Originally Posted by MikeMpls
The trolls have fallen silent.
The number of strike-related posts is greatly diminished.
Planes are still flying.
Newspaper coverage is now focused on the permanence of the replacements and what unions will be asked to bleed next.
Doug has all but won this set -- advantage NW.
It does seem that Katrina is having a bigger impact on the operations of NW than the strike.
In the media thread it was pointed out that the union leaders pretty much let the AMFA members out to dry by authorizing a strike with no funds. Evidently, there was not even a vote on the contract. This whole thing was poorly handled by the leaders of AMFA. If they had accepted the last NW offer, they would have health insurance and severance.
I agree - Advantage NW.
If the next workers unionize under the IAM, maybe they will have a chance to have leaders really looking after the workers' wellbeing. I don't know much about the IAM, but I would think from the perspective of a union worker, it has to be better than AMFA.
Too bad there is the thought that anyone returning to work is a "scab". I bet there are a lot of people thinking they would be better off with a job right now.