They might as well use them as toilet paper now since AMFA is not accepting any cards against the TWU.
But you’re obviously too blind or stupid (Runs to report button) to see that.
Really? Toilet paper?? Not accepting any cards??? WHAT ARE YOU SMOKING WEEZAL BOY???
Here's a reminder, weezal boy, THE AMFA will accept any and all cards signed by your fellow employees there at AA that would just love to have AMFA represent them. No, you and your little fleet boys cannot have AMFA represent you, AMFA is only for the "mechanics and related." Get a real clue on what is really going on around you weezal boy. The wave is coming, and the start is the provided article below to just jump up and slap you and others right smack in the face!
One question for YOU weezal boy, has your TWU or IAM EVER provided this much advancement and credit within the airline industry as a whole??? I think not, but please try, try and try again to prove me wrong...
News
Hefty Southwest Airlines Bonuses Boost Union Wages in U.S.
Posted June 5, 2019, 1:57 PM
ratified in May. Divided among the 2,700 workers, that comes out to an average one-time bonus payment of $59,260 per worker, said Bloomberg Law legal analyst Robert Combs.
Unions on average negotiated a 3.3% first-year pay increase in contracts in 2019 based on the latest year-to-date figures
through June 3, the same level shown in the previous
biweekly update. The year-to-date average through June 3, 2018, was a bit lower at 3.1%.
With lump sums factored in, however, the average rose slightly in the most recent two-week period, from 3.7% to 3.8%. This increase was caused by a sizable boost in the average settlement in the nonmanufacturing sector, from 4.2% to 4.5%, which in turn was attributable to the Southwest Airlines agreement, Combs said.
“A one-time payout of almost $60,000 per worker is almost unheard of. It’s certainly the largest that I’ve seen. But that’s what happens when a company’s employees work for seven years without a ratified contract in place. Those missed annual pay raises don’t evaporate, they accumulate,” Combs said.
More Than Lost Time
The signing bonus does more than just make up for lost time.
“Based on the Bureau of Labor Statistics’ estimated typical earnings for this occupation, if this had been treated like a retroactive wage hike, the bonus would have represented an average yearly increase of more than twice the 3% raise that Southwest has traditionally paid their mechanics,” Combs said.
First-year pay increases for manufacturing contracts during the most recent two-week period averaged 2.9%, the same as for the previous biweekly period. The average increase for state and local government contracts was 2.8%, also unchanged.
The weighted average for first-year increases—which shows the effect of larger contracts on the totals by counting the number of people covered—was 3.5% for all sectors, based on the most recent analysis of 378 labor contracts by Bloomberg Law.
