2014 Fleet Service Discussion

[737823]

jay and karen absolutely pounded roach and buffenbarger in den iad ord iah cle sfo pce. Same will happen in ewr which remains.

If jay wins, he should thank the F idiots at Team Delaney for F with the wrong peeps and triggering everything. Absolute idiots who have no idea on earth how to negotiate a fair contract and mess with the wrong peeps. They just dont learn.

Thanks Tim well hopefully this will continue.

Josh

 

[Tim Nelson]

Thanks Tim well hopefully this will continue.Josh

Jay still has an uphill fight but the negative campaign by mancini and lehive is really backfiring and inciting jays supporters to come out.

The idiots at Team Delaney wont learn so we expect a negative campaign for the district elections as well from them and im sure that will incite our supporters as well.

We received nominations from 25 locals representing 86% of the membership as the membership confirmed its desire to unify for change. We are confident that the membership will steamroll Team Delaney in June by we have to do alot of hard work to get out the vote.

 

[robbedagain]

what   IF ANY does any of that have to do with FSA NEGOGIATIONS AT US

 

[Tim Nelson]

what   IF ANY does any of that have to do with FSA NEGOGIATIONS AT US

not sure what it has to do with negotiations but it has everything to do with fleet service. And alot more to do with fs than southwest and ongoing personal battles.

As far as negotiations, i already told u that negotiations are iced by the nmb. Much will tell by june.

 

[737823]

Tim do you think that by backstabbing you for weighing in with facts about the United agreements that Delaney and his slate sealed their fate? I remember he posted district updates about you during the ratification vote.

Josh

 

[Tim Nelson]

Tim do you think that by backstabbing you for weighing in with facts about the United agreements that Delaney and his slate sealed their fate? I remember he posted district updates about you during the ratification vote.
Josh

thats not for me to say. But i think 6 years of ineptness and destroying crafts has alot to do with the senseless beating they took politically in february and the beating that the current intl officers are taking. Imo team delaney will suffer "great pain" in june as the membership wants unity and change instead of the incompetence and division of Team Delaney. They just dont understand. Team delaney just came up with a new site smearing U4C candidates. Their negative campaign is juvenile and will solidify and incite workers to vote against them.
We will take the moral highroad and stick with a positive campaign that continues to build the unity for change that our members told us to press forward with.

 

[robbedagain]

since we are on that subject anyhow  what are the chances delaney will stay in office   esp should he lose his people in the election

 

[Tim Nelson]

since we are on that subject anyhow  what are the chances delaney will stay in office   esp should he lose his people in the election

delaney isnt up for election. The district runs by an eboard so the U4C team should control with a majority if it is voted in . And if Jay is voted into the intl then, imo, delaney should think about his family and collect his retirement watch.

 

[mike33]

Jay still has an uphill fight but the negative campaign by mancini and lehive is really backfiring and inciting jays supporters to come out.

The idiots at Team Delaney wont learn so we expect a negative campaign for the district elections as well from them and im sure that will incite our supporters as well.

We received nominations from 25 locals representing 86% of the membership as the membership confirmed its desire to unify for change. We are confident that the membership will steamroll Team Delaney in June by we have to do alot of hard work to get out the vote.

Steamroll and do the hard work ?.......those 2 phrases are totally opposite each other.     

 

[mike33]

Everything is just peoples opinion until it actually happens. Then and only then does it become fact...........

 

[necigrad]

Screw it.  Thanks for ruining the forum Tim.  I'm out for a while, unless something notable happens in ON TOPIC stuff.

 

[700UW]

April 4, 2014
Douglas Parker
Chief Executive Officer American Airlines
4333 Amon Carter Boulevard
Fort Worth, TX 76155
 
Dear Mr. Parker:
In July 2012, the unions representing more than 30,000 US Airways employees met and formed the Union Labor Coalition of US Airways (ULC). We did that to coordinate on important labor issues related to the then-potential merger of US Airways and American Airlines.
 
We identified several issues critical to the future of the airline and its employees, including job security, seniority, compensation, scope, benefits and working conditions. When the ULC was formed, six of our group were in contract negotiations or mediation – some for as many as seven years. Many US Airways employees had suffered from airline consolidation that too often had been advanced at the expense of airline workers.
 
While many of our members were understandably concerned about a potential merger, we told you then we would support it, but only if our concerns were addressed.  Now months later, many of us are still waiting for critical issues to be addressed and resolved.
 
Airlines are most successful when management and labor work together to serve the passengers. We note that you made a similar point recently when speaking before a JPMorgan investors meeting where you said that American became "an airline that couldn't really achieve its potential because the management-labor relations had gotten so bad.” We agree.
Although comments like these resonate well with investors and the public, employees of this airline are looking for real action, not just words. Unfortunately, that has not occurred.
 
For example:

• TWU Local 544 was involved in Section 6 negotiations with the company long before the merger. However, after the merger, the company put the TWU negotiations on the back burner, further delaying an already long-overdue resolution.

• For the Dispatchers, Labor Relations still has not formulated a team to harmonize the contracts of both airlines. While other Departments moved forward soon after the DOJ filing, Labor Relations was unresponsive to the Dispatchers’ request even for a simple face-to-face meeting. Meanwhile, the Dispatchers continue to earn 25% less pay, while working a total of six weeks more than their American counterparts.

• The IAM represented employees (Mechanic & Related, Fleet Service, Stores and Maintenance Instructors) were in negotiations pre-merger, then ignored by Labor Relations while it negotiated with stand-alone American employees. American Airlines continues to insist that IAM represented former US Airways employees accept substandard, second class status to their former American Airlines counterparts. The IAM has sought a proffer and release from the National Mediation Board to gain fair contracts up to and including a strike, if necessary.

• The CWA-IBT Customer Service Employee Association feels the American Airlines management team needs to be apprised on our contract work rules.  The vendors working for American are encroaching on our work at some locations and forcing the Association to file grievances.

• Labor Relations has failed to implement the required work rules and contractual provisions to bring equality to the pilots of US Airways.  The excuse given is they do not have the resources and manpower to complete the tasks that should have already been completed on Day-1 of the merger.

We are proud to have supported a merger which created the largest airline in the world. However, now that the merger has taken place, we expect management to move forward immediately to keep its commitments to all of its employees and make this the best airline in the world. That is what we should expect from a management team that promises a new Corporate Culture, expecting a $3 Billion profit with 10 billion in cash. We urge you to find the resources necessary to make good on your promises, ensuring this merger goes as smoothly as possible.
 
Roger Holmin, MEC President
Association of Flight Attendants
 
Velvet Hawthorne, Co-Director -CWA/IBT Passenger Service Association
CWA Staff Representative – East Passenger Service
 
Kimberly Barboro, Co-Director-CWA/IBT Passenger Service Association
IBT Business Agent-West Passenger Service
 
Frank O’Donnell, General Chairman
International Association of Machinists and Aerospace Workers – Fleet Service
 
Frank Schifano, General Chairman
International Association of Machinist and Aerospace Workers – Mechanical & Related
 
Bill Gray, President
Transport Workers Union Local 544; Instructors/Simulator Engineers
 
Dan Persuit, President
Transport Workers Union Local 545; Dispatchers
 
Gary Hummel, President
US Airline Pilots Association

Read more here: http://blogs.star-telegram.com/sky_talk/2014/04/us-airways-unions-ask-ceo-parker-to-make-good-on-your-promises.html#storylink=cpy
 

 

[robbedagain]

thanks 700!  but some how  some way  itll fall on the deaf ears of those dirty rotten smelly donkeys in DFW/Tempe 

 

[Tim Nelson]

thanks 700!  but some how  some way  itll fall on the deaf ears of those dirty rotten smelly donkeys in DFW/Tempe

why was any union leader proud to support a merger without first getting justice for their members. What is so proud of that?

These union leaders either have their heads up their asses or are pretty damn near stupid.

 

[700UW]

The IAM NEVER supported the merger.