the company guaranteed all 16,000 employees their jobs forever. This fight is about the future dues of the iam. The company proposal puts all of us 10% over united and southwest ttl comp and brings our ttl comp from $88,000 up to over $100,000.
If they don't look out for themselves, who will? Are you saying that you don't look out for your own interest? Look, the Association blew it. It's just that simple. The only union dumb enough to go for the $$ bait and give the company the Holy Grail we know as cross utilization. I'm not against you wanting to wait, I tend to agree with you, but don't blow smoke up people's chit telling them that you will get anything more than what is already on the table. Most likely a lot less and less jobs if this dumps into section 6. Count on it.
I said TWU Fleet leaders. It would be nice to see the TWU and IAM in the same video....has that ever happened? Nope. Because NO TWU fleet guy wants to stand in a video with the IAM talking about the IAM pension and IAM health care deal breakers. You and I both know that LUS health and IAM pension are not deal breakers for the TWU and THAT is why they stand down on those items. As far as a slowdown, yes, it does appear that that is what they are calling for. Especially when they are quite explicit using terminology that judges have found associated with slowdowns. I'm not sure what Jerry Glass would make of this but my hunch is that anyone who watches the video can't come to any other conclusion, thus, I'm sure the video was already saved, and if any significant slowdown does occur then those two in the video will most likely have to pay the big bucks. And if things do deteriorate because of one, then you can all but count 1,200 IAM members gone and a few TWU stations which these two could be responsible for.
BTW, what you are saying is to ask all Association represented employees to keep what they have for the next 3-5 years until they eventually have to give concessions anyways because you can't be serious if you think that the company is going to increase the their last and final offer given that the union has already taken the $$$ bait in return for giving the company it's holy grail already. Tell us Weesles, what leverage does the union have other than just waiting a few years and see what happens? Don't just beat your chest and shake your fist, tell us any reasonable exit strategy out of this God forsaken negotiations?
BTW, what you are saying is to ask all Association represented employees to keep what they have for the next 3-5 years until they eventually have to give concessions anyways because you can't be serious if you think that the company is going to
This is the beginning of the end. There is no exit strategy. The union can either allow a vote, in which case it will overwhelmingly pass, or it can kick the can and see what happens in 3 years.
Well, that is very selfish of you, but you are insulated in MIA and won't be one of the hundreds of IAM members who will be out in the streets or TWU members from those few stations. But then what Weez? So you tell Uncle Jerry to take those jobs......and he does.....does that solve anything then? What is your exit strategy?
