Usapa Watch: A New Majority
A new majority
Early this morning, President Hummel awoke to the news that another union negotiated an industry leading deal with Doug Parker. Not only did Hummel not have any input into the deal, but it appears that he will have little to no input to the final product slated to be negotiated in the very near future. USAPA has been completely and totally marginalized and there isn’t much the US Airways pilots can do about their new predicament.
A few years back a New York lawyer sold Steve Bradford on the concept that the tyranny of the majority could impose its will on the minority to get its way. At the time the east pilots outnumbered the west pilots almost 2-1. For the last four years, Bradford’s independent union experiment has spent millions of dollars of our money trying to convince numerous judges and juries that the majority can do as it pleases with little regard to minority rights. So far the west pilots have been successful in their efforts to thwart USAPA’s agenda.
The news this morning must have been a jolt to the USAPA faithful. The stark reality is as follows:
APA represents 10,734 pilots
USAPA represents 5,127
According to the Bradford theory on majority rule, the APA has every right to dictate the terms of the merger to the US Airways pilots. Following USAPA’s logic, the agreements brought to the new entity can be ignored by the APA as they were negotiated by former bargaining agents.
The good news for us is that the west pilots are fighting to ensure that the new combined east/west minority retains our lawful rights and preserves our current collective bargaining agreements.
For that we should all be thankful
A new majority
Early this morning, President Hummel awoke to the news that another union negotiated an industry leading deal with Doug Parker. Not only did Hummel not have any input into the deal, but it appears that he will have little to no input to the final product slated to be negotiated in the very near future. USAPA has been completely and totally marginalized and there isn’t much the US Airways pilots can do about their new predicament.
A few years back a New York lawyer sold Steve Bradford on the concept that the tyranny of the majority could impose its will on the minority to get its way. At the time the east pilots outnumbered the west pilots almost 2-1. For the last four years, Bradford’s independent union experiment has spent millions of dollars of our money trying to convince numerous judges and juries that the majority can do as it pleases with little regard to minority rights. So far the west pilots have been successful in their efforts to thwart USAPA’s agenda.
The news this morning must have been a jolt to the USAPA faithful. The stark reality is as follows:
APA represents 10,734 pilots
USAPA represents 5,127
According to the Bradford theory on majority rule, the APA has every right to dictate the terms of the merger to the US Airways pilots. Following USAPA’s logic, the agreements brought to the new entity can be ignored by the APA as they were negotiated by former bargaining agents.
The good news for us is that the west pilots are fighting to ensure that the new combined east/west minority retains our lawful rights and preserves our current collective bargaining agreements.
For that we should all be thankful
