According to Wikipedia, a "Blog" can be used as a verb, meaning to maintain or add content. With that definition, this thing could go on, and on, and on, so when Jock asked me to add something to this Blog forum, I originally thought for fun, to write one continual sentence that like the Blog, would go on, and on, and on, but I did mean it to be a continual sentence without the benefits of repetitious words like on, and on , and on, and to be at least somewhat informative in nature because, and otherwise, a continual sentence that went on and on and on, would be just a waste of time and generally uninviting which runs opposite of a Blog’s intent of new cutting edge information due to the continuous gesture of the same repetitive transcript that would just continue to go on, and on, and on, whereas to repeat the same phrase like on, and on ,and on, would fail to represent original thought by the use of redundant entries that go on and on and on, and would in truth add no rational or stimulative value and may be deemed by some scholars and intellects to be simply ……………….stupid.
That aught to fill some space, but, maybe I’ll digress from that thought.
However, speaking of things going on, and on, and on………………..and stupid for that matter;
Lets talk about the injustice being done to the employees at Oak Harbor Freight. The strike that is now mostly centered on health and welfare, has been going on for over 5 months now and Teamster represented employees have worked without a contract since October 31, 2007. The strike is recognized by the NLRB as an Unfair Labor Practice Strike. To get the most accurate and up to date information, visit http://www.teamsters174.org/ . I wish all our IBT brothers and sisters the best in their continued efforts. Unfortunately, this type of ignorance and disrespect by many employers towards its workforce, just continues to go on, and on, and on………….Isn’t that just stupid?
How much does it cost to replace chairs at the Red Carpet room in SEA? More than half a mechanics annual salary. WTF? Yup, chairs, by my figures about 26, were purchased for the up scaled waiting room at the tune of $1400.00 each adding to a grand total of just over $36,000.00. I say again WTF?? An argument could be made, I guess, that the expensive chairs are to keep those frequent flying and high valued customers happy. But wouldn’t the money have been better spent on Jobs, and the people to do them? As you know, one of the cuts was to M-10, and without that key position, we are seeing the lack of support and parts needed to fix those pesky problems like airplanes. Hmmmmm, maybe that’s it? Maybe, the big cheese decision makers would rather have the top flyers more happy and comfortable on the ground, because they created a departure schedule than can no longer be dependable? Maybe they anticipated the lack of parts, time, or manpower we need to get the aircraft going, and they reacted in a constructive manner with the butts of the wealthy in the forefront of their thoughts? Maybe, but I doubt it. The fact is, the wasteful and completely unintelligible spending we see now, goes on and on and on……………….. Stupid too.
But wait there’s more. After months of being forced to eat our lunch in a room with a dirty table and sticky floors a mop wouldn’t dare go near, and after having to take our bathroom breaks in a stall so filthy it could drive a Biker Dude to clean it (for the record, he did), we have seen a bit of a change. There has been some headway in the cleaning and janitorial function hired by our station Mgt team, but we are not sure yet if it will be enough. We’ll monitor it for a bit and see how it turns out. If it is still does not agree to our satisfactions, we will try to bring up the cleanliness problem again. Just don’t be too surprised by the company’s failure to act on our grievances. The many excuses for not concerning themselves with the welfare of their employees simply goes on and on and on……………..…
Did I mention the new Diamond plate chrome walls or the “lavender purple paint in the break room? ……………….stupid too.
I have been asked by Chris Moore of the TAMC to take over as the steering committee member to represent the mechanics at UAL. I regard this as an honor even to be considered and have accepted. Chris has put together an aggressive schedule and campaign to get the word out about the Teamster Aviation Mechanics Coalition. We will soon put out our first Newsletter which will be pre empted by a brochure describing the group. I am looking forward to the cooperative involvement of all Mechanics at UAL and will be depending on Chief Stewards and Shop Stewards to help with efforts. My central focus, for the time being at least, will be on the continued contributions to our MRO defect reports. This to me is the most important fight right now as far as air travel safety and the security of our jobs goes. Airlines have brought the fight to our families and it’s time we fight back, but this is a fight that will go on and on and on..………...........The stupid part is in those who think we will sit back and do nothing about it.
I want to take a second to thank Jock, for developing this Blog. He has put hours into doing all he can to keep those announcement lines open, and is always coming up with a new or better way. Thanks to him, communication here in Seattle with the IBT will go on, and on, and on, ………………………..nothing stupid about that.
Dave
