IAM M&R CONTRACT UPDATE AUG-2013
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robbedagain
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Who the flip cares how they got there.. the point is they went there n theyre building solidarity even stronger.. not sure what ur obsession is josh esp since ur all up tight about the iam n 700 n ur hatred of usairways. Dont know if now is the to grow up but its my opin its beyond time. 700 I saw that pic on fb keep up solidarity for both iam groups
Kev3188
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Well as Buffy said at the GL convention last year it wouldn't be feasible for him and his staff to depend on commercial air travel so yes. The membership paid for him to travel in luxury.
Josh
robbedagain
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Kev3188
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Mr Eagle
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They dont make leaders like this anymore, RIP Charlie.
Former IAM District 100 President and leader of the famed IAM strike at Eastern Airlines in the late 1980’s died at a retirement community outside Orlando, Florida. He suffered from leukemia and Parkinson’s disease.
Born in the coalfields of West Virginia, Bryan began his career as an aircraft mechanic in 1952 with American Aviation before taking a job as a mechanic with Eastern Airlines in 1956.
A diligent and respected worker and union brother, Bryan was an introspective and well-read man who preferred the midnight shift. Bryan rose through the ranks of the Machinist’s Union and became president of IAM District 100.
The economic woes of the early 1980s and cutthroat competition from airline deregulation prompted carriers—such as Eastern Airlines led by Frank Borman—to embark on drastic cost-cutting schemes, and labor was a prime target.
Borman advocated a plan that would tie the wages of IAM members at Eastern Airlines to the financial performance of the airline, but IAM members and Charlie Bryan would have none of it.
“The Gestapo tactics of Martin Ludwig Borman and his Nazi scorched earth policies will not work with this union leadership,” wrote Bryan.
After Frank Lorenzo’s Texas Air Group bought Eastern in 1986, the inevitable clash with the IAM and Bryan happened when Lorenzo brought Eastern into bankruptcy court and demanded draconian wage and benefit cuts from IAM members.
IAM members, backed by their leader Charlie Bryan, said no and struck Eastern from 1989-1991 when the carrier ceased operations.
“Charlie Bryan was at ground zero of the airline labor battles in the 1980s,” said General Vice President Sito Pantoja. “IAM members at Eastern said enough is enough and they had rock-solid leadership in Charlie Bryan.”
In retirement, Charie Bryan lived a quiet life in Florida.
Click here to read the story in Forbes.
Born in the coalfields of West Virginia, Bryan began his career as an aircraft mechanic in 1952 with American Aviation before taking a job as a mechanic with Eastern Airlines in 1956.
A diligent and respected worker and union brother, Bryan was an introspective and well-read man who preferred the midnight shift. Bryan rose through the ranks of the Machinist’s Union and became president of IAM District 100.
The economic woes of the early 1980s and cutthroat competition from airline deregulation prompted carriers—such as Eastern Airlines led by Frank Borman—to embark on drastic cost-cutting schemes, and labor was a prime target.
Borman advocated a plan that would tie the wages of IAM members at Eastern Airlines to the financial performance of the airline, but IAM members and Charlie Bryan would have none of it.
“The Gestapo tactics of Martin Ludwig Borman and his Nazi scorched earth policies will not work with this union leadership,” wrote Bryan.
After Frank Lorenzo’s Texas Air Group bought Eastern in 1986, the inevitable clash with the IAM and Bryan happened when Lorenzo brought Eastern into bankruptcy court and demanded draconian wage and benefit cuts from IAM members.
IAM members, backed by their leader Charlie Bryan, said no and struck Eastern from 1989-1991 when the carrier ceased operations.
“Charlie Bryan was at ground zero of the airline labor battles in the 1980s,” said General Vice President Sito Pantoja. “IAM members at Eastern said enough is enough and they had rock-solid leadership in Charlie Bryan.”
In retirement, Charie Bryan lived a quiet life in Florida.
Click here to read the story in Forbes.
Yep, the leadership of unions, especially the IAMAW are business unionists concerned only about advancing their own careers within the union and holding onto as many dues payers as they possibly can. Buffy, Roach, Sito, Ira Levy, Rich Delaney et al haven't done anything for workers, they are more concerned with maintaining the structure of the IAMAW.700UW said:
Josh
robbedagain
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You said the same about Sito:700UW said:
700UW said:
http://www.airlineforums.com/topic/54613-understanding-history-of-unions-in-the-airlines/?p=952510
How did things turn out at UA under Sito's leadership?
Josh
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