Originally Posted by
404 Titan
cpdude
You seem to forget the company is already on record as saying it will only negotiate with the AOA. It doesn’t want to nor does it have the resources to negotiate with 2000 pilots individually. Therefore if you want to vote on your future conditions and have some say then the only means open to you at present is to join the AOA. Think of AOA membership like being a citizen of a democracy AND being registered to vote. If you don’t registered you CAN’T vote. Pretty simple really. Every pilot at CX has the right to join the AOA. If he/she chooses not to join that is his/her right as well. Just don’t complain though when those members then vote for something you don’t agree with. You have already made the choice not to have a say knowing full well the company only negotiates with the AOA.
By the way compulsory union membership in HK is illegal so the company can’t and won’t make you join the AOA. It does though have the right to say that it will only negotiate with the AOA and nobody else. You have the right to be a part of those negotiations. If you choose not to that is your right also. Just don’t complain if as I have said before something is voted in that you don’t agree with.
I know what the company is on record saying but what if it's flawed! I also didn't suggest the company negotiate with the 2000+ pilots…you did!
What I did say is if the company and/or the AOA want to vote on a change of the contract then we should all vote on it and not 700 or so members. I trust you do understand the difference between voting and negotiating.
Oh, citizens of countries don't have legal contracts for specified conditions with their governments but we all have a legal contract signed directly with this company. Too bad someone wasn’t willing to take that to court!
Lastly, don't make it sound like it's so terrible just for those not in the AOA not to have a voice. It is just as much a hardship for those in the AOA as those out of the AOA that membership isn't 100%. All you have to do is look at the RP07 vote as an example. I would like something done to change that!