The COO for the road was cancelled about 10 minutes into the big meeting at Kansas City. Mr. Sweeton just stood up and announced it kind of offhandedly.
The COO for the UE proceeded instead, and as there were fewer Locals involved, it got wrapped up fairly quickly.
The Locals involved with the road COO had about 30 Letters of Approval, and only about 6 Locals either had questions or protests concerning the COO.........nothing that couldn't have been hashed out at the hearing.
Instead, many Locals spent time and money to show up at Kansas City on the 30th,.......only to hear: "never mind........go back to your members and explain your wasted trip....."
All that time on research,.......all those studies on freight flow, customer impact,.....all that time negotiating with the various Locals involved,.....all the flight plans and hotel reservations,........ And it comes down to "never mind".... 10 minutes into the meeting.
No explanation given,......None offered.......Helluva way to run a business, if you ask me........Wait,......they DID ask me,....and my fellow employees,.....for a Letter of Approval.
So,.......Now what? Are they going to re-convene the meeting,........ a week from now?........two weeks?.......two months?........Next contract?
How about whoever cancelled that road COO reimburse all the people who flew out to Kansas City,......... for no apparent reason.