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<blockquote data-quote="Bubblehead" data-source="post: 1289666" data-attributes="member: 14176">This attitude is the antithesis of everything that is wrong with the IBT.Not everybody deserves the chance to come back to work when discharged, and nobody deserves to have an unrelated, legitimate grievance traded off for somebody else to return to work on an unrelated issue.Every BA&#039;s job is to give due diligence to any and all issues, not just those involving &quot;keeping people working&quot;.Once a BA falls into the trap of continually &quot;trading off&quot; on issues, they are done and forever a whore.The company can and will manufacture game to facilitate that type of relationship.I am not going to pretend to know all I need to know about this incident, nor will I predict its final outcome.I will acknowledge the desperate times that have beset this union and wonder if desperate time didn&#039;t call for desperate measures, a notion that made this union what it was.I sincerely hope these brave men and women aren&#039;t made to be martyrs, but lord knows if they are, they wont be the first to wear that title.It will for sure be a shame and I am praying it doesn&#039;t come to that, and moreover, that it isn&#039;t in vain and effectuates positive change for the future.God speed Local 804</blockquote>

[QUOTE="Bubblehead, post: 1289666, member: 14176"] This attitude is the antithesis of everything that is wrong with the IBT. Not everybody deserves the chance to come back to work when discharged, and nobody deserves to have an unrelated, legitimate grievance traded off for somebody else to return to work on an unrelated issue. Every BA's job is to give due diligence to any and all issues, not just those involving "keeping people working". Once a BA falls into the trap of continually "trading off" on issues, they are done and forever a whore. The company can and will manufacture game to facilitate that type of relationship. I am not going to pretend to know all I need to know about this incident, nor will I predict its final outcome. I will acknowledge the desperate times that have beset this union and wonder if desperate time didn't call for desperate measures, a notion that made this union what it was. I sincerely hope these brave men and women aren't made to be martyrs, but lord knows if they are, they wont be the first to wear that title. It will for sure be a shame and I am praying it doesn't come to that, and moreover, that it isn't in vain and effectuates positive change for the future. God speed Local 804 [/QUOTE]

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