What does that mean, that it is not the 50's or 60's? Are you saying that unionism is now a relic of the past? NAFTA, that was put in place by labor. Why do you hold onto this mandatory cooperation attitude with the company? Is that what happened to TWA?
Preserve jobs, lets open up repair stations in every state and pay minimum wage, I am sure management will operate with the unions then. The TWU has been managements best friend since 1983 when the TWU introduced the B-scale. Now go ahead Steve, blame the membership for the leadership bringing back this great contract. How many concessionary contracts is the TWU going to bring back to it's membership at the behest of the company for the sake of gaining more dues payers? If all unions were like the TWU, unionism would be at 100% across the country, not 13%. The TWU forced their members on payroll? The fight we are in is with the entity that claims to our union. Every time a gain is made the TWU gives it back in some form. Especially with the last wage increase from the PEB at Northwest. AA matched it and the TWU gave it away. The TWU condones the outsourcing of it's contractual work in the same facility that it has it's other work. I believe you are wrong, Steve. It is in the first Principle and Objectives of the AFL-CIO, Article II,
1. To aid workers in securing improved wages, hours and working conditions with due regard for the autonomy, integrity and jurisdiction of affiliated unions.
As for establishing a rapport with the TWU, AA does not need to go any further. The TWU has allowed the company to have it's way for over twenty years and you agree that this is the way that unionism is supposed to be? Reduce wages and benefits to create more union members who are just dues payers to the International. In my twenty years it has not been the company that has reduced the wages and benefits, but the TWU. I believe that you should look to the affiliates of the AFL-CIO to see where the fault lies. It is companies the outsource and layoff, not unions, not even the TWU. TWU dropped what by one percent? The jobs that were kept were paid for by the membership at a rate of 17.5% and more than 35% for others of the mechanic craft and class. ( a group I believe by your postings that you do not believe in. ) This is the undeniable fact, the membership paid for the jobs AA benefits from. You keep referring to O. V. Delle – Femine as ALF, I have a lot more respect for him than I that. You are always degrading those with whom you converse on the ebullition boards especially in the form of the threats you make. You state that you are not afraid to back up what you say with violence. That is ok, you are fighting only with union members. As long as you continue to take this type of aggressive position at other union members I will have no respect for you. If I were the head of any company I would never welcome AMFA. It is my opinion that AMFA will fight the company and it is the TWU that the company prefers. Again you are wrong, we are fighting each other. And what do you mean “foregoing the effect on their employeesâ€, it is the employees who took the concessions over that last twenty years. I know that all of the past is in your “rear view mirror†and you need to go forward. By the way it was sad the way they treated you on your seniority.
Preserve jobs, lets open up repair stations in every state and pay minimum wage, I am sure management will operate with the unions then. The TWU has been managements best friend since 1983 when the TWU introduced the B-scale. Now go ahead Steve, blame the membership for the leadership bringing back this great contract. How many concessionary contracts is the TWU going to bring back to it's membership at the behest of the company for the sake of gaining more dues payers? If all unions were like the TWU, unionism would be at 100% across the country, not 13%. The TWU forced their members on payroll? The fight we are in is with the entity that claims to our union. Every time a gain is made the TWU gives it back in some form. Especially with the last wage increase from the PEB at Northwest. AA matched it and the TWU gave it away. The TWU condones the outsourcing of it's contractual work in the same facility that it has it's other work. I believe you are wrong, Steve. It is in the first Principle and Objectives of the AFL-CIO, Article II,
1. To aid workers in securing improved wages, hours and working conditions with due regard for the autonomy, integrity and jurisdiction of affiliated unions.
As for establishing a rapport with the TWU, AA does not need to go any further. The TWU has allowed the company to have it's way for over twenty years and you agree that this is the way that unionism is supposed to be? Reduce wages and benefits to create more union members who are just dues payers to the International. In my twenty years it has not been the company that has reduced the wages and benefits, but the TWU. I believe that you should look to the affiliates of the AFL-CIO to see where the fault lies. It is companies the outsource and layoff, not unions, not even the TWU. TWU dropped what by one percent? The jobs that were kept were paid for by the membership at a rate of 17.5% and more than 35% for others of the mechanic craft and class. ( a group I believe by your postings that you do not believe in. ) This is the undeniable fact, the membership paid for the jobs AA benefits from. You keep referring to O. V. Delle – Femine as ALF, I have a lot more respect for him than I that. You are always degrading those with whom you converse on the ebullition boards especially in the form of the threats you make. You state that you are not afraid to back up what you say with violence. That is ok, you are fighting only with union members. As long as you continue to take this type of aggressive position at other union members I will have no respect for you. If I were the head of any company I would never welcome AMFA. It is my opinion that AMFA will fight the company and it is the TWU that the company prefers. Again you are wrong, we are fighting each other. And what do you mean “foregoing the effect on their employeesâ€, it is the employees who took the concessions over that last twenty years. I know that all of the past is in your “rear view mirror†and you need to go forward. By the way it was sad the way they treated you on your seniority.
