100% honest question. Now, after the company made their "best and final" offer, and I assume they mean it or their words won't mean s... ever again, and the union rejected it, how will this play out? Will one of the parties be forced by the feds to accept the offer or demand of the other? Will someone else decide what's in the middle and force both to agree? Can anyone even do that? If not, will T have to eventually let go of the striking work force? Can they? From the union side, I think it's a bit more straightforward, just depends on much more their members can sacrifice before they have no choice but to give up, but let's assume that is a lot, and they can strike forever and will not accept anything less than what they ask for, where can it all go from here? Surely T won't let this be the end of them, but they claim they made their "best and final" offer, so what now?
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I’ve been through the same CP training over the years at the Atlanta/Decatur training center. It’s a joke, the last time it was stopped because too many were getting injured on the little bit of physical work they had to do. As the last poster said, take a ladder off the truck and put it on a pole then after the instructor places the ladder strap they went up a couple of steps then that was it. Total BS! It’s all a shame and unfortunately people still get injured.
Just hope nothing serious happens to someone, there have been some serious near misses in the field, this time. I think everyone is smart enough to work according to their skills and look out for their safety. Not much getting done 😉 we are more than glad for bargained to come back. I know my talents and limitations! Kudos to those that can do this on a daily basis because this takes skill and is potentially very dangerous work.
I never saw the word “best” included with final offer in the Thursday release from T. It may just be semantics, but I’ve always understood “best & final offer” to be the sho-nuff end of the rope. Ive never seen simply “final offer” before. Did I miss something?
I’ve been the same thing OP. What is the end game?
I do think Stankey needs to go and replaced with someone who can get the CWA contracts negotiated fairly and signed quickly.
Replacing Stankey with someone from Gen Y or Gen Z who could focus on results rather than RTO micromanaging would help all involved.
Lock them out and replace them. There are legal avenues to replace them with workers who are professional and do not require collective bargaining to defend substandard performance. It's a win for all parties that have tired of the friction caused by the Union. Give them all t-shirts bearing the message, "I used to have a job...". It can be Red in color if they so chose.
Keep dreaming sweetie. It'll never happen. Stay blessed!
“Lock them out and replace them. There are legal avenues to replace them with workers who are professional and do not require collective bargaining to defend substandard performance. It's a win for all parties that have tired of the friction caused by the Union. Give them all t-shirts bearing the message, "I used to have a job...". It can be Red in color if they so chose.“
Employee can not lockout employees on a ULP strike.
"the majority of management here with me has no clue what they are doing"
OP again. I know how that goes. I went to two CP trainings, and 100%, no one there learned anything. It was all for show. They didn't actually even try to teach people, truly, they kind of showed us how to carry a ladder, we went up a pole, once, watched some videos, and it was it.
“I am on assignment in Florida and I can tell you that the majority of management here with me has no clue what they are doing.”
Why didn’t you make sure you were fully prepared?
Lock them out and replace them. There are legal avenues to replace them with workers who are professional and do not require collective bargaining to defend substandard performance. It's a win for all parties that have tired of the friction caused by the Union. Give them all t-shirts bearing the message, "I used to have a job...". It can be Red in color if they so chose.
Okay, another possible theory (OP here, BTW), but yeah, Stank, good point. I guess for me, the only reasonable solution I can think of right now is the BOD stepping in and replacing Stank and his so-called senior leadership, with somebody who will completely rethink the direction of the company, actually negotiate with their workers and bring them back to work, reverse id--tic RTO policies and save their management, start taking security and customer service seriously, and maybe actually save this company. But it's probably wishful thinking, I get it.
Everyone in the office yesterday was joking that there's going to be the "final final" offer, the "final final and we mean it this time" offer, and so on.
This is why I never write "final version" on a PowerPoint deck or a spreadsheet or anything - I just put the date - because I know it'll look d-mb if I have to go back to revise the final version.
I am on assignment in Florida and I can tell you that the majority of management here with me has no clue what they are doing. I dispatched to a customer house yesterday on a repair ticket. Was there 6 hours and customer had to leave. Was rescheduled to Sept. 27.
Company is bluffing, I give them 2 more weeks before they fold.
Global proliferation of the creeping Stank and ever fertile quagmire for his believers.