Peterson is so full of shite. He's pulling crap out of thin air about AMFA. He stills has to go all the way back to NWA to try and discredit AMFA. All his info about the finances @ AMFA is completely false. His claim of 3.2 million is the amount at one single local office, what a moron. He says AMFA has done nothing but lost headcounts, false. AMFA has actually doubled the heavy maint in Dallas, added "C" checks, HGR ron, and line ron maint., they also have added the mod line and beefed up the backshops work loads. AMFA has also increased the amount of in house work so well that the under AMFA, the headcount has doubled as well. When we were teamsters we were stale from new hires for decades.
The 11.5 million of dues coming in, as he represented, will still be coming in as dues under AMFA, so with that kinda of dues coming into the system for the AA'ers members, the coffers will be built up in no time at all, think about it people, over 10 million per month, 120+ million per year, it's a no brainer.
AMFA has a huge legislative presence in DC and in fact was monumental in being there in person with other F/A's, Pilots and company leaders to show full support for the PSP (again IN PERSON) to get thru.
For Peterson to say that he expects the company to figure out a way to change existing contract language is just scare tactics. The contract will in fact stay in place and simply enforced even if and when AMFA takes over. Matter fact the new change the members will see over the contract is the following:
AMFA will use each and every available tool to fight for their members rights and contract language no matter what it takes, PERIOD. As proven by AMFA so much at SWA, ALK and other airlines mechanics that AMFA legal was hired or was used to fight for past TWU members when AA fired them for no cause and the TWU couldn't get their jobs back, and AMFA did successfully with back pay.
This propaganda being spread by Peterson is a last ditch effort in saving their arses from the streets. Take notice that Peterson was just promoted yet again within the union to Director, I bet his sole job is to save the TWU and IAM from being removed from the final mechanic and related airline group they represent, so he will say anything, make up anything, and spread complete BS to try and save them.
Remember when Peterson was avidly in support of AMFA?? Yea now all of a sudden AMFA can't do anything right, when he has said in the past and even proved how much better AMFA would be than the TWU at AA. Remember when he was telling the TWU international, why can't we have observers at the table like AMFA does??? And remember the TWU said they would put observers at the table and then when the past votes did not to get thru they never budged on that promise. Peterson was one of the biggest supporters of getting their members observers to the table then yanked it all back once a vote wasn't coming.
It's all PROPAGANDA people, and it's all starting again with the upcoming election.
That representational election cannot get here any sooner...
The asso. is doomed when the election starts, just can't wait!!!
