you have every right to vote 'yes'.
i disagree about the lack of wages & bonus for fleet are due to profit sharing. AMTs and stores prove my argument.
lack of wages and bonus for fleet stem from something else covered here.
For all the other work groups outside of the M&R Class & Craft, I read and hear that some, maybe all, are unhappy with what the other groups got.
Well that is the reason why the M&R group wants to move on from the Association. We have tried many times but due to circumstances beyond our control we have come up short. If you believe that the TWU has sold you out then do something about it. There are other Unions in the industry that you can approach and ask how to get a card drive of your own started.
Ask how to decertify the Association since they are AA's ground workers bargaining unit. Contact the NMB.
Look back at the contracts of the past you will see that there is/has been many disparities between the work groups.
Even within the M&R class and craft, there was Tulsa Base vers the Line, Title 1 vers Title 2,. We within M&R are working together to change that.
Each work group, Pilots, F/A, are seperate here at AA, that is what the Mechanics want. It has Nothing to do with you. It's that we want to get are own PIE
at the table. We want to choose who is at the bargaining table to give us that. We want a Union that will get M&R the best deal for us.
As UNION members we should support the other UNIONs on the property. Support what they get and ask the bargaining unit that represents your particular group why they did not get that for you. Do you ask the same questions about what the F/A get? Or The Pilots? You may not like what they get but they did their homework to remove the bargaining unit that wasn't working for them. They also wanted to be able to remove the TOP person of the Union. The ATD is just a small part of the TWU, and Samuelson is at the top of the TWU which for the most part is bus drivers and railway workers. Shutting down the train and bus system in NY is one thing stopping AA a global Airline is another. His Video hurt the TWU represented workers.
Vote the way that works the best for YOU, just ask your fellow workers to do the same VOTE...Read the fine print so the TWU won't come back and say they can do that brother.