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10/9/2004
Management turns down CWA's six-month, $33 million cost reduction offer and demands much, much more...
CWA'ers have spent the last two weeks trying to negotiate an agreement for our members to vote on that would be an acceptable alternative to management's demand for a six-month, 23% pay cut equaling $30 million. Tuesday, October 5, the CWA'ers put their third offer to management (listed below). Management immediately rejected that offer. At this point it seems clear that management has chosen to bypass a vote of the employees and to request the bankruptcy court to impose their cuts without a vote.
Management's original filing in bankruptcy court demands $30 million:
23% pay cut for six months
Reduction of pension and 401K contributions to 3% total (from today's 12% maximum)
The right to contract out our jobs
The right to go below the 279 aircraft minimum called for in our contract
CWA'ers proposed, and management rejected, that members vote on an alternative six-month package of $33 million in cuts including:
Cut pay by 6% for six months
Eliminate all holidays for six months
Eliminate all pension contributions for six months
Eliminate 1% pay raise for six months
Cut shift premiums, overtime payments and sick pay for six months
Credit for our job loss, the same way management credits their job loss
CWA attorneys have filed bankruptcy court objections to management's request and will argue against those cuts as the case proceeds.
Whatever the bankruptcy judge rules on the company's request for a six-month 23% cut, we know that management will now make further, long-term demands for additional pay cuts for up to five years. Those demands will include benefit cuts and cuts in job security and job protections much greater than the six-month cuts listed above.
We must find a way to stop these repeated raids on our paychecks, our pensions, our medical plans, our vacations and holidays, and all their other assaults on our careers and our family income. CWA local officers, staff, attorneys and analysts are planning our strategy for the immediate future. That strategy will not work without your personal support and participation. When you are contacted, please do your part to help save our passenger service careers.
CWA Local Officers and Staff
Additional stories are available on www.CWA.net
10/9/2004
Management turns down CWA's six-month, $33 million cost reduction offer and demands much, much more...
CWA'ers have spent the last two weeks trying to negotiate an agreement for our members to vote on that would be an acceptable alternative to management's demand for a six-month, 23% pay cut equaling $30 million. Tuesday, October 5, the CWA'ers put their third offer to management (listed below). Management immediately rejected that offer. At this point it seems clear that management has chosen to bypass a vote of the employees and to request the bankruptcy court to impose their cuts without a vote.
Management's original filing in bankruptcy court demands $30 million:
23% pay cut for six months
Reduction of pension and 401K contributions to 3% total (from today's 12% maximum)
The right to contract out our jobs
The right to go below the 279 aircraft minimum called for in our contract
CWA'ers proposed, and management rejected, that members vote on an alternative six-month package of $33 million in cuts including:
Cut pay by 6% for six months
Eliminate all holidays for six months
Eliminate all pension contributions for six months
Eliminate 1% pay raise for six months
Cut shift premiums, overtime payments and sick pay for six months
Credit for our job loss, the same way management credits their job loss
CWA attorneys have filed bankruptcy court objections to management's request and will argue against those cuts as the case proceeds.
Whatever the bankruptcy judge rules on the company's request for a six-month 23% cut, we know that management will now make further, long-term demands for additional pay cuts for up to five years. Those demands will include benefit cuts and cuts in job security and job protections much greater than the six-month cuts listed above.
We must find a way to stop these repeated raids on our paychecks, our pensions, our medical plans, our vacations and holidays, and all their other assaults on our careers and our family income. CWA local officers, staff, attorneys and analysts are planning our strategy for the immediate future. That strategy will not work without your personal support and participation. When you are contacted, please do your part to help save our passenger service careers.
CWA Local Officers and Staff
