Negotiations Process
I'm a bit confused(as usual) about how this process has been developed.
The GC and the company bang heads for 2-3 months but the union membership have no prelim. input as to what gets talked about.And of course neither 'side' can utter a peep..'oh no' while talks are going on.. to protect what exactly?Why can't members have a say all along the way and stop all the time being wasted discussing any option that is already totally unacceptable?
Why does the GC have to ratify anything?Why not pass on the deal for a vote and just shut up..let the members ratify it..or not.Duh.."it's the best we could get" duh "there's only so much money in the bucket"...hello! close to 7 BILLION this year alone after tax.
The GMA just issued a statement that the 'conditions of the talks included agreement/ratification from the GC before an offer was made public'?????
And now..without any reference to the union membership at all..the GC 'pulls the plug' ..based on what exactly....two weeks of speculative comment on pprune?
The members know very well what is ball park acceptable and now everyone is grossly pissed off before the game has really even begun...with a crap deal(did you really expect anything else)offered.
This is not gamesmanship..it's just a waste of time and the only winners are the company dragging everyone along on pay issues that should have been addressed 10 years ago.
The lesser ranks only want pay to catch up they're not asking for the moon.And protection of current employees against being outranked/outpaid and promoted over by direct entry el cheapo's once again...not to mention them nicking all our basings that we've worked years to go on ourselves.
How f**king simple is that???
Get on with it.