Are You Willing To Work For Free?

[Severed-N-Happy]

This is the relevant paragraph from the AP article:

In a message to its employees Tuesday, US Airways sought volunteers willing to give up their New Year's Eve plans and work for free in Philadelphia. It said they could expect to be used as customer greeters, ramp agents or baggage sorters.

Thus, I don't think it was a "huge leap in logic" or translation... it is in black and white.

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Please note the EDIT in my original post as well as your quote of my post.

 

[luvthe9]

http://www.forbes.com/business/energy/feed.../ap1731160.html Work for free article

 

[DCAflyer]

Please note the EDIT in my original post as well as your quote of my post.

[post="232983"][/post]​

Oops. Mea culpa! I read the reply earlier, but was rushed and had to log off. I responded later without reading the edit. Sorry about that, Severed.

-DCAflyer

 

[28yrsnojob]

are they nuts ,they took my job,40000.00 in sick time,medical at retirement,termiated my pension,30000.00 in stock,came out of bk,gave themselves raises, and then went back into bk, cotracted my job out and these
guys want people to work for free.

You cant make a deal with the devil and then try to climb out that hole.

 

[bookmdano]

U's management has been so busy patting each other on the back and stuffing each other's pockets for years that they never had a clue as to when the deterioration/rotting even started. They had a tremendously valuable frontline staff that bs'd their way out of everything to divert attention from CCY's ineptnous. U's problems existed long before 9-11; long before higher fuel prices, long before LCC's. They were too busy thinking about how they can take from the frontline; overstaff at the top; understaff at the bottom; pass the buck; and not invest in anything other than improving their own personal bottom-line.

 

[notlayedoffyet]

I thought about this a bit more and did a bit of research. Off the clock work would be most likely be illegal in Pennsylvania. If you are working, required or not, you must be paid. Paid overtime actually if it's over 40 hours in a week. If you employer know you are working, and lets you work then they must pay you. I supect that many employees may take the company up on this "offer" and then file a claim with the Pa Dept of Labor that the company violated the law to get paid.

I also suspect that there will be many lawsuits from the unions if other employee groups were to be allowed to sort bags and the such on a volunteer basis. If the company needs more people I would assume that they have the ability to call overtime. It would probally be in their best interest to do so.

Pittsburgh's going to the SuperBowl!!!

 

[ua767fo]

Pittsburgh's going to the SuperBowl!!!

[post="233022"][/post]​

I do believe your right......and the hometown Denver Broncos, sheesh, unbelievable that such a mediocre team stands a chance of getting into the playoffs.

DENVER,CO.........home of several Pittsburgh Steelers Clubs....Go Steelers

 

[hp_fa]

And what happens if someone gets hurt?

 

[roadtrip]

NUTS

 

[tadjr]

And what happens if someone gets hurt?

[post="233027"][/post]​

Then they will be given a permanent full time position on the roster and remain uncovered for the duration of their outage. TBA. 😛

 

[notlayedoffyet]

And what happens if someone gets hurt?

[post="233027"][/post]​

I would assume the first thing would be to clock you out. Oh wait, you were not on the clock. Too bad, use up that vacation time then get fired. No workers comp, no pay and no job. Sound like a good deal to me! I would assume that in court when you explain that in spite of the paycuts, layoffs and loss of benefits that you really wnated to come in for free you might not be believed by your average Joe.

 

[PITbull]

Let me see if I've got this right.

Chaimes tells the national media nothing is wrong with staffing and the reason
the operation collapsed is because of the bad ole employees calling in sick.

If staffing is normal, Why does a commercial transportation company need its
employees to work for free to make the operation work.

They expect us to work for free, on Christmas day, when the CLT ctr line had 2000
psgrs waiting for 5 hours to see an agent, the Customer Service Manager
Non-Reved to PIT at 10:30am, on the way to the gate she threatened termination
of any employee that refused mandatory OT after dealing with this fiasco for
their full shift.

Thats what Im going to do... Work for free for this Management...NOT!

[post="232900"][/post]​

This is exactly the point!

And they gave labor the "black eye".

 

[Finish or Ignore]

I missed something. Where and when did Mr. Lakefield ask anyone to work for free on New Years Eve?
Thanks,

A320 Driver

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When our paychecks B O U N C E ?

 

[DCFlyer]

I cannot understand why everyone here is complaining. A fulltime job like yours should be a privilege (not a right or a burden - just ask someone who is working for minimum wage with no benefits).

If my company were going down the tubes I would do everything I could to keep it in business. If customers/passengers were allowed to volunteer to help you keep your jobs I would be tossing bags in PHL with you on New Years.

 

[Justair]

Lakefield should take the lead on this and he and his management team should show up and work for free.

As far as I'm concerned at a 21% paid cut[remember management got 1% cut(4% raise then 5% cut)] I am already working every "I repeat" every fifth day for FREE!!!!

Management will never do anything for free except slam labor!!!!!!!