As a Bristow pilot in Den Helder, Holland, I am left in limbo. That a 'responsible' employer should apparently ignore the formal, agreed negotiating procedures when it doesn't suit the management beggars belief as a mode of industrial behaviour. Confusion and misrepresentation ensue. Are we adults or children?
Please to recall that it was reported OLOG/Air Log Management in the USA developed a snitch on the Union Negotiating Committee and once uncovered, provided him with a Management Position.
That is the kind of folks you just might be dealing with. Read back on the Air Log Pilot's CBA thread and see how that negotiation went. It might give you some idea of what lengths the OLOG management will go in fighting the a union.
But....all is fair in love and war is it not? It would be only natural for management to resist giving any more pay or benefits increase than absolutely necessary just as it is normal for the working stiffs to try to obtain as much as possible.
If you want it....you will have to fight for it....it certainly will not drop into your hands like Manna from Heaven.
LV,
Are you suggesting someone is meddling in water over his head?
Add Tyreburst to that list of cast on Gilligan's Island and you will get my vote too!