Grassroots Efforts at DL for ACS and FAs, no personal attacks.
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for someone that tried to pretend that there is no brand involved, which is his way of decrying the existence of culture at either DL or NW, Mr. Braxton spends an enormous part of his post focusing exactly on the brand instead of providing proof that the IAM actually achieved something better at NW.
the simple fact is that NW employees took a bigger cut in total pay than DL employees between 9/11 and emergence from BK - which occurred within a month of each other for DL and NW>
It is absolutely true that AMFA"s stupidity accounted for the majority of the loss of pay that NW employees suffered but the clear fact is that the failed strike did wonders to allow NW to reduce its costs. to argue that it had no effect on the cuts at the rest of NW is pure ignorance, including NW's original plans to implement deep cuts to FA costs.
further, DL FAs entered BK making more on average than their peers at NW and emerged doing the same thing.
The union crowd can argue all they want about what NW did and didn't do but the facts are absolutely there to prove that DL FAs fared better in BK than their peers at NW, even with the enormous cuts that AMFA took for NW.
average salary for DL FAs for 2006, the last year before BK was, $33,899 and in 2008, the year NW and DL emerged from BK, the average salary was $35,284.
For 2006, DL FA average salary was $37,039 and at the end of BK in 2008 it was $37,038.
because DL obtained SOC during 2009, 2008 was the last year that NW reported.
in 2009, the first year of SOC, DL FA average salaries were $39,593, $6.8% higher than the 2008 average salary for PMDL FAs and 12.2% higher than for NW FAs.
the DL merger was the best thing that happened to NW FAs if gaining more money was even the smallest factor.
the simple fact is that NW employees took a bigger cut in total pay than DL employees between 9/11 and emergence from BK - which occurred within a month of each other for DL and NW>
It is absolutely true that AMFA"s stupidity accounted for the majority of the loss of pay that NW employees suffered but the clear fact is that the failed strike did wonders to allow NW to reduce its costs. to argue that it had no effect on the cuts at the rest of NW is pure ignorance, including NW's original plans to implement deep cuts to FA costs.
further, DL FAs entered BK making more on average than their peers at NW and emerged doing the same thing.
The union crowd can argue all they want about what NW did and didn't do but the facts are absolutely there to prove that DL FAs fared better in BK than their peers at NW, even with the enormous cuts that AMFA took for NW.
average salary for DL FAs for 2006, the last year before BK was, $33,899 and in 2008, the year NW and DL emerged from BK, the average salary was $35,284.
For 2006, DL FA average salary was $37,039 and at the end of BK in 2008 it was $37,038.
because DL obtained SOC during 2009, 2008 was the last year that NW reported.
in 2009, the first year of SOC, DL FA average salaries were $39,593, $6.8% higher than the 2008 average salary for PMDL FAs and 12.2% higher than for NW FAs.
the DL merger was the best thing that happened to NW FAs if gaining more money was even the smallest factor.
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the IAM wants desperately to push the IAM pension plan.
$14 Million in union dues and being there to bail out a bunch of retired machinists and aerospace workers.
DL FAs will be taken for the most turbulent ride of their lives with a vote for the IAM.
$14 Million in union dues and being there to bail out a bunch of retired machinists and aerospace workers.
DL FAs will be taken for the most turbulent ride of their lives with a vote for the IAM.
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BABABOOY said:
Two faced?
On one hand the IAM is telling everyone that A-days won't go away
but
on the other we have this as part of the official IAM survey
Off course its two faced. They continually talk out of both sides of their mouths. I keep telling the junior FA's to kiss their flexible work schedule goodbye, and get ready to sit on straight reserve for years,
Because that's on the top of their list.
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File this under "things that are obvious" (except for pro union troglodytes).
What happens to pay when companies unionize? A new study by a Massachusetts Institute of Technology-trained economist comes to a surprising conclusion: Wages fall.
Source: http://dailysignal.com/2015/02/13/should-workers-need-a-unions-permission-to-get-a-raise/
What happens to pay when companies unionize? A new study by a Massachusetts Institute of Technology-trained economist comes to a surprising conclusion: Wages fall.
Source: http://dailysignal.com/2015/02/13/should-workers-need-a-unions-permission-to-get-a-raise/
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