A TEN DOLLAR AN HOUR CHOICE

DECISION TIME IS RAPIDLY APPROACHING
COLLEGE FOR THE KIDS OR FOOD STAMPS FOR ALL

This long and seemingly endless union campaign has brought many of us to make a determination that life without struggle or challenge has little meaning or usefulness. We all want to make a difference in what we do and accomplish in our day to day lives; everyone seeks affirmation in each move we take and every task we involve ourselves in.

This union campaign is drawing near to a conclusion. We are approaching the kind of numbers that are required to win. We do not rejoice in obtaining our goals but merely breathe a bit easier knowing that our fellow workers are listening and responding to our admonitions and warnings.

Our management team is reacting as we expected; they are sounding the warning signs of the economy and preparing all for layoffs in the fall. We are not surprised and have consistently maintained a stream of honest assessments about where we stand. People are going to lose their jobs this year; more, we think, if we don’t unionize.

Recently the announcement was made that the world’s airlines would lose 9 billion dollars this year, up from an original estimate of just over 4.7 billion. This is the kind of news that our rich, over-compensated leaders will use to dampen any hope or aspirations for fair and just compensation for us going forward.

Our management team which will in all likelihood not last much longer, will direct us to take no action because of the economy and will warn about ramping up expectations for better pay and benefits; they will say that there is no money. They will appeal to our fears and worries and warn against greed; the same greed that they wallow in and in which they lavish their families with excesses. They have no shame!

The choice is easy; it is a ten dollar and hour choice. If you believe the apologists and company hucksters, then we must accept what is offered and given. We must not unionize and have our wages negotiated. They have no internal compass or understanding of what causes success and sustained growth. We will either make 20 plus dollars and hour next year or be heading for 10 dollars and hour in our very near future.

The choice is up to us; all of us! We get to decide and we have to make that decision very soon. Which outcome would you like in your future? Listen to the propagandists that warn against taking care of our families or embrace the IAM’s doctrine of no one left behind.

It’s time to decide and we must not fear those who use the economy as a crutch for being weak. Idiots destroyed our current American economic system. Don’t be an idiot!

Vote Union!