Originally Posted by
Cathay Boy
I have sympathy for all working people, anybody that works for a living deserves sympathy.
However, I do not have sympathy for union hard-nosed tactics. Talk with CX and work it out. CX has already retracted the enforcement of the new rules, and to me that's a sign of good faith negotiating. I do not see why union should go ballistic, threaten to strike, and may possibly strike as soon as the 8th, and then refuses to meet with CX management through the help of Labor Department.
I can see the issues: pay cut, harder to live, etc. But on the other hand, CX is also losing money. Unions should realize every cent they squeeze out of the company the company eventually will make cuts elsewhere to make up the differences. Cut quality, cut services, cut routes, etc. At the end, everybody loses.
Do not be like American Autoworkers Union where their resistance to negotiation on cuts ultimatley is the primary reason why American cars can never be competitive or profitable.
What's not being communicated in these media reports is that every time the union made a request, the CX negotiation team called for a break and said they need to ask the upper management. Also, other issues the union wants to talk about, the CX team said this is not related and should not be discussed during the meetings. At the end, the union thinks the CX management just want to delay their actions and buy themselves some time. Didn't really want to negotiate with them at all and it's a waste of their time...that's the message I got from the deleted youtube video (I think there's a new one but I haven't watched it) and the facebook posts...