AFA HOTLINE 03-04
January 9, 2004
UPDATE ON FURLOUGH ISSUE
On January 8, AFA filed a lawsuit in U.S. District Court for the Western District of Pennsylvania to prevent airline management from executing an illegal process in the involuntary furlough of 552 flight attendants. According to our contract, before flight attendants are involuntarily furloughed, the Company must first offer a voluntary furlough. Due to the Company’s refusal, AFA filed this lawsuit.
Today, airline management agreed to expedited arbitration to resolve the issue. We have already grieved this very issue once before, however, management would prefer to once again violate our contract. Management had already agreed to offer voluntary furloughs as part of our basic contract and reinforced that agreement by additional terms during the summer 2002 restructuring process. The arbitration will be conducted in Washington, D.C. on January 14, 2004.
We will update this hotline as soon as we know the outcome of this arbitration on Wednesday or Thursday.
CEO CONTINUES TO MISLEAD EMPLOYEES
Dave Siegel has been quoted as saying that AFA has no interest in hearing the revised business plan or even having discussions with management on work rule and productivity changes. AFA has not told the Company that we are not willing to hear the details of Mr. Siegel’s proposed new business plan. In fact, no one in management at this Company has even approached AFA to offer to show your MEC the plan. Additionally, no one from management has made any attempt to discuss any work rule or productivity changes.
AFA encourages Mr. Siegel to go to the employees and share his plan with them. He should also ask to meet with every labor group and share the details of his plan with each labor group. Mr. Siegel has implied that labor is refusing to hear the details of his plan. That is simply a lie. AFA suggests that each of you let your CEO know that it his responsibility to conduct his roadshows as previously announced to share the details of his plan as soon as possible. Mr. Siegel needs to get on with attempting to run this airline and stop trying to point the finger at labor and make statements to employees and the press that are out and out lies.
Thanks for calling the Hotline. Again, we will update this hotline as soon as we have the decision from the arbitrator regarding the furlough issue.
January 9, 2004
UPDATE ON FURLOUGH ISSUE
On January 8, AFA filed a lawsuit in U.S. District Court for the Western District of Pennsylvania to prevent airline management from executing an illegal process in the involuntary furlough of 552 flight attendants. According to our contract, before flight attendants are involuntarily furloughed, the Company must first offer a voluntary furlough. Due to the Company’s refusal, AFA filed this lawsuit.
Today, airline management agreed to expedited arbitration to resolve the issue. We have already grieved this very issue once before, however, management would prefer to once again violate our contract. Management had already agreed to offer voluntary furloughs as part of our basic contract and reinforced that agreement by additional terms during the summer 2002 restructuring process. The arbitration will be conducted in Washington, D.C. on January 14, 2004.
We will update this hotline as soon as we know the outcome of this arbitration on Wednesday or Thursday.
CEO CONTINUES TO MISLEAD EMPLOYEES
Dave Siegel has been quoted as saying that AFA has no interest in hearing the revised business plan or even having discussions with management on work rule and productivity changes. AFA has not told the Company that we are not willing to hear the details of Mr. Siegel’s proposed new business plan. In fact, no one in management at this Company has even approached AFA to offer to show your MEC the plan. Additionally, no one from management has made any attempt to discuss any work rule or productivity changes.
AFA encourages Mr. Siegel to go to the employees and share his plan with them. He should also ask to meet with every labor group and share the details of his plan with each labor group. Mr. Siegel has implied that labor is refusing to hear the details of his plan. That is simply a lie. AFA suggests that each of you let your CEO know that it his responsibility to conduct his roadshows as previously announced to share the details of his plan as soon as possible. Mr. Siegel needs to get on with attempting to run this airline and stop trying to point the finger at labor and make statements to employees and the press that are out and out lies.
Thanks for calling the Hotline. Again, we will update this hotline as soon as we have the decision from the arbitrator regarding the furlough issue.
