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On 7/9/2003 7:33:07 PM Checking it Out wrote:
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Hey! Now your making since! First time for everything, isn''t it????On 7/9/2003 7:33:07 PM Checking it Out wrote:
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I guess you''re trying to say they don''t play the AFL-CIO "support any and all Liberal Socialist Democrap" type of politics, right? On 7/9/2003 7:33:07 PM Checking it Out wrote:
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That''s a good thing in most people''s minds. But to infer that AMFA doesn''t do politics at all is a lie.
Read this:
Northwest Mechanics Applaud Pending Legislation to Tighten Security at Foreign Aircraft Repair Stations
Monday June 30, 9:18 am ET
MINNEAPOLIS--(BUSINESS WIRE)--June 30, 2003--Aircraft Mechanics Fraternal Association (AMFA) Local 33, serving Northwest and Mesaba Airlines, today applauded pending Congressional legislation that would make security at foreign aircraft repair stations as stringent as in the U.S.
The legislation, recently passed by the Senate and now before the House (H.R. 2144), would require employees of foreign repair stations who work on U.S. aircraft to undergo drug and alcohol testing at the same level as domestic airline maintenance workers. Foreign repair stations would be subject to inspections without notice and security audits, just as domestic maintenance facilities are today. The security audits would be carried out within one year after passage of the legislation. If a foreign repair station failed to correct security issues within 90 days of notification, its certificate to repair U.S. aircraft would be suspended.
"We have been pursuing this issue hard since September 2001, in Washington and in the press. It''s gratifying to see this progress happening," said AMFA Local 33 President Jim Atkinson. "We''re also glad that, in a non-partisan spirit, the AFL-CIO is now also supporting this issue."
In presenting an amendment to the Senate bill on behalf of himself and others, including Minnesota''s Mark Dayton, Sen. Arlen Specter (R-PA) said, "What we have at the present time is a very different set of standards for foreign repair stations than are in effect for domestic stations. In foreign stations, for example, there need not be drug and alcohol testing. In foreign stations, there are not the kinds of requirements and regulations as to the maintenance of safety, and there are no requirements as to security."
Enforcement of the new regulations would be handled by the Federal Aviation Administration (FAA), under its existing authority for U.S. aircraft overseas. "With appropriate funding, we believe the FAA will do a good job enforcing these important new security regulations," Atkinson said.
Northwest Airlines outsources a portion of its aircraft maintenance work to foreign repair stations in Singapore, mainland China and elsewhere. A report from Philippine intelligence concluded that Singapore remains "a perfect target" for terrorist attacks against American businesses, despite the foiling of Al Qaida-related plots that included a planned attack on the international airport, and spying by a senior aircraft mechanic.
"Naturally, we are concerned about job security for our members. Any airline receiving multiple rounds of federal aid since 9-11 should feel morally obligated to keep jobs here at home, rather than sending this work to foreign repair stations," Atkinson said. "But beyond that, we are very concerned about security at foreign aircraft repair stations, especially in Singapore and China. Without the regulations outlined in the pending legislation, the security risks are inherently greater when work is performed in these locations on aircraft that are used to fly Americans and others in the U.S. and around the world."
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Rather than pour money into the DNC to support liberal politics,
AMFA fights for AMT ISSUES
''nuff said
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One Question;
Why did Senator Dayton request Information be removed from the amfa website?
Hint the Information was a lie! oh by the way go and look at the history of the bills Senator Dayton sponsored and you will see the facts!
Why did Senator Dayton request Information be removed from the amfa website?
Hint the Information was a lie! oh by the way go and look at the history of the bills Senator Dayton sponsored and you will see the facts!
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Rather than pour money into the DNC to support liberal politics,
AMFA fights for AMT ISSUES
'nuff said
RUM@AA
By amfa own admission on their own site they believe in the AFL-CIO!
AMFA fights for AMT ISSUES
'nuff said
RUM@AA
By amfa own admission on their own site they believe in the AFL-CIO!
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We have been pursuing this issue hard since September 2001, in Washington and in the press. It''s gratifying to see this progress happening," said AMFA Local 33 President Jim Atkinson. "We''re also glad that, in a non-partisan spirit, the AFL-CIO is now also supporting this issue."
Note Who is deceiving again! amfa was behind the ball and has allowed 40% of the work to be farmed out overseas. also note when you go to the sign in roosters at the Senate you will see amfa never was present at any of the discussions on the floor. amfa is Insulting The AFL-CIO while attempting to ride the coat tails.
amfa is simply liying to its members. also note where the issues are posted under. safty and standards no Political committees at the International.
Note Who is deceiving again! amfa was behind the ball and has allowed 40% of the work to be farmed out overseas. also note when you go to the sign in roosters at the Senate you will see amfa never was present at any of the discussions on the floor. amfa is Insulting The AFL-CIO while attempting to ride the coat tails.
amfa is simply liying to its members. also note where the issues are posted under. safty and standards no Political committees at the International.
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Go to this site and see who is attempting to deceive and note where the link goes too!
[url="http://www.amfanatl.org/Pages/11_Safety&Standards/OT_Legislation7-03.html"]http://www.amfanatl.org/Pages/11_Safety&St...lation7-03.html[/URL]
Overtime Legislation
July 2, 2003
The fight to protect overtime pay is really heating up. The Bush administration''s drive to take away overtime pay from at least 8 million people will heat up soon, too. Their regulatory changes are being implemented without a single public hearing. But during the last two weeks of the period for written public comments that ended on June 30, people like you sent more than 70,000 letters to the U.S. Department of Labor expressing opposition to these harmful changes. This is fantastic! Your activism helped propel this issue into the headlines.
Now this campaign turns to President Bush, our senators and our representatives. The can stop these harmful overtime pay cuts before they become law.
Over the next couple of months, we''ll ask ou to get involved in the campaign to repeal the bush overtime cuts. But right now please send a message opposing the overtime pay take-away to President Bush with a copy to your senators and representatives by clicking on the link below. We need to tell them to stop these huge pay cuts.
[url="http://www.unionvoice.org/campaign/otpayj1/i7uwkk42jixw"]http://www.unionvoice.org/campaign/otpayj1/i7uwkk42jixw[/URL]
Look who is sponsoring the Information! amfa is attempting to rid the AFL-CIO coat tails while deceiving.
[url="http://www.amfanatl.org/Pages/11_Safety&Standards/OT_Legislation7-03.html"]http://www.amfanatl.org/Pages/11_Safety&St...lation7-03.html[/URL]
Overtime Legislation
July 2, 2003
The fight to protect overtime pay is really heating up. The Bush administration''s drive to take away overtime pay from at least 8 million people will heat up soon, too. Their regulatory changes are being implemented without a single public hearing. But during the last two weeks of the period for written public comments that ended on June 30, people like you sent more than 70,000 letters to the U.S. Department of Labor expressing opposition to these harmful changes. This is fantastic! Your activism helped propel this issue into the headlines.
Now this campaign turns to President Bush, our senators and our representatives. The can stop these harmful overtime pay cuts before they become law.
Over the next couple of months, we''ll ask ou to get involved in the campaign to repeal the bush overtime cuts. But right now please send a message opposing the overtime pay take-away to President Bush with a copy to your senators and representatives by clicking on the link below. We need to tell them to stop these huge pay cuts.
[url="http://www.unionvoice.org/campaign/otpayj1/i7uwkk42jixw"]http://www.unionvoice.org/campaign/otpayj1/i7uwkk42jixw[/URL]
Look who is sponsoring the Information! amfa is attempting to rid the AFL-CIO coat tails while deceiving.
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FAA Inspects Too Few Plane Maintenance Contractors, Federal Agency Says
Source: Saint Paul Pioneer Press (St. Paul, Minn.) Publication Date: 07/11/03
Jul. 11--The Federal Aviation Administration is not adequately monitoring the growing number of outside contractors that repair planes flown by Northwest Airlines and other carriers.
That was the warning Thursday from the U.S. Department of Transportation''s Office of the Inspector General.
"The vulnerabilities all relate to a lack of effective FAA oversight that needs to be improved," an inspector general report said.
The FAA inspects as few as 1 percent of the contractors, even though contractors got almost half of the $5.4 billion that airlines spent on maintenance and repairs last year, said the report by Inspector General Kenneth Mead. Mead was concerned by what his investigators found. Mechanics at one major U.S carrier identified 6,000 "discrepancies" on an aircraft that returned from a major maintenance check at a foreign repair station.
The report also says a carrier had 400 inspections of its internal maintenance operations in 2002 but just seven reviews of maintenance done on its planes by outside contractors, according to the report.
Eagan-based Northwest and other major airlines, most of which have been losing billions of dollars a year, are shifting maintenance from in-house mechanics to outside vendors to slash their costs.
They can cut their maintenance costs by as much as 50 percent or more by outsourcing maintenance, especially when the work is done in Mexico or Asia.
The report released Thursday found that 18 of 21 outside repair stations checked by government agents, contract mechanics used incorrect aircraft parts and improperly calibrated tools, and they had outdated manuals.
Workers lacked documentation that they were properly qualified and trained to do repairs and policies and procedures were inadequate, inspectors found. Records of work done overseas are often incomplete or incomprehensible.
At one repair site, scrapped parts were not segregated from usable parts.
"The scrapped parts could have been mistakenly used by a mechanic in a repair," the report warned.
FAA Administrator Marion Blakey said the agency agrees with the findings and the need for improvement. However, she stressed the report does not say passengers are in danger.
"There''s no data to support a safety issue," she said.
Northwest says outside contractors do about 26 percent of its aircraft maintenance, based on dollars spent. The Inspector General''s report estimated that 44 percent of Northwest''s maintenance work was outsourced in 2002, however.
Northwest''s contract with its mechanics limits external maintenance to 38 percent.
But the mechanics'' union says a recent audit done for the union indicates that Northwest may have exceeded that cap.
The airline once used outside contractors to handle surges in maintenance work, said Paul Volker, legislative officer for the Aircraft Mechanics Fraternal Association.
"Now, they''ve chosen to try to outsource all the maintenance work," he said. Mechanics unions are backing federal legislation that could block overseas companies from obtaining licenses to fix U.S.-registered planes unless they boost security, and possibly do drug and alcohol tests on workers. In the May issue of Passages, the airline''s employee newspaper, Northwest said that outsourcing maintenance is an important strategy in its drive to regain profitability.
The airline has lost $1.6 billion and cut 17,000 employees since the start of 2001. Northwest primarily outsources work on its DC-10s, 747-200s and DC-9s. These older planes have peaks and valleys in heavy maintenance scheduling, Kris Bauer, NWA vice president-aircraft maintenance, told Passages.
"This peak-and-valley problem makes the economics of in-house maintenance unjustified," she said. "In addition, Northwest must compete with airlines that purchase aircraft, parts and maintenance service on world markets at world-market prices. To be cost-competitive in a globally interdependent marketplace we need to outsource some of our maintenance."
While costs for outsourced maintenance are lower than for in-house maintenance, Northwest insists quality and safety are not compromised. It maintains that there are no differences between the maintenance program that Northwest mechanics and outside firms follow when working on its planes.
About half of its outsourced maintenance work is done in Asia, Northwest has indicated.
Its Asian maintenance contractors include ST Aviation Services Co. (SASCO), a subsidiary of Singapore Technologies Aerospace.
SASCO has done airframe heavy maintenance work for at least eight years on Northwest''s DC-10 and 747 fleets. In Hong Kong, Hong Kong Aircraft Engineering Co. (HAECO) has performed heavy maintenance on NWA 747s for more than four years.
The Associated Press and Bloomberg contributed to this report.
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To see more of the Saint Paul Pioneer Press, or to subscribe to the newspaper, go to http://www.twincities.com/mld/pioneerpress.
© 2003, Saint Paul Pioneer Press, Minn. Distributed by Knight Ridder/Tribune Business News.
NWAC,
Source: Saint Paul Pioneer Press (St. Paul, Minn.) Publication Date: 07/11/03
Jul. 11--The Federal Aviation Administration is not adequately monitoring the growing number of outside contractors that repair planes flown by Northwest Airlines and other carriers.
That was the warning Thursday from the U.S. Department of Transportation''s Office of the Inspector General.
"The vulnerabilities all relate to a lack of effective FAA oversight that needs to be improved," an inspector general report said.
The FAA inspects as few as 1 percent of the contractors, even though contractors got almost half of the $5.4 billion that airlines spent on maintenance and repairs last year, said the report by Inspector General Kenneth Mead. Mead was concerned by what his investigators found. Mechanics at one major U.S carrier identified 6,000 "discrepancies" on an aircraft that returned from a major maintenance check at a foreign repair station.
The report also says a carrier had 400 inspections of its internal maintenance operations in 2002 but just seven reviews of maintenance done on its planes by outside contractors, according to the report.
Eagan-based Northwest and other major airlines, most of which have been losing billions of dollars a year, are shifting maintenance from in-house mechanics to outside vendors to slash their costs.
They can cut their maintenance costs by as much as 50 percent or more by outsourcing maintenance, especially when the work is done in Mexico or Asia.
The report released Thursday found that 18 of 21 outside repair stations checked by government agents, contract mechanics used incorrect aircraft parts and improperly calibrated tools, and they had outdated manuals.
Workers lacked documentation that they were properly qualified and trained to do repairs and policies and procedures were inadequate, inspectors found. Records of work done overseas are often incomplete or incomprehensible.
At one repair site, scrapped parts were not segregated from usable parts.
"The scrapped parts could have been mistakenly used by a mechanic in a repair," the report warned.
FAA Administrator Marion Blakey said the agency agrees with the findings and the need for improvement. However, she stressed the report does not say passengers are in danger.
"There''s no data to support a safety issue," she said.
Northwest says outside contractors do about 26 percent of its aircraft maintenance, based on dollars spent. The Inspector General''s report estimated that 44 percent of Northwest''s maintenance work was outsourced in 2002, however.
Northwest''s contract with its mechanics limits external maintenance to 38 percent.
But the mechanics'' union says a recent audit done for the union indicates that Northwest may have exceeded that cap.
The airline once used outside contractors to handle surges in maintenance work, said Paul Volker, legislative officer for the Aircraft Mechanics Fraternal Association.
"Now, they''ve chosen to try to outsource all the maintenance work," he said. Mechanics unions are backing federal legislation that could block overseas companies from obtaining licenses to fix U.S.-registered planes unless they boost security, and possibly do drug and alcohol tests on workers. In the May issue of Passages, the airline''s employee newspaper, Northwest said that outsourcing maintenance is an important strategy in its drive to regain profitability.
The airline has lost $1.6 billion and cut 17,000 employees since the start of 2001. Northwest primarily outsources work on its DC-10s, 747-200s and DC-9s. These older planes have peaks and valleys in heavy maintenance scheduling, Kris Bauer, NWA vice president-aircraft maintenance, told Passages.
"This peak-and-valley problem makes the economics of in-house maintenance unjustified," she said. "In addition, Northwest must compete with airlines that purchase aircraft, parts and maintenance service on world markets at world-market prices. To be cost-competitive in a globally interdependent marketplace we need to outsource some of our maintenance."
While costs for outsourced maintenance are lower than for in-house maintenance, Northwest insists quality and safety are not compromised. It maintains that there are no differences between the maintenance program that Northwest mechanics and outside firms follow when working on its planes.
About half of its outsourced maintenance work is done in Asia, Northwest has indicated.
Its Asian maintenance contractors include ST Aviation Services Co. (SASCO), a subsidiary of Singapore Technologies Aerospace.
SASCO has done airframe heavy maintenance work for at least eight years on Northwest''s DC-10 and 747 fleets. In Hong Kong, Hong Kong Aircraft Engineering Co. (HAECO) has performed heavy maintenance on NWA 747s for more than four years.
The Associated Press and Bloomberg contributed to this report.
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To see more of the Saint Paul Pioneer Press, or to subscribe to the newspaper, go to http://www.twincities.com/mld/pioneerpress.
© 2003, Saint Paul Pioneer Press, Minn. Distributed by Knight Ridder/Tribune Business News.
NWAC,
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Northwest's contract with its mechanics limits external maintenance to 38 percent.
But the mechanics' union says a recent audit done for the union indicates that Northwest may have exceeded that cap.
Yes, and amfa is powerless to stop them. According to amfa/NW Contract Language. If they were successful to prove the cap has been exceeded, than the International would receive a one time payment. Since amfa borrowed money to pay their bills a few months ago I doubt that any money would be seen by the membership.
In order to survive in todays environment, you have to believe in Politics.You have to support the Issues and Politicians who are helping the Working Class. amfa International receives the same Percentage of your dues as other Unions but funnels the majority to the McCormick/Seham Group. Who in turns lines their pockets by the millions.
Become Educated and you will see the truth behind the farce amfa has created.
But the mechanics' union says a recent audit done for the union indicates that Northwest may have exceeded that cap.
Yes, and amfa is powerless to stop them. According to amfa/NW Contract Language. If they were successful to prove the cap has been exceeded, than the International would receive a one time payment. Since amfa borrowed money to pay their bills a few months ago I doubt that any money would be seen by the membership.
In order to survive in todays environment, you have to believe in Politics.You have to support the Issues and Politicians who are helping the Working Class. amfa International receives the same Percentage of your dues as other Unions but funnels the majority to the McCormick/Seham Group. Who in turns lines their pockets by the millions.
Become Educated and you will see the truth behind the farce amfa has created.
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On 7/11/2003 5:16:54 AM Checking it Out wrote:
Northwest''s contract with its mechanics limits external maintenance to 38 percent.
But the mechanics'' union says a recent audit done for the union indicates that Northwest may have exceeded that cap.
Yes, and amfa is powerless to stop them. According to amfa/NW Contract Language. If they were successful to prove the cap has been exceeded, than the International would receive a one time payment. Since amfa borrowed money to pay their bills a few months ago I doubt that any money would be seen by the membership.
In order to survive in todays environment, you have to believe in Politics.You have to support the Issues and Politicians who are helping the Working Class. amfa International receives the same Percentage of your dues as other Unions but funnels the majority to the McCormick/Seham Group. Who in turns lines their pockets by the millions.
Become Educated and you will see the truth behind the farce amfa has created.
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That is why the TWU gives the members dues to "Labor Friendly Republicans?"On 7/11/2003 5:16:54 AM Checking it Out wrote:
Northwest''s contract with its mechanics limits external maintenance to 38 percent.
But the mechanics'' union says a recent audit done for the union indicates that Northwest may have exceeded that cap.
Yes, and amfa is powerless to stop them. According to amfa/NW Contract Language. If they were successful to prove the cap has been exceeded, than the International would receive a one time payment. Since amfa borrowed money to pay their bills a few months ago I doubt that any money would be seen by the membership.
In order to survive in todays environment, you have to believe in Politics.You have to support the Issues and Politicians who are helping the Working Class. amfa International receives the same Percentage of your dues as other Unions but funnels the majority to the McCormick/Seham Group. Who in turns lines their pockets by the millions.
Become Educated and you will see the truth behind the farce amfa has created.
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On 7/10/2003 5:07:13 AM Checking it Out wrote:
We have been pursuing this issue hard since September 2001, in Washington and in the press. It''s gratifying to see this progress happening," said AMFA Local 33 President Jim Atkinson. "We''re also glad that, in a non-partisan spirit, the AFL-CIO is now also supporting this issue."
Note Who is deceiving again! amfa was behind the ball and has allowed 40% of the work to be farmed out overseas. also note when you go to the sign in roosters at the Senate you will see amfa never was present at any of the discussions on the floor. amfa is Insulting The AFL-CIO while attempting to ride the coat tails.
Shouldnt all unions put their differences aside to improve workers lives?
amfa is simply liying to its members. also note where the issues are posted under. safty and standards no Political committees at the International.
I agree that AMFA needs to get more involved in the Political Arena, maybe the extra 14,000 new members from UAL will give it the resources to do so.
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On 7/14/2003 10:08:17 PM Bob Owens wrote:
On 7/10/2003 5:07:13 AM Checking it Out wrote:
We have been pursuing this issue hard since September 2001, in Washington and in the press. It''s gratifying to see this progress happening," said AMFA Local 33 President Jim Atkinson. "We''re also glad that, in a non-partisan spirit, the AFL-CIO is now also supporting this issue."
Note Who is deceiving again! amfa was behind the ball and has allowed 40% of the work to be farmed out overseas. also note when you go to the sign in roosters at the Senate you will see amfa never was present at any of the discussions on the floor. amfa is Insulting The AFL-CIO while attempting to ride the coat tails.
Shouldnt all unions put their differences aside to improve workers lives?
amfa is simply liying to its members. also note where the issues are posted under. safty and standards no Political committees at the International.
I agree that AMFA needs to get more involved in the Political Arena, maybe the extra 14,000 new members from UAL will give it the resources to do so.
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Exactly the point it will be the members who decide on the politics of the union. Not a blind payment to one party or the other.On 7/14/2003 10:08:17 PM Bob Owens wrote:
On 7/10/2003 5:07:13 AM Checking it Out wrote:
We have been pursuing this issue hard since September 2001, in Washington and in the press. It''s gratifying to see this progress happening," said AMFA Local 33 President Jim Atkinson. "We''re also glad that, in a non-partisan spirit, the AFL-CIO is now also supporting this issue."
Note Who is deceiving again! amfa was behind the ball and has allowed 40% of the work to be farmed out overseas. also note when you go to the sign in roosters at the Senate you will see amfa never was present at any of the discussions on the floor. amfa is Insulting The AFL-CIO while attempting to ride the coat tails.
Shouldnt all unions put their differences aside to improve workers lives?
amfa is simply liying to its members. also note where the issues are posted under. safty and standards no Political committees at the International.
I agree that AMFA needs to get more involved in the Political Arena, maybe the extra 14,000 new members from UAL will give it the resources to do so.
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On 7/15/2003 12:16:15 AM Buck wrote:
Exactly the point it will be the members who decide on the politics of the union. Not a blind payment to one party or the other.
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Buck, you should be a Democrat, if you really are for unions, not just yourself, and two because the Demo''s mascot is trully you.On 7/15/2003 12:16:15 AM Buck wrote:
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On 7/14/2003 10:08:17 PM Bob Owens wrote:
On 7/10/2003 5:07:13 AM Checking it Out wrote:
We have been pursuing this issue hard since September 2001, in Washington and in the press. It''s gratifying to see this progress happening," said AMFA Local 33 President Jim Atkinson. "We''re also glad that, in a non-partisan spirit, the AFL-CIO is now also supporting this issue."
Note Who is deceiving again! amfa was behind the ball and has allowed 40% of the work to be farmed out overseas. also note when you go to the sign in roosters at the Senate you will see amfa never was present at any of the discussions on the floor. amfa is Insulting The AFL-CIO while attempting to ride the coat tails.
Shouldnt all unions put their differences aside to improve workers lives?
amfa is simply liying to its members. also note where the issues are posted under. safty and standards no Political committees at the International.
I agree that AMFA needs to get more involved in the Political Arena, maybe the extra 14,000 new members from UAL will give it the resources to do so.
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On 7/14/2003 10:08:17 PM Bob Owens wrote:
On 7/10/2003 5:07:13 AM Checking it Out wrote:
We have been pursuing this issue hard since September 2001, in Washington and in the press. It''s gratifying to see this progress happening," said AMFA Local 33 President Jim Atkinson. "We''re also glad that, in a non-partisan spirit, the AFL-CIO is now also supporting this issue."
Note Who is deceiving again! amfa was behind the ball and has allowed 40% of the work to be farmed out overseas. also note when you go to the sign in roosters at the Senate you will see amfa never was present at any of the discussions on the floor. amfa is Insulting The AFL-CIO while attempting to ride the coat tails.
Shouldnt all unions put their differences aside to improve workers lives?
amfa is simply liying to its members. also note where the issues are posted under. safty and standards no Political committees at the International.
I agree that AMFA needs to get more involved in the Political Arena, maybe the extra 14,000 new members from UAL will give it the resources to do so.
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Exactly the point it will be the members who decide on the politics of the union. Not a blind payment to one party or the other.
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When are you going to admit that you and RV4, AMFA pushers in general and 60% of the TWU membership, in OK at least, have decided on whom they want to support: the GOP.
I have not seen any statement from any of you that supported what unions are supposed to be about. With you it is not fraternally yours, but rather "gentlemen", same form of address as I have heard from management, hardly a group that support the common good, rather a fishtank full of piranhas.
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On 7/15/2003 10:13:14 AM j7915 wrote:
Buck, you should be a Democrat, if you really are for unions, not just yourself, and two because the Demo''s mascot is trully you.
When are you going to admit that you and RV4, AMFA pushers in general and 60% of the TWU membership, in OK at least, have decided on whom they want to support: the GOP.
I have not seen any statement from any of you that supported what unions are supposed to be about. With you it is not fraternally yours, but rather "gentlemen", same form of address as I have heard from management, hardly a group that support the common good, rather a fishtank full of piranhas.
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There is no reason to use vulgar language and cuss me.On 7/15/2003 10:13:14 AM j7915 wrote:
Buck, you should be a Democrat, if you really are for unions, not just yourself, and two because the Demo''s mascot is trully you.
When are you going to admit that you and RV4, AMFA pushers in general and 60% of the TWU membership, in OK at least, have decided on whom they want to support: the GOP.
I have not seen any statement from any of you that supported what unions are supposed to be about. With you it is not fraternally yours, but rather "gentlemen", same form of address as I have heard from management, hardly a group that support the common good, rather a fishtank full of piranhas.
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You need to climb out of the dark ages of soclialist unionism and support your craft and profession through unionism. Why is it that you think that I am an A$$? Because I do not see things your way, welcome to the United States of America. I do not need to admit anything to you. However I am going to appease you today. It is rather obvious that I support the GOP. The Democrats have done nothing for my profession. What has the GOP done?, nothing much either. Why is it that the 60% vote Republican? Can you explain why a dues paying regestered union Democrat would even consider voting for the enemy? As for your brotherly love? I am not your brother therefore I see no reason to address you as such. I would not hesitate to address a full blown union democrat as brother, if they supported their profession instead of a Fleet Service majority socialist union. Today that would be more like a line station mechanic rather than those real democrats at the Local 514 or the TWU International and it''s factions. And I also have never referred to you as a gentleman.
