Can anyone on here tell me if they remember the 2005 contract? Or the T/A that was voted in. These agreements meant that we as fleet gave the company the right to outsource as many fleet jobs as they wanted. Now I know you won't here anyone on here admit to voting for it now, but they both were voted in by the members. And before anyone says that clt and phl voted for it, and sold out the small stations. Not True!! They actually voted it down. No matter who we had as president right now, your not going to stop something that was voted in, no matter how much everyone on here wants to blame Delaney. You could arbitrate all day people and lose every case. Because it was passed by the members. For those of you that believe differently, then your speaking for political reasons only!!
You seemed to have missed the discussion... no one is blaming "Car 54" for the outsourcing, the issue arises when was the outsourcing conducted ahead of schedule, and for all the bloviating about defending the FSAs who were unfairly and rather rudely removed from the property... nothing. No explanations, little communications, and barely a whimper... however, quick to declare some victory by having the company fund those displaces workers pensions for a few months.
Furthermore, "Car 54" spoke a mean game about challenging the Attendance Policy when it was foisted upon the Membership, and yet.... 3 years later... nothing once again. "Car 54" wants to take credit for the HAL agreement which basically treats the P/T membership as non-union Delta employees with greatly reduced wage scales, Ready Reserve, and the part-time employees must even pay for their own parking. "Car 54" still has a huge back log of grievances going back before he was elected, and yet continues to give US the short straw on AGCs to handle the job.
And for the record, yes, I voted for the TA, even though it was less than ideal, in large part becuase it gave nearly all of West a very sizable pay increase, even for those who would be displaced in the process... pay people an extra $10,000 a year, and most West people would move for those jobs. The agreement also provided 4 years of recall rights for those who wanted to consider another career in the event of a lay-off vs. the 3 months under the East contract? Case in point, the huge down sizing of LAS in past years, and based upon my discussions with former LAS agents, most of those displaced have taken positions elsewhere in the system, especially the full-timers, and some are still coming back nearly 3 years later. I doubt people would have picked-up and left for a $10/hour job. Of course, let us remember in the case of the TWU contract, the reduction of flights and the subsequent reduction in staff would have provided no protections for those people, as with America West closure of the CMH hub nearly a decade ago.
And a special shout-out to my Dear Mr. Roabilly... how's the list of New Direction teams successes during the past 3 years coming along, and did you figure your public disclosure as to any relationship with the current leadership?
So Prods Jester.