Another Battle Us Vs Iam

[700UW]

Seems the company feels they can vendor out deicing in PIT and PHL.

Another battle to begin.

Needless to say we have been doing deicing in our contract since it started.

Yep and they want the IAM to talk to them, this place is doomed, polish up the resume.

 

[delldude]

time for that past practice grievance.....
they indicated they were going to go this path last winter.....
time to lock and load guys...... 😉

 

[E-TRONS]

This comes out after all the talk of recalling mechanics to de-ice in the winter???

Never underestimate the power of a shnook 😱

Maybe management will get so cost effective that they will outsource themselves!!!

 

[cavalier]

Never underestimate the power of a shnook 😱

I bet they get most of the management talent from used car lots.

 

[robbedagain]

This comes out after all the talk of recalling mechanics to de-ice in the winter???

Never underestimate the power of a shnook 😱

Maybe management will get so cost effective that they will outsource themselves!!!

that might not be a bad idea but...........who the heck knows what kind of clowns we would wind up with even if the mgmt did outsourced themselves!!!!

 

[BillLumbergh]

There will be no further threats of violence - explicit or implied.

We had one poster who learned that lesson the hard way.

 

[E-TRONS]

C'mon Bill....you're taking all the fun out of it 😉

 

[USA320Pilot]

I do not want to see any employee lose their job and there is no question in my mind that US Airways mechanics are the best in the business.

Last week I made a comment on this message board that the company was going to outsource Pittsburgh and Philadelphia deicing, along with eliminating 35 Pittsburgh Automated Baggage Service positions.

Some of the more prolific posters on this board said, I was wrong, but I said this was part of management's plan that has been leaked within the company to make it more painful on the IAM, well now it's true.

Management is going to turn up the heat on all employee groups and the IAM may become a large target, with the Pittsburgh Maintenance facility next, if the IAM does not agree to participate in the "Transformation Plan".

I believe the company would like to keep the A320 overhaul in-house and keep the B737 maintenance facility open, but the work would have to be done at a competitive rate with LCCs.

Let's hope the parties can come together and reach an acceptable agreement before more of US Airways' great mechanics lose their jobs, which would be unfortunate.

Respectfully,

USA320Pilot

P.S. I bet the company does not care about the grievance and in fact, it would not surprise me to see management tun up the heat even more by simply firing employees and then letting them grieve their job loss. This sucks, but it would not surprise me.

 

[DCD]

At least in PHL, I don't think U really has the interest or the ability to sub out deicing. Why ? 1) Because they have already submitted a bid to the City to continue deicing next year. 2) The City wants U to continue running their deing pad. 3) Previous attempts by the City to get others to submit credible bids have failed miserably. 4) It has been indicated that U's bid has already been accepted by the City with minor changes as to who is responsible for waist water/glycol removal. Therfore, I believe this is a feable attempt to threaten the IAM to get them to the table. If I'm wrong then U should sell tickets to watch the CAOS in PHL this winter.

 

[EyeInTheSky]

USA320pilot, do you get your jollys from the fact that your job cut chopping block speculations can come true? You seem to point this out in many of your posts "I stated previously, I knew a long time ago.." Like you absolutely HAD to bring that up. Was this necessary or do you feel that your are endeavours are underappreciated on this forum? :huh:

 

[delldude]

Last week I made a comment on this message board that the company was going to outsource Pittsburgh and Philadelphia deicing, along with eliminating 35 Pittsburgh Automated Baggage Service positions

i believe those positions came and went over a month ago......

 

[delldude]

There will be no further threats of violence - explicit or implied.

We had one poster who learned that lesson the hard way.

i heard he's like the eveready bunny......

 

[jack mama]

Don't forget the golden rule...He who has the gold, makes the rules.

 

[XJTGuy]

700,
We have talked about deicing months ago. Your post is about dues and membership in the IAM. What does the MX troops do the other 7 months when they are not deicing?
You want to fix UAIR, let MGT make the right choices, PIT and PHL deicing is the right step towards fixing these cities problems, also farm out the baggage system.
IT'S ALL ABOUT THE DUES!!!!!!!

If these MX troops are the best in the business "as Chip says!" They will find a new home in the business. Perhaps outside UAIR.

 

[700UW]

There are no EXTRA mechanics for deicing, they utilize the existing mechanics except in PIT where they added jobs and then when winter was over they abolished/laid them off.

Maybe you should seek the facts.

And the baggage belt was maintained by US because US had it in the lease arrangements before they abrogated the contract and US mechanics were the lowest bid to maintain it now but PIT was afraid US would not hold up its end of the contract since they and many others have been burned by US management.

And you are all MISSING the point, the IAM Mechanic and Related contract gives the mechanics EXCLUSIVE rights to the work where we are staffed, this company is blantantly violating contracts that they signed and agreed to once again.

They are prooving they cannot be trusted at ALL!