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Your pension does not link you to AA, neither does your 401k if AA did not exist any longer you would still have both.
The prefunding money went away in the 2012 BK filing.
You better check with the TWU to see if you have recall since that has all changed as well.
I am not looking for your validation.
I will, just out of curiosity, call the TWU and see if I have recall.
You are correct this is a POS contract, and the TWU officers did not force anything the members voted due to the lack of knowledge. Just looking at $$$$.
They (the Association) sure as hell did not draw attention to it either.
As far as the bidding process most A&P's don't go in/out of the shops, moving from dock to dock working on different Aircraft just part of the Biz. Line mechanics have worked on all fleets forever. Most line mechanics don't work at the same station during their career due to layoffs, or transfers. Base guys usually stay put.
They
DID stay put. Let's see how that plays out shall we?
Voting in AMFA if that happens will give the membership a say in what happens unlike what we have NOW.
Yes, I know that. That is why I support your efforts to have a REAL UNION instead of this Democrat puppet.
Your rant is because of the way the TWU did things in Tulsa, well if you worked a line station you would have a different thought process.
Maybe you are right but the reality is I didn't work the line.
It's not my IAM, not at all I consider myself a AMFA guy. I hate the TWU and have had no affiliation with the IAM since my Eastern Days. This ASSociation is the work of the industrial unions and AFLCIO getting together to keep dues flowing in.
Why are you telling me the obvious? Everyone on here knows that.
What I don't understand is why you post about AA when you don't work here, What is the draw for you? What do you get out of all the BS that guys who work at AA have to say. When at AA were you part of the M&R group? Part of ramp/Fleet? Do you even have an A&P? What shop did you work?
No I do not have an A&P. I was in Fleet Service at TULE, which means I worked at the maintenance base, not the airport.
There are several reasons I frequent this forum. Number #1, and I will openly admit this, I have it out for TWU because of the way things went down when they got rid of Fleet Service at TULE. Fact is every single person was shown the door except the 2 UNION officers (how convenient). One even bypassed seniority. It was very obvious they cut a deal with management to push a concessionary contract to save their own asses. The rest of the officers at 514 turned a blind eye to it. When the international was notified they turned a blind eye to it as well. Honestly it did not affect me much because I already started preparing to leave but it certainly affected my coworkers whom I had worked with for over a decade. It was a sad thing to watch.
Two though I am not a mechanic and did not work Title 1 I worked with mechanics every single day sometimes literally shoulder to shoulder. I never really payed attention to contracts outside of Fleet until I found out that mechanics got half a days pay for the first sick day. After that I started paying attention to contract disparities. We are supposed to be a UNION, one membership working for one employer, however it is very obvious groups are treated differently in the companies divide and conquer strategy and the Association, it seems, is only too happy to play ball. I think the membership deserves better representation than that. Especially when
MY family is still funding it.
Three though I may not work under your contract I am married to an AA employee. Your contract has an impact on MY family life just like it does your family life. You know the employees are not an island unto themselves, spouses and dependents of those employees are affected to. You guys seem to forget that. I am not saying I should have any control over the contract but I will be damned if someone tells me I can't voice my opinion when that contract has an impact on MY life.
However the most important reason I come here is because I am trying to wake people up to the fact they are being used. That what they call a UNION is really just a puppet of the Democratic party that serves 2 functions. #1 turn dues money into campaign contributions #2 indoctrinate the membership to support the Democratic party. The membership really has no say, they have the illusion of control as they are allowed to vote but even at that the UNION can accept a contract "in the membership's best interest" by those who are appointment not elected.
Most people on here know I am very conservative. It should be no surprise to ANYONE that I would rail against a Democrat tool like the Association.
I support AMFA because I support the membership actually having control of the UNION they are funding. I would like my wife's UNION dues to actually count for something besides funding a political party (especially a political party who's ideals I do not support).
