Talk About Miss The Point
Poor stillalbotross is so angry he just keeps missing the point. Firstly it was not a vote that was occuring it was a PETITION to the AOA to overturn a descision the GC had made on members behalf. There was no conspiracy to to make it harder to achieve, after all a petition is something you sign and put your name to to force a course of action that you believe in. Are you suggesting that the names should have been kept a secret from the membership. In actual fact if you think there is a conspiracy maybe the names should be released just incase the devious AOA is manipulating the results and lying about the numbers. Certainly if the petition did get up I would have expected to see the names to ensure tranparancy.
At the end of the day it is of no consequence as a resounding 93% of the membership did not support the petition and of those that did, it is probable that the 60 or so on the By Pass Pay Gravy Train supported the motion in order to keep getting paid for a job they do not perform. something that has a very short life span left if you read between the lines in the Crews News. Those noisy minority that started the petition have probably highlighted the BPP shortcomings of which many members were oblivious to 6 weeks ago and it will be those very members that have probably started the wheels in motion to "uncomplicate" our contracts.
And as for Liam he seems to support the notion that the older you get the less pay you should get, something that is at the core of the age discrimination legislation that protects against that exact concept.
Daisy, your post is on the money!