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<blockquote data-quote="DELACROIX" data-source="post: 5579739" data-attributes="member: 49065">We will.......Getting rid of that 50 % voter participation loophole was a game changer...&nbsp; Now the rank and file that do vote have the final say so.Even if O&#039;Brien shakes hands on this one he still has to sell it to his members.&nbsp; The current leadership has to hit this one out of the park...A lot of apathy, resentment, anger and mistrust out there with the ones who do vote.The closer we get to the deadline (Brown Cafe) and other media sites will start to get more hits, especially if we do go out. Not just from our current membership but from the&nbsp; general public who are media addictive they will be looking for the real reasons behind the national work stoppage. Comparing the media access back in &quot;97&quot; to today&#039;s will be a whole different story, everybody has access to a cell phone video that can be presented in public forum when it happens. Everybody will be getting into our business, both sides want to keep this in house, no third parties involved.&nbsp; The negative publicity alone will be a killer on both sides.Blaming the greedy Union for the strike in &quot;97&quot; didn&#039;t work..In today&#039;s economy forget it...If a strike occurs it will be on the Company&#039;s decision making and protecting their status quo... if we lose business because the Company is playing games it will their issue not ours.</blockquote>

[QUOTE="DELACROIX, post: 5579739, member: 49065"] We will.......Getting rid of that 50 % voter participation loophole was a game changer... Now the rank and file that do vote have the final say so. Even if O'Brien shakes hands on this one he still has to sell it to his members. The current leadership has to hit this one out of the park...A lot of apathy, resentment, anger and mistrust out there with the ones who do vote. The closer we get to the deadline (Brown Cafe) and other media sites will start to get more hits, especially if we do go out. Not just from our current membership but from the general public who are media addictive they will be looking for the real reasons behind the national work stoppage. Comparing the media access back in "97" to today's will be a whole different story, everybody has access to a cell phone video that can be presented in public forum when it happens. Everybody will be getting into our business, both sides want to keep this in house, no third parties involved. The negative publicity alone will be a killer on both sides. Blaming the greedy Union for the strike in "97" didn't work..In today's economy forget it...If a strike occurs it will be on the Company's decision making and protecting their status quo... if we lose business because the Company is playing games it will their issue not ours. [/QUOTE]

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