BE READY: THE NMB'S GONNA TAKE YOU ON THE RIDE OF YOUR LIFE!!!
AND IF YOU THINK THEY ARE ON THE EMPLOYEE'S SIDE YOUR IN FOR A RUDE AWAKENING!!!
:mf_boff: THIS WILL BE THE NEWLY DE-CERTIFIED NON-UNION RAMP AGENT (EAST AND WEST) IN FRONT AND OUR NEW LEAD NEGOTIATOR DOUG PARKER IN BACK LAUGHING ALL THE WAY TO THE BOARD ROOM, EX-CONTRACTS IN HAND WITH A PEN AND SOME SCISSORS TO START HACKING EVERYTHING YOU ONCE HAD. JUST BELIEVE THAT ANYTHING GOOD WON'T STAY AND ANYTHING BAD WILL. IT TOOK USAIR'S OLD MANAGEMENT LESS THEN SIX MONTHS TO VIRTUALLY WIPE OUT OUR ENTIRE CONTRACT, WHEN JUST MONTHS BEFORE DE-CERT. THEY PROMISED EVERYONE THE WORLD AND GUARENTEED NOTHING WOULD CHANGE.
SORRY TO SAY THAT FOR MANY OF US THIS WILL BE OUR 5TH ELECTION, AND ONLY 1 WORKED OUT AND IT BARELY WORKED OUT AT THAT.
HOPE ALL GET WHAT THEY WISHED FOR!
Jimmy, the NMB is not the enemy. Stop believing union lies that draw the pics of the NMB with big horns on their head. Please be fairminded. The NMB is neutral. Stop painting them as an anti worker bureau.
The truth is, the TWU went to the board, not vice versa. And the TWU went to the board with 'worker support', enough to force an election. You can ask the IAM why it was that the TWU had enough support.
As for Parker, IMO, he wants to keep the IAM contract because that means there will be no collective bargaining for at least 4 more years. For Pete's sake, you're thinking is nuts! Why in the world would Parker be laughing at all when there is no question that he didn't want an election with fleet service???? The contract was exactly what Parker asked for from the Judge, why in the world would he want to give that up?????
If Parker wanted to 'kick out the IAM' and the contract that US AIRWAYS management drew up/created for the judge to give them, then it should naturally flow that Parker and US AIRWAYS will do a counter union campaign to get workers to vote no. However, that won't happen because the IAM & it's judge abrogated contract is the best contract Parker and US AIRWAYS management has ever seen.
Once again, Jimmy, your thinking is disturbing and unfounded.
ANd FWIW: As bad as the 90's were, remember, within 6 months of voting in the IAM, it was the IAM who told the non-contract rampers that they needed to take an 'additional' 10% cut to go from $17.88 to $16.09. The IAM went ahead and agreed to this with your company in a TA. Letter was sent from Frieberger [copy on file] basically saying you all would be out of a job if you didn't agree to further reductions.
Looking back, as hard as it is to believe for you, 100% of non-delusional workers would much rather go back to their non-union days of 1992 and make $17.88, plus paid sick time, tons more of everything THAN to pay $500 a year to have this thing called IAM privilege and making $15.60, no sick days, no nothing! One person said if you figure in the present value of money that topped out IAM workers are making between $8-$10 bucks an hour based on 1992 present values of money. No wonder why the IAM's days are numbered. I'm not an economist so I don't know how they came to those numbers, but they look consistent to me.
And remember, Jimmy, although I'm sure you will never admit it, your company is giving you beneficial 'non-negotiated' things that it doesn't have to RIGHT NOW because your union never negotiated them. Don't kid yourself and think that you could do any worse when your situation is already the worst of the worst. So bad that your company is giving you money you didn't agree to, which is, after all, what you said....reversed.
If you want to paint pictures Jimmy, then it isn't how deep does this rabbit hole go but rather, from the bottom, how the heck do I climb up out of it.
And, since you seem to be good at putting icons on your post of Parker laughing at employees because you believe he is out to screw them more, BE FAIR, and stick to the truth, put a happy face on an employee icon when Parker hands them $50 a month gift to pay their union dues.
regards,