Look at this site. Yah it's funny in a way, but factual, and should enlighten you on how our dues are spent!If the AMP constitution and by-laws allows the membership to elect and re-call officers at all levels, is this not what a union should be? Why would our locals continue to support a union where the membership really does not have a true voice?
How do the AMP organizers feel about separate contracts ad splitting line and O/H? There have been many posts through out these threads on Line guys wanting a separate contract.
I for one support separate contracts, we have different priorities.
I am not speaking on behalf of or as an AMP Organizer, but I will give my two cents.
Keep on dividing the Union up into pieces boys. Then you can keep complaining how weak it is while you favor busting it up.
There is No Hope for this profession or this Union. Everyone is out for themselves while blaming others. And you wonder why I voted Yes? I nearly had mine Brother!
Keep on dividing the Union up into pieces boys. Then you can keep complaining how weak it is while you favor busting it up.
There is No Hope for this profession or this Union. Everyone is out for themselves while blaming others. And you wonder why I voted Yes? I nearly had mine Brother!
As an ex-line guy now working in OH, I would disagree with seperate contracts, but would like to see a taxi/runup premium for line guys and the mechanics in OH that run. No need for seperate contracts, and no more wedges in future contracts. Our jobs are technical and equally inportant on the line, and in OH, we don't need to be divided any more than we are. Oh yea, just because I feel this way, and I am an AMP organizer, this is my opinion. If and when AMP is instated, it will be up to the membership to decide what is best, thats how a true union works.How do the AMP organizers feel about separate contracts ad splitting line and O/H? There have been many posts through out these threads on Line guys wanting a separate contract.
I assume that a line person main priority is pay. Would it be fair for a line mechanic in Tulsa or Dallas (about the same cost of living) make the same as a line mechanic in New York, Los Angeles or even Chicago? I'm an O/H guy, and would support more money for those living in those high cost of living cities. Would separate contracts make it harder for a mechanic to transfer between the line and O/H? What kind of wording would there be if TUL laid off, and those affected wanted to transfer to the line? Like odie1 said "If and when AMP is instated, it will be up to the membership to decide what is best, thats how a true union works".I for one support separate contracts, we have different priorities.
How do the AMP organizers feel about separate contracts ad splitting line and O/H? There have been many posts through out these threads on Line guys wanting a separate contract.
I'm confused why you think that there's strength in numbers. There certainly isn't high pay in numbers. If a large workgroup meant high pay, then AA's AMTs wouldn't be so poorly paid - after all, AA has more AMTs than any other airline in the USA. AA's AMT pay is near the bottom of the industry.
UPS has just over 1,000 AMTs and they have made much more money than you for many years. WN has but 2,488 maintenance personnel (about one-fourth the number at AA) and yet their pay has outpaced yours for a long time. Same thing at B6 and FL. AMTs at all four of those airlines make more money than you yet all four have very few mechanics - all of them are line maintenance. AA has far more mechanics than all four of those airlines combined.
Lower seniority Line AMT's may want to take note that separate contracts may be detrimental in that high seniority Base AMT's would be looking to transfer if the Line pay vs. Base pay differential gets to the point to make it worthwhile. I am only speaking for the AMT's I know here at AFW. Transferring from AFW to DFW isn't that big of a deal, but with Tulsa mechs, different ballgame. One thing is for sure, it seems that currently there are plenty within our own ranks that want to fracture/separate/divide us, where are the TWU voices crying out for unity?