support
Quoted from Beav's post -
",yet have the full support of the IBT."
Beav and DBW;
Your arguments and your words sound convincing, but they are still only words. I too was a Teamsters member, and the support you speak of was not there. The words were not converted to action. Just ask the ABX guys. They put on this convincing dog and pony show to get the membership, then once you join, you are pretty much on your own. I have seen this show all before. We would be taking a big step backwards.
We understand your feelings towards ALPA, as they have not exactly been kind to us either, but this is no time to get emotional and have the bad feelings affect your vote. This is the time for pure logic and take our path to the future one step at a time. We can always change unions (or even form our own) at a later time if we want. This is not a panic decision.