US Airways
January 21, 2005
File: USA-18
2005-16
US Airways Update
1113© Vote Results
Sixty-one percent of the voting Mechanic & Related membership has accepted US Airways’ final 1113© term sheet proposal. Additionally, ninety-seven percent of voting Maintenance Training Specialists have ratified their tentative agreement with US Airways. Upon bankruptcy court approval, the new terms will be incorporated into revised collective bargaining agreements.
Regrettably, your vote came down to choosing between bad and worse. It is remarkable that thousands of IAM members would sacrifice their own jobs to give this airline and their remaining co-workers a chance to survive. This vote should be the final word in any debate over your commitment to US Airways.
I thank the negotiating committee for their work on your behalf in ensuring your issues were heard at the bargaining table, even under the most difficult conditions imaginable.
Where US Airways goes from here is now out of our hands. Hopefully management won’t waste the substantial sacrifice you have agreed to make.
Sincerely and fraternally,
William O’Driscoll
President and Directing General Chairman
POST ON ALL IAM BULLETIN BOARDS
No what is remarkable is how quickly the IAM caved when it came time to take a stand! I especially like the part about choosing between bad and worse, what happened to all the tough talk you know, concession stand is closed, all the shirts that said will strike if provoked, The IAM is not a true labor union all you have to do is look at their record. Remember all you guys at U, you are the only mechanics at a major airline still represented by the union that endorses scabbing! So remember when a certification vote comes up do you want to be represented by a scab union or one that actually believes in solidarity. Go to the IAM district 142 web site and you can read all the tough talking letters from the union, but look what they did in the end.
January 21, 2005
File: USA-18
2005-16
US Airways Update
1113© Vote Results
Sixty-one percent of the voting Mechanic & Related membership has accepted US Airways’ final 1113© term sheet proposal. Additionally, ninety-seven percent of voting Maintenance Training Specialists have ratified their tentative agreement with US Airways. Upon bankruptcy court approval, the new terms will be incorporated into revised collective bargaining agreements.
Regrettably, your vote came down to choosing between bad and worse. It is remarkable that thousands of IAM members would sacrifice their own jobs to give this airline and their remaining co-workers a chance to survive. This vote should be the final word in any debate over your commitment to US Airways.
I thank the negotiating committee for their work on your behalf in ensuring your issues were heard at the bargaining table, even under the most difficult conditions imaginable.
Where US Airways goes from here is now out of our hands. Hopefully management won’t waste the substantial sacrifice you have agreed to make.
Sincerely and fraternally,
William O’Driscoll
President and Directing General Chairman
POST ON ALL IAM BULLETIN BOARDS
No what is remarkable is how quickly the IAM caved when it came time to take a stand! I especially like the part about choosing between bad and worse, what happened to all the tough talk you know, concession stand is closed, all the shirts that said will strike if provoked, The IAM is not a true labor union all you have to do is look at their record. Remember all you guys at U, you are the only mechanics at a major airline still represented by the union that endorses scabbing! So remember when a certification vote comes up do you want to be represented by a scab union or one that actually believes in solidarity. Go to the IAM district 142 web site and you can read all the tough talking letters from the union, but look what they did in the end.
