In writing or not, legal counsel was told by the NMB that there is no bar in place. Again the NMB representational manual is not always followed by the NMB. Now the next question is the drive continuing? Are cards coming in from Tulsa, USAir and Title 2 guys? Are we going to sit back and play the wait and see what we get in our next JCBA game? It's up to the membership what they want. Good luck to us all.trentrb211 said:
You mean like the 4% we lost because the two unions wanted to have this love fest of an association filing which took 8 months or so? That whole scam pushed things back enough. Talk about stalling, you don't have to look too far. Our own unions are costing us $$$$$, 14% equity hold, miss handled the prefunding match and our 4% raise. Who is stalling and costing us money? The TWU and the IAM. Do some reading before making a stupid comment.john john said:
I never mentioned another vote. You posted another delay if we have a vote. I never claimed to have a wealth of knowledge on this subject or any other. You failed to see that our own union delayed us from the 4%. Our own union is furthering delaying things because of the complex negotiating process. If the IAM bowed out we would have been well into negotiations. Don't deflect and blame me or AMFA for the delay. Put the blame on the source. The Association and their greediness of keeping the dues flowing for both unions with no regard of the memberships interest. We as members had no say and where lied too. This led many members to challenge the international such as local 591's appeal to the filing. We were against the association because we had no say what so ever. We signed petitions, wrote letters to the NMB and yet our concerns where disregarded. We were told if the association is approved by the NMB we would have a vote. The infamous question #5 on the Q&A from the association. Did you expect us to sit back and do nothing? It was and is the Association that has caused the delays. The AMFA supporters, AMFA and the over 6,000 card signers from both AA and USAir had absolutely nothing to do with any delay in negotiations. As far as getting a JCBA for M&E? Most people I spoke to union reps present and past say at least one year and maybe 18 months. All speculations. How do you combine two different airlines into one when it comes to work rules, ethics, scope, pay, holidays, O/T, field trips, outsourcing, training, retirement plans and so on when you have the TWU on one side for AA and the IAM on the other for USAir? This is complex for the negotiators and both unions to accept. We don't care for the IAM and they don't care for the TWU. We have our own guys who don't care for the TWU and they have guys that don't care for the IAM. Yeah this is going to work out really good. So who is to blame for the delay? Who is to blame for the 4% lose of pay? Who is to blame for the 14% equity hold? Who is to blame for the prefunding match? Me? AMFA? Local 591? All the union members on both sides challenging the association?john john said:
