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Here's reality, pal. The companies refuse to talk about ANYTHING! They just show up to go through the motions. Then, the unions go on strike. Two or three days later, the US orders them back to work. Binding arbitration shoves stuff down our throats. We have to swallow. Of course, now it's different. Now, the UTU, having sold out half of its membership, agrees to sell out the engineers with the "black box" along with some other stuff. They then settle with the carriers. This new UTU/carrier agreement sets a "pattern", or "framework" for contracts. Thus the engineers are forced to take an agreement based on the UTU agreement. But really, all these unions are junk; my dues are just a tax to allow me to work. The General Chairman for the BLE on my carrier lives far away, where the carrier maintains its headquarters. His kids date their kids; he golfs with them at the same clubs; shoot, he lives in the same neighborhoods with them. And why not? He makes just as much as most of them do. In other words, they are all "working closely together." So there is your reality, son. It will all work out if we can all just see the economic intricacies. Right!
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