As you may have heard, the IAM contract expiration and vote is May 1. If you are salaried, you may have been recently approached by management to complete or update a shop skills matrix to determine if you are eligible to be assigned to a production or repair line in the event the new contract is declined and the union decides to strike.
You may find it easier to ignore such a request for information now instead of having to potentially make a tougher, later decision to not cross the picket line.
Even if you're not into sharing solidarity with the union, it might help to remember that we're not John Deere - our product quality has potential life safety consequences. Potentially replacing striking line workers with current office workers given an 8 hour refresher course, however temporary in nature, would inherently degrade product safety - and we've already issued a fair amount of SDOs throughout the pandemic.