more sinister.
From information received, it would appear that the integrity of the EGM proxy voting system may not be so secure.
Ignoring matters of confidentiality and abuse of process for the moment, if any of you are subject to such communications, you might want to ask on what foundation such "virtual guarantees" are based and whether or not the membership of the association is aware that they are going to be asked to pay their own money to subsidies costs which, under the terms of a proper settlement, should rightfully be borne by the company.
Perhaps this is why budgetary matters have become such an issue all of a sudden. In the worst case scenario, if the Association is to subsidies the commuting costs of all the 49ers who wish to return to employment with CX, the cost could run into "millions of dollars".