If you know your Union history, you will know that the ALAEA was born out of the AEU , ASE and ETU who represented LAME's until the ALAEA was bornout of the employers . The ALAEA was a bosses Union to break the power of the militant Unions in the 60's. How ironic, that the bosses are now using those Unions they coluded against back then, to bust their love child . Ah the irony of it all