PDiddyQuill said:
Just a personal reflection...
#1 in representational disputes.
#1 in dividing the workforce to the benefit of management.
#1 in intimidation.
#1 in exploiting problems with management for their own personal gain.
#1 in being sued by their own members.
#1 in the worst contract language (ACA).
#1 in the worst pay at a major airline (ASA).
#1 in maintaining their status as the poorest union in the industry.
#1 in the smallest strike fund. $0.00.
#1 in the smallest amount of political pull.
#1 in percentage of contracts without a pension plan.
#1 in highest dues. $61.00 at Local 14.
#1 in the worst union leadership training program.
#1 in the inability to cooperate with other unions to benefit their members.
#1 in local lodge meeting commuting distance.
#1 in denying seniority rights.
#1 in members who have been asked to pay for their own arbitration.
#1 in unenforceable ironclad contract language.
#1 in being the union most hated by cleaners.
#1 in lost law suits.
and the list goes on. AMFA is leading the industry alright.
Just a personal reflection...
#1 in representational disputes.
Check the NMB website, http://www.nmb.gov you’ll see you are incorrect.
#1 in dividing the workforce to the benefit of management.
Wrong! The TWU divided the Line, Maintenance, Fleet Service…They created the
division and now they blame AMFA.
#1 in intimidation.
Wrong again, It is the TWU whom are Intimidating the members, I have the proof in my driveway.
#1 in exploiting problems with management for their own personal gain.
Exploitation? The TWU set themselves up for this grassroots movement. What is
so Exploitive about it? It’s not for personal gain. It’s for the “Craft and Classâ€
read, Profession!
#1 in being sued by their own members.
You Better do a search on this charge, use Google or Yahoo. Check out the suits you find involving TWU and AMFA. You are in for another surprise.
#1 in the worst contract language (ACA).
Haven’t read their contract yet … can’t comment on it. Perhaps you can post a link and we can all have a read.
#1 in the worst pay at a major airline (ASA).
OH yes, that’s where TWU filed for an election and received 14 votes out 39 eligible. 30 NMB no 45 May 2003. I was unaware Atlantic Southeast Airlines was a Major.
#1 in maintaining their status as the poorest union in the industry.
Who is the poorest, as you put it, if One Union (TWU) squanders dues money on 300K a year for cars, and 800k+ year for a fancy 2nd floor crib at 53 and Broadway in NY? OR?! The Union that spends the dues collected, on the issues. You know! Mechanics and Related Issues?!
#1 in the smallest strike fund. $0.00.
SO HOW BIG IS THE TWU STRIKE FUND? Don’t forget the “no strike no lockout†clause in our contract. Now ask your question again only this time ask SONNY HALL about your strike fund. Ask Hall or Little or Yingst if any of the 9+ million in assets are set aside for “Strike funds�
#1 in the smallest amount of political pull.
Congressmen talk about this quite often. 10 hand written letters or emails on the same subject get more attention than 2000 photocopies of a Union Letter. Membership Shoe leather works well also.
#1 in percentage of contracts without a pension plan.
Where did you get this from? Give us a link on this one also.
#1 in highest dues. $61.00 at Local 14.
Which airline would that be? Highest dues has to mean they are getting more per hr RIGHT? 2 hrs pay a month would mean $30.50 hr base pay?
#1 in the worst union leadership training program.
Training as apposed to Brainwashing, for Brainwashing is the preferred TWU style.
#1 in the inability to cooperate with other unions to benefit their members.
AMFA assists other unions by not working “struck workâ€. Can the TWU make the same claim.
#1 in local lodge meeting commuting distance.
Lodge would be I.A.M. And I believe that there are members of the TWU 514 located in Houston,TX.
#1 in denying seniority rights.
Seniority rights like Tail Ending the TWA guys Seniority like the TWU/IAM/Arbitrated decision? How were seniority rights under AMFA
denied? Proof Please!
#1 in members who have been asked to pay for their own arbitration.
The only members that would of had to pay for their own arbitration would be 2. One of which was dismissed for failing a breathalyzer at NWA. The case was evaluated and there was no merit. This is one of the few reasons you would have to pay for your own arbitration.
#1 in unenforceable ironclad contract language.
Try enforcing this one: “It is understood that nothing in this agreement shall maintain the present volume of work†TWU/AA Contract. How’s that for Ironclad?
#1 in being the union most hated by cleaners.
#1 in lost law suits.
List the Law suits, I’ll I bet can raise ‘ya and see ‘ya!!!
and the list goes on. AMFA is leading the industry alright.
Diddy, Don’t stop now your on to a good thing! Please go on and on and on…… 
