"Getting some discussion going" is showing teeth...??? Lord have mercy...
well it has to start somewhere! we can't just go straight to the courts, can we!
and if you WANT to bitch about what money gets spent where.... let's look at what %age comes form where!!!!!
I would hazard a guess that about 80%+ comes solely from Air NZ pilots. I stand to be corrected.
don't get me wrong, I am not saying that the same percentage should be spent on the same demographic that paid for it..... but, the battles that NEED to be fought, should be fought, regardless of who paid for it, WHEN the members ask for them to be fought!!!!!
people keep re-iterating that a union is only as strong as its members... and this is true!!! but the union also NEEDS to be pointed in the direction that the members want it to go.
If something is being asked of the members, OUTSIDE of the contract, then this need to be stopped... and ASAP! if You give an inch, they WILL take a mile... and then the precedent is set.