for those of you who voted NO to the twu representation you have saved yourselves and your co-workers from years of twu dues collection and industry leading concessionery contracts. The twu is nothing but a dues collection agency that gives its members the false hope of real union representation. The people running the twu are a bunch of UN-Elected thieves who are looking for more people to line thier pockets with the never ending dues collection.
The twu is like a drug
JUST SAY NO
Never believe the lies of Chicken Little
He is as spineless as a jellyfish
If ever you have any doubt just check out the AA board we will surely enlighten you to the shortcomings of the twu ( Totally Worthless Union
Union Loses Bid to Organize Continental Workers
DALLAS (AP) -- Baggage handlers and cargo agents at Continental Airlines Inc. have voted to reject a union's bid to organize them, the airline said Wednesday.
Continental said 3,517 workers voted for the Transport Workers Union out of 7,660 employees eligible to vote. That was 314 short of the majority the union needed in voting that began in December and concluded Wednesday.
The vote to reject occurred for the third time in about as many years.
"Once again, we are pleased that our co-workers recognized the value of our direct working relationship," said Bill Meehan, senior vice president of airport services for Houston-based Continental. "We'll continue to work together to honor the commitments and promises we've made and maintain our culture of trust and success."
TWU President James C. Little said the overwhelming majority of workers who voted supported the union but that turnout was below the 50 percent required for the union to win under federal law -- "no" votes and those not cast both count against the union.
"We have a lot of friends at Continental, and the TWU will continue to be there to support them," he said.
Shares of Continental rose 96 cents, or 5.4 percent, to $18.80. Airline stocks soared Wednesday on speculation of takeover activity in the industry and an upgrade by investment research firm UBS.
TWU officials had said the Continental ramp workers are the largest group of nonunion employees in the heavily organized airline industry.
In 2006, the TWU got more than 3,300 votes but fell about 300 short of the majority needed for approval. The TWU also lost by a narrow margin in 2005.
Before that, the Teamsters and the International Association of Machinists had also failed in efforts to organize the workers, who are clustered in Houston, Newark, N.J., and Cleveland but also spread out across many smaller locations.
Little said last month that if his union lost a third election, maybe it would fall to the Teamsters or IAM to try again.
The TWU argued during the campaign that ground workers would have more leverage to recover pay cuts of nearly 10 percent in 2005 if the union represented them in contract negotiations. They got 2 percent raises last year.
Continental, which earned $491 million through the first nine months of last year, has more than 40,000 employees
