Maintenance bases and outstations

[700UW]

Unions do not circumvent the laws when it comes to dues money.

Every penny a union spends is filed in an LM-2 and filed with the goverment and most unions are independantly audited every year.

Go read the LMRDA, what you claim is illegal.

A company is not held to the same standard as unions are when it comes to financial reporting.

 

[AA89]

Yet the unions still find ways to circumvent these restrictions and requirements. Ironic that they push for transparency and accountability among corporations and anyone except themselves, conveniently. Like I said, you can deny the fact all you want but union membership, influence, and leverage in negotiations has diminished substantially. There will continue to be attacks on unions and collective bargaining rights or put in friendlier terms "reforms" but the fact remains that you have substantially less leverage today than in the 1990s and certainly in the 1970s. Again what does it say about the state of organized labor when the UAW represents student teachers at NYU? How successful were the Verizon workers at the IBEW and CWA during their strike last summer? Usually unions strike for better pay, benefits, and work rules this time they were fighting for the status quo to prevent concessions from being imposed. Through the use of subsidiaries and outsourcing many union positions have been eliminated in the airline industry. Union membership will continue to fall as the new generation of workers does not seek union representation.

Josh

I wasn't a big fan of unions and I'm still not but I am even less of a fan of greed. The greed that is worse for our economy than anything a union could ever do. If you are of the belief that this is a good system where a CEO, chosen by a board of directors and paid hundreds of times what the average worker in that company is paid. Who cares only about the short term stock price since he or she will soon move on and won't have to worry about the mess created, then of course unions are a bad idea.I give more respect to a union worker who is willing to strike to preserve not millions of dollars but basic pay and benefits. To risk pay and possibly a job shows more character than someone who has zero skin in the game. Don't forget, in AA's case, the unions gave concessions and were willing to "pull together,win together" until the executives got greedy. Could there be a better example of my point? Yes, union membership is falling but I think the pendelum will swing the other way some day. Unions need to change with the times but fighting to keep basic pay and benefits is a fight that benefits every worker whether union or not.The next time you work a 40 hour week and get a paid holiday you can thank a union worker.

 

[Bob Owens]

Yet the unions still find ways to circumvent these restrictions and requirements.
Josh

And what are the requirements for Corporations as far as Political monies?

 

[Kev3188]

Not sure where you're going here, it isn't remotely related with the topic at hand.

Neither is your RTW tangent, but that didn't seem to stop you, did it?

 

[john john]

Once again you circumvent the truth.

I have been through three mergers with the IAM and my seniority was protected and DOH was used.

Why do you keep insisting to misinform about TWA?


TWA had to give up its LPPs in order for AA to buy them or they would have went out of business.

And what unions did that without a vote

 

[john john]

Funny the IAM spent $2 million fighting for the FAs when they werent even IAM members anymore

http://www.wholesale...es Jan 2011.pdf

Sort of like CWA and the passenger service agents

 

[700UW]

No, the former TW employees were IAM then APFA, or TWU.

 

[Flying low]

I want to personaly appologize for the person that tried to prematurely divide our two groups early prior to the merger! This is obviously from an aa company plant trying to start animosity ie. hate and discontent! We, both airlines are not happy with this merger to come but we all know this is a very likely outcome.

I SAY GOODBYE HORTON HAS A WHO? Let's get someone driving that is really interested in running an airline and not screwing all the hard workers in both camps!
Technicians,Pilots,Flight Attendants and all Airline Workers should stand together to try and reverse these Greedy Bastards Heavy blade attempting to eraticate our way of life!

And just who would that be??