Originally Posted by
bearchemist
I am confused about your comments. Isn't the timeline: 1) Union finished voting and got 3,000 Ya votes, 2) BR announces anyone who shows up at work during strike got double pay, 3) strike announced on 6/20 following fail negotiation, 4) union collected barely over 2,000 documents 72 hours after the strike commenced.
So BR's bat and carrot policy got ~1,000 FAs to NOT participate even though voting for the strike. Care to elaborate?
2000 joined strike, with incentive of double pay, they got low double digits who are willing to work
So not even 1% of strike participants are willing to return for double pay
The strike vote was for strike mandate for union negotiation not actual strike. I'm really surprised how double pay didn't even get anywhere close to 10% of strike participants back
But from how BR has handled this thus far, not surprised at their total incompetence . Instead of trying to resolve it quickly, they are fanning the flames with rhetoric statements trying to win over general public instead of those who matter, which are their workers. They're just further increasing the divide instead of at a minimum sounding conciliatory and collaborative to finding a solution. Instead they dig in, double down and further alienate their workers
This is opposite of what to do to end a strike quickly. It's amateur hour at BR for employee relations.