Lilninj, you take such a staunch stance on things and then sell your soul for lousy flight benefits? Come on, where are your gonads?
You are correct,it is a no win situation no matter how you vote.The company might stay afloat, and in fact prosper nicely at the expense of thousands of 13 an hour agents, both new and old, when the economy turns around. With all these drastic cuts how can U not expect to start making a profit within the next 6-9 months? Or most certainly during the next few years? And CWA agts will be left holding the bag for 6 years while UM and the rest of the industry start re-lining their pockets.I finally received my copy of TA and looked at the salary scale chart for 6 years and when I saw 21.86 top out in 2008 versus 22.05 today, even though only a small perctg of the agents will be earning that amount, I basically said NO WAY.
I see a pathetic 5 days annual sick leave 'penalty if you use it' policy, and said NO WAY.
I see swapping priviledges on the quarter hour amended, and thought WHO CARES? WHY was this an issue? NO WAY.
I see in the future reduced compensation 10-30 year agents being watched by BIG BROTHER for every infinitesimal moment they are sined in and out of the phones and computers with no plans to back off, 'stats wise', from some of the most productive customer oriented group employees a company could ever wish to have(although cust svc is not a-priori any longer). I want to see revenue numbers, that is the bottom line,not how long you spoke to passengers on average...... I say NO WAY.
The folks who vote YES have a right to, as I do to vote NO, but my opinion is they are just delaying the inevitable. Rez will be downsized and shifted to a greater pctg. of dot com work at a lower pay scale.Ato's are becoming more express.People who have put years and years into this company are being shafted. CWA wants to keep the dues flowing in, and they get this either way, unless the company liquidates. Officers are pushing this because they don't want to lose their cushey deployment rights to do CWA paper shuffling work 1 or 2 a week, while getting a wonderful break from the stresses of the CS job, and at the same A scale pay rate.
And finally there should have been clauses indicating quicker snapbacks or salary benefit renegotiations permitted if company showed a certain pctg of profitability over and above expectations.Especially if debt equity ratio even with 1 BIL loan were to become more in line respectably in a couple of years. 6 years is too long to wait.