TWU's Little defies AFL-CIO

[justanadd]

May 26, 2006
To:
All TWU Local Presidents All TWIJ Brothers and Sisters
Dear TWU Brothers and Sisters:
I am writing to you today to let you know about the dark shadow that now has suddenly come to hang over our long-standing relationship with the AFL-CIO.
You are all aware what importance TWU has always placed on our relationship with the AFL-CIO. We have always contributed more than our per capita share of money and volunteer effort to labor’s joint ventures, ranging from grassroots organizing to political contributions to labor participation in civil rights events. Symbolically, the letters “AFL-CIO†are at the center of the TWU logo that decorates our union tee-shirts and COPE jackets. Our efforts for the central labor organization have, over the years, on a per capita basis, at least matched those of the larger unions whose numbers dominate the organization.
In addition, when it comes to the AFL-CIO’s role in dealing with friction among unions we have always set a premium on labor unity, and have always complied immediately with Article XX and Article XXI decisions, including those that we regarded as clearly off the mark.
However, a subcommittee of the AFL-CIO Executive Council has recently made a decision that we believe is such a departure from what clearly was AFL-CIO “law†that, with much regret and after going through a thorough and agonizing appraisal of the situation, we have decided that we cannot comply with it.
The case is the result of our effort to affiliate the Professional Flight Attendants Association (“PFAAâ€), the representative of Northwest flight attendants, with TWU. This eff&t began last fall, when TWU began providing concrete assistance to PFAA after Northwest Airlines filed a bankruptcy petition. At the time, both JAM and CWA-AFA were also offering assistance to PFAA, and discussing possible affiliation with it. CWA-AFA, at the time, also launched a massive organizing drive to displace PFAA as the representative of Northwest flight attendants. Through the AFL-CIO’s Article XXI proceeding, CWA-AFA (in a decision that we strongly disagreed with, but did comply with) gained the right to be the only AFL-CIO union to engage in a traditional card signing, organizing campaign. However, it was understood by everyone involved that this decision did not prohibit lAM and TWU from assisting and attempting to affiliate PFAA, and it was equally known to all that JAM and TWU each intcnded to, and in fact did continue to seek an affiliation agreement with PFAA.

Our continued assistance to the Northwest flight attendants, and our negotiations with PFAA finally bore fruit at roughly the same lime that CWA-AFA filed its representation petition with the National Mediation Board. At the time, understanding that the AFL-CIO had never used its Article XXI proceedings to halt affiliation efforts, and that prior cases made clear that Article X)U could have nothing to do with affiliation efforts, we gave our word to the Northwest flight attendants that we would not be pressured into giving up our affiliation agreement. We believed that it should be and was up to the flight attendants themselves to vote on whether they wanted PFAA to affiliate with TWU, and to decide whether they preferred PFAA or CWA-AFA as their representative.
We were not surprised when CWA-AFA filed a proceeding to require that we give up the affiliation, but we believed that the application was frivolous in view of prior cases. We were surprised, rudely surprised, when the subcommittee of the AFL-CIO assigned to rule on the cases decided that we must give up our affiliation with PFAA and endorse CWA-AFA in the NMB election.
We cannot, and will not do so. The word we gave to the Northwest flight attendants that they would have a democratic choice on their union’s affiliation with TWU, and an improved choice in their NMB election, cannot be taken back so as to comply with a decision that we believe is a total departure from the AFLClO Constitution as it has been practiced for many years.
As a result of our decision, certain sanctions will likely be imposed next week. These include being deprived of the right to file Article XXI cases. More serious sanctions could be imposed by the AFL-CIO Executive Council in August; we must inform you that the likely prospect of certain sanctions could lead to serious disruption of our relation to the AFL-CIO. This is not a result we desire, but it is not one that will hurt our ability to represent our members, nor, in this case, will it deter us from continuing to do what is right, and what will best serve all the members of TWU.
International President
JCL:mo
opeiu- 153
c: TWU International Executive Council



What Little doesn't say is that PFAA has scheduled their affiliation ballot to run at the exact same time as the NMB ballot. Now many flight attendants are confused as to whether they even have to still vote in the NMB election. Because of Mr. Little NW flight attendants now may risk having no union representation.

There is little support for the TWU at NW and this tatic is being seen as nothing more than greed. TWU has now shown the NW flight attendants that they are just as corrupt as the leadership of PFAA.

TWU - no thank you!!!!

 

[Hackman]

May 26, 2006


There is little support for the TWU at NW and this tatic is being seen as nothing more than greed. TWU has now shown the NW flight attendants that they are just as corrupt as the leadership of PFAA.

TWU - no thank you!!!!

Damn right, you do not want the worthless twu or Jimmy "Sellout" Do-little anywhere near you. He spent 6 years in AA management and had to "revise" his bogus college "degrees" when one of the diploma mills he used got busted. Oooopps!

When it came time to fight for his members at AA he saddled us with the worst concessions in history even after CEO Don Carty got caught lying with his hand in the cookie jar. "Without further ratification" is how he put it. The twu and Jimmy Do-little are nothing but a company union and a managment pawn in that order. Tell the twu to pack sand.
Your better off with the AFA.

 

[PRINCESS KIDAGAKASH]

May 26, 2006
To:
All TWU Local Presidents All TWIJ Brothers and Sisters
Dear TWU Brothers and Sisters:
I am writing to you today to let you know about the dark shadow that now has suddenly come to hang over our long-standing relationship with the AFL-CIO.
You are all aware what importance TWU has always placed on our relationship with the AFL-CIO. We have always contributed more than our per capita share of money and volunteer effort to labor’s joint ventures, ranging from grassroots organizing to political contributions to labor participation in civil rights events. Symbolically, the letters “AFL-CIO†are at the center of the TWU logo that decorates our union tee-shirts and COPE jackets. Our efforts for the central labor organization have, over the years, on a per capita basis, at least matched those of the larger unions whose numbers dominate the organization.
In addition, when it comes to the AFL-CIO’s role in dealing with friction among unions we have always set a premium on labor unity, and have always complied immediately with Article XX and Article XXI decisions, including those that we regarded as clearly off the mark.
However, a subcommittee of the AFL-CIO Executive Council has recently made a decision that we believe is such a departure from what clearly was AFL-CIO “law†that, with much regret and after going through a thorough and agonizing appraisal of the situation, we have decided that we cannot comply with it.
The case is the result of our effort to affiliate the Professional Flight Attendants Association (“PFAAâ€), the representative of Northwest flight attendants, with TWU. This eff&t began last fall, when TWU began providing concrete assistance to PFAA after Northwest Airlines filed a bankruptcy petition. At the time, both JAM and CWA-AFA were also offering assistance to PFAA, and discussing possible affiliation with it. CWA-AFA, at the time, also launched a massive organizing drive to displace PFAA as the representative of Northwest flight attendants. Through the AFL-CIO’s Article XXI proceeding, CWA-AFA (in a decision that we strongly disagreed with, but did comply with) gained the right to be the only AFL-CIO union to engage in a traditional card signing, organizing campaign. However, it was understood by everyone involved that this decision did not prohibit lAM and TWU from assisting and attempting to affiliate PFAA, and it was equally known to all that JAM and TWU each intcnded to, and in fact did continue to seek an affiliation agreement with PFAA.

Our continued assistance to the Northwest flight attendants, and our negotiations with PFAA finally bore fruit at roughly the same lime that CWA-AFA filed its representation petition with the National Mediation Board. At the time, understanding that the AFL-CIO had never used its Article XXI proceedings to halt affiliation efforts, and that prior cases made clear that Article X)U could have nothing to do with affiliation efforts, we gave our word to the Northwest flight attendants that we would not be pressured into giving up our affiliation agreement. We believed that it should be and was up to the flight attendants themselves to vote on whether they wanted PFAA to affiliate with TWU, and to decide whether they preferred PFAA or CWA-AFA as their representative.
We were not surprised when CWA-AFA filed a proceeding to require that we give up the affiliation, but we believed that the application was frivolous in view of prior cases. We were surprised, rudely surprised, when the subcommittee of the AFL-CIO assigned to rule on the cases decided that we must give up our affiliation with PFAA and endorse CWA-AFA in the NMB election.
We cannot, and will not do so. The word we gave to the Northwest flight attendants that they would have a democratic choice on their union’s affiliation with TWU, and an improved choice in their NMB election, cannot be taken back so as to comply with a decision that we believe is a total departure from the AFLClO Constitution as it has been practiced for many years.
As a result of our decision, certain sanctions will likely be imposed next week. These include being deprived of the right to file Article XXI cases. More serious sanctions could be imposed by the AFL-CIO Executive Council in August; we must inform you that the likely prospect of certain sanctions could lead to serious disruption of our relation to the AFL-CIO. This is not a result we desire, but it is not one that will hurt our ability to represent our members, nor, in this case, will it deter us from continuing to do what is right, and what will best serve all the members of TWU.
International President
JCL:mo
opeiu- 153
c: TWU International Executive Council
What Little doesn't say is that PFAA has scheduled their affiliation ballot to run at the exact same time as the NMB ballot. Now many flight attendants are confused as to whether they even have to still vote in the NMB election. Because of Mr. Little NW flight attendants now may risk having no union representation.

There is little support for the TWU at NW and this tatic is being seen as nothing more than greed. TWU has now shown the NW flight attendants that they are just as corrupt as the leadership of PFAA.

TWU - no thank you!!!!

I still can't figure out the F/A's at NWA. The PFAA constitution has provisions for recalling all elected officials, including the president. Why haven't these recall procedures been implemented if the current leadership of PFAA is as corrupt as some people say?

I have been reading some of the posts on PFAAWATCH.com and it is obvious to me that Danny Campbell,(NWA)Wings,and others have been promised positions of power if AFA-CWA wins the election by Pat Friend. The AFA supporters are just as bad as the TWU supporters. Always looking out for themselves instead of the membership. The PFAA could be a good union if the NWA F/A's would get involved,participate and be willing to fight greedy NWA management. Changing unions will do nothing unless people are willing to go to war.

 

[samuel]

Damn right, you do not want the worthless twu or Jimmy "Sellout" Do-little anywhere near you. He spent 6 years in AA management and had to "revise" his bogus college "degrees" when one of the diploma mills he used got busted. Oooopps!

When it came time to fight for his members at AA he saddled us with the worst concessions in history even after CEO Don Carty got caught lying with his hand in the cookie jar. "Without further ratification" is how he put it. The twu and Jimmy Do-little are nothing but a company union and a managment pawn in that order. Tell the twu to pack sand.
Your better off with the AFA.

Amen...
go with AFA

anthony
dfw american f/a

 

[justanadd]

I have been reading some of the posts on PFAAWATCH.com and it is obvious to me that Danny Campbell,(NWA)Wings,and others have been promised positions of power if AFA-CWA wins the election by Pat Friend.

Where in any of the posts have you read that Danny or anyone else has been promised any position? That is simply not true.

As for the PFAA it is not just the people but also the stucture of PFAA which has not worked.

 

[PRINCESS KIDAGAKASH]

Where in any of the posts have you read that Danny or anyone else has been promised any position? That is simply not true.

As for the PFAA it is not just the people but also the stucture of PFAA which has not worked.

If the structure of the PFAA wasn't right, why doesn't the membership change it to their liking. Unlike the Communist AFA+TWU, the PFAA constitution has provisions to allow changes to it by membership voting,not at some rigged booze fest in Las Vegas.

It doesn't matter what the PFAA does, the AFA raiders(Campbell+company) wouldn't like it. Certain NWA F/A's have done everything they can to destroy the PFAA from non payment of dues to spreading outright false information. The PFAA was backed into a corner with this TWU deal. They couldn't go to the IAM,because that would make them scabs. They definitely couldn't go to the Teamsters. The AFA has been out to destroy the PFAA since day one,so PFAA definitely couldn't go that direction. So now the PFAA has been stuck having to join hands with the worst union in the country(TWU) to survive. Thanks to Danny Campbell and others(TWU supporters also) NWA F/A's now have the possibility of having NO union at all due to a NMB election. NWA management is laughing so hard they are turning blue.

 

[jenny@nw]

Someone's been reading PFAAWATCH. I stopped reading it along time ago. Just a bunch of bitter IBT people to me. Its no wonder we all went for PFAA.