Sunday, April 03, 2005
"You're not telling us what's going on!"...
I've recently heard a complaint or two that our Negotiation Team isn't sending out detailed information regarding Onex's initial offer and my response has been "just what part of last year's negotiation did you forget?"
For those with short attention spans, this negotiation with Onex is going to be pretty much just like the one we did with Boeing, less than a year ago. That means the Negotiation Team isn't going to be sharing the day-to-day changes in the contract, so as to not jerk our coworkers' lives around. There's really no need for anyone to worry if their favorite benefit is out one day, back in the following, then gone again the next.
No, much like last time 'round, the negotiators will reveal the specifics of the Company's "Best and 'Final' Offer" when we present it to the membership. No matter how many times they make that allegedly "final" offer.
-- Bill, who can't believe how soon they forget...
Every negotiation affects the Wichita economy, and this one's no different than the last, which means we wait for the Company's "final" offer to see what the impact is to us and our coworkers and what that ripple effect is going to be, through those local economies.
>> If the negotiation team deals with percentages, such as "wages, cut 10%", these are not specifics, yet are REAL enough to get the point across that Onex is not interested in making a "smooth" transition. <<
Any number or percentage is too specific. But here's a hint on how things are going: how long do you think negotiations would last if all TurnerCo wanted to do was keep or improve our current contract?
Look, the team has sent status messages using words like "cuts" across the contract and "restrictions" on employees. Just how much more of a point can we make, short of giving details?
>> They are interested in profits only. I think this should be highly publized. <<
Well, man, I'm pretty sure everybody already knows that corporations are only interested in profits, so I hope it would not be news that the same holds true for TurnerCo... [grin]
-- Bill
