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Originally Posted by Cruise  Let me know when/ where we need to walk the picket line. I'd be more than happy to donate a little of my time to help you guys out. What is the status of the strike vote.....are you in the 'cooling off' period right now? |
Strike vote is done, and it was a doozy, 87% participation with a 99% "yes" vote. We won't be released to a cooling off period until an impasse is declared, and the NMB releases us. Even then, we've got to avoid the Presidential Board that could delay it further. Odds are, with the current NMB, we won't even see a release. They'll just tell the mediator to keep us talking despite the fact that it's borderline hopeless. It'll be a 2-1 vote pretty much every time as far as releasing us, and the 2's are gonna be "keep them at the table, we don't want a strike."
ALPA is kinda recommending that the Colgan guys NOT walk the picket line. You guys are "at will" employees and as such are subject to retribution from management that you won't really have much footing to fight back on. That being said, there IS a lot of behind the scenes work that you can volunteer for. It's sorta like being on probation since you could find yourself unemployed with no help for getting your job back.