Originally Posted by
gsoltso
I am interested to see what will come out of union negotiations, the list of things that were excluded was pretty large - pay, security regulations, and a whole bundle of other things that unions normally have some input on. I am interested to see what sorts of changes will come down and what sort of bargaining will be done. I personally am not a union kind of guy in general, but if they can foster some positive changes in the organization, I might be able to give them a vote to the good.
I have no idea on why they want uni control. It truly makes no sense unless it is something about the way they are made or something of that nature. I have not heard of an inordinate amount of complaints about the unis and the most common complaint I have heard was "why aren't they made in the USA?".
Yeah, it sort of seems like 'union lite' to me (worked at a very large company with multiple unions, government contracts, so I have some knowledge of some union issues). I guess I can kind of understand some of the 'concerns' that the union will be able to negotiate about - scheduling and leave - I read that there have been complaints about favoritism in those areas and that there's hope that a union can help. I'm doubtful.
But I totally didn't understand the uniforms being specifically mentioned, particularly since they are fairly new. Did y'all have a lot of input into the design/whatever of the current uniforms?
Not asking you to comment, but I will say that I've also read that some in TSA feel that the union will enable them to speak more freely without fear of repercussions. Again, based on what I've seen of unions in the past, that may or may not work out. I'm particularly skeptical because TSA 'corporate' doesn't listen to anyone and TSA middle management seems completely out-of-control and AWOL. Hard to tell who's running the shop, but if Kippie couldn't get the barkers to stop barking and Pistole can't get the TDCs trained to recognize the ten commonest acceptable IDs on the website, I'm skeptical about just how much the union can accomplish in these areas.