Boulwarism

We here in why did you join the union and all workers are ready to stand up to our boss with his intransigent attitude. However our problem is Samuelsen and TBOU have made numerous errors to the cost of the membership paying the ultimate price of lay offs.

It appears our boss is using Boulwarism both in strategic terms and tactical terms. However our problem with Samuelsen and TBOU are unable to counter Boulwarism due to incompetency.

TWU Local 100 have to counter those strategies which are being deployed. In strategy terms the management tries to convince the employees that the employer is responsive to their needs. Well we can say our boss has won on that end with this economic downturn and cost cutting rhetoric coupled with low morale among the membership caused by Samuelsen and TBOU.

Workers have to be ready, due to the fact that the tactical terms are coming our way when our employer would offer a contract as ‘final and best’. We are also aware Samuelsen and TBOU’s flawed leadership may exploit us by having a solidarity fund without any discussion. Samuelsen and TBOU have been going along with the management and they will deny us any role in the wage determination process in the contract of 2012.

We here in why did you join the union strongly oppose our current leadership due to the fact they are phonies and we recommend that the current contract  be left to expire in order to let the Triborough Amendment kick in. As a result this will guarantee us a pay increase that would nullify our boss’s economic downturn and cost cutting rhetoric.

The second alternative would be to strike. Our ace card has to be considered and its benefit must outweigh the two for one penalty. All options should be on the table we here in why did you join the union want our boss to be aware that we want change  that can benefit us as a whole.