AMFA Mechanics contract.08/ 2012

[2001hdswa@gmail.com]

I have the strangest feeling that they can careless and mr . Niño I think backfilling should be done not just for inspectors because you are one but for all bid locations.

 

[lineguy]

Contract proposal forms were filled out, turned in , weeded thru, and voted on many months ago. I'm not sure how to submit new ones. Anyone know?

 

[Swadl]

Send email to your ALR

 

[superman32870]

Why the hell are we talking 3 or 4% raise a year! We do that every damn time. Why do the Dispatchers make so much more money than us? How is their job more important than ours. Time for the company to give us a nice raise and not this 3 or 4 % crap.

 

[swamt]

I agree with superman. Min 5%, but as always, because the company likes to play games, we should demand 10%.

BTW: Has anyone heard if the company has aproached our AMFA ALR's about a possible extension? I believe they have talked to someone at National level, but wondering if they have bounced it off our ALR's as of yet? Would be interesting to know if they did and what kind of responce was (or would be) givin...

 

[2001hdswa@gmail.com]

Hey

 

[Swadl]

Hey what??

 

[lineguy43]

Why the hell are we talking 3 or 4% raise a year! We do that every damn time. Why do the Dispatchers make so much more money than us? How is their job more important than ours. Time for the company to give us a nice raise and not this 3 or 4 % crap.

Your dispatchers pay just got tied to UPS dispatch pay,,,,Time for you guys to tie your AMT pay to UPS as well.

 

[swamt]

Your dispatchers pay just got tied to UPS dispatch pay,,,,Time for you guys to tie your AMT pay to UPS as well.

You are correct sir. Hope our nego's are on the same page.

 

[lineguy]

"Take a stand for a hundred grand" really wasn't a pipe dream after all.

 

[WNMECH]

Has anyone heard how contract negotiations went today?
Any early surprises?

 

[swamt]

Here's what I was told this morning. Company put on a slide show of where the industry is and where SWA is. This is always typical at opening day for the company. Nothing past across the table from either side at this time.
He did say that they were expecting a wtitten opener from the co. next meeting, hopefully. Not much for the first two days , but what do you expect? I was also told there will be an update fron the chairman on AMFA web site soon, if not already. Sorry for dry update, but what I got from him was very little got done. All I got...

 

[amt66]

How about you don't worry about it since it's not YOUR contract yet! You want to have a say then push for a 40% reduction in your seniority immediately then you can have a say.

What a jackoff!

 

[lineguy]

You're a little late to the party aren't you amt66? That quote is from Feb. Your post belongs in the Rant and Rave thread.

 

[AvTech04]

Can anyone post the timeline of past CBA negotiations on here?? Historically with SWA of course. This will obviously be 350+ mechanics first CBA negotiations with SWA and AMFA and we presume that the NMB will rule on the integration prior to a tentative agreement much less a ratified agreement between AMFA and SWA. It might be a good idea to get 350+ swing voters in the loop of what we might expect and how it's gone in the past so no votes are made in the dark.