Cwa Any News Yet On Todays Meeting?
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Cancelled by the Company. Read today earlier Dow Jones news. Company said a scheduling conflict was the reason.
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once again it sure sounds like the company is negogiating in "good faith" yeah right
how can they negogiate in good faith when they cant even get their schedule straight. it sure was a waste of time for the cwa to go to his office to see the big cx on the meeting!
how can they negogiate in good faith when they cant even get their schedule straight. it sure was a waste of time for the cwa to go to his office to see the big cx on the meeting!
Ironic how the company expects the employees to believe everything they say regarding how poorly the company is doing and how deep they need to make cuts but they can't even get their appointment schedules correct!!!!! Another typical example of EXACTLY where the problems are!!!!!!!!!!!!!
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LGA 037,
Who did you hear from on "both sides?" There is nothing on any of the union websites except people begging for information. So, do tell, just who did give you this information?
Who did you hear from on "both sides?" There is nothing on any of the union websites except people begging for information. So, do tell, just who did give you this information?
It is also my understanding that the meeting was cancelled. There has been , however, no notice posted from the CWA. Nothing has been done to inform the rank and file. Based on the billing that this meeting got, receiving no information almost 10 hours after the meeting was scheduled, is pathetic!! :angry:
9-22-04
No negotiations scheduled...
US Airways executives have said they want to meet with CWA President Morty Bahr and staff on Monday, September 27, and CWA has agreed to the meeting.
The meeting that had been scheduled for yesterday, Tuesday, September 21, was cancelled due to a miscommunication: CWA was under the impression the meeting was to be a negotiating session between the CWA bargaining team and US Airways management. Management called to say they had only wanted to have an exploratory meeting between Bruce Lakefield and CWA President Morty Bahr – who is traveling on union business all week and was unavailable to meet.
Failure to meet on our proposals is a source of frustration for the CWA negotiating team. The last negotiating meeting with management was on August 11. Management has not replied to the CWA proposal made on that date, nor the the CWA proposal made on September 10. There has been no meeting with management, or replies to our proposals, since they filed for bankruptcy. The last proposal received from management was their first and only proposal to us, made on July 27, calling for our take-home pay to be cut approximately in half.
CWA appointed to the bankruptcy creditors committee...
Creditors' Committee Appointed for US Airways
By Keith L. Alexander
Washington Post Staff Writer
Tuesday, September 21, 2004; Page E02
US Airways' four major unions and nine of its largest creditors were appointed yesterday to a creditors' committee, which will play a critical role in the carrier's reorganization.
Nearly 200 lawyers, creditors and financial advisers crowded into the ballroom of the Key Bridge Marriott hotel in Rosslyn yesterday, seeking a spot on the committee that will help steer management decisions during the airline's bankruptcy.
U.S. Trustee W. Clarkson McDow Jr. appointed the Air Line Pilots Association, the International Association of Machinists and Aerospace Workers, the Communication Workers of America, and the Association of Flight Attendants. Several aircraft and engine manufacturers, including Airbus North America Holdings Inc., General Electric Co. and Bombardier Inc., also were appointed.
The committee will include the Pension Benefit Guaranty Corp., the federal agency that took over the airline's pilots pension plan during its first bankruptcy nearly two years ago. Also on the committee is Electronic Data Systems Corp., Sabre Holdings Corp., U.S. Bank, Wachovia Corp. and the airline's food supplier LSG Skychefs.
Bruce R. Lakefield, US Airways chief executive, told the group that the airline plans to emerge from bankruptcy as a stronger East Coast carrier whose employees' wages are on par with those of low-cost carriers such as Southwest Airlines, JetBlue Airways and AirTran Airways.
The airline is seeking about $800 million in cost cuts from its labor unions. If workers balk at the concessions, the airline could ask the bankruptcy court to impose temporary pay cuts. "We intend to use all the tools that are available to us," Lakefield said. "No matter what, the survival of the airline depends on having comparable wages with low-cost carriers."
Bolding mine- um, not quite right there Bruce. If it is what you say, then the $13.10 an hour would become more like $18 and change IF you include HP in that and more if you only included the 3 mentioned. Which is it this week?
No negotiations scheduled...
US Airways executives have said they want to meet with CWA President Morty Bahr and staff on Monday, September 27, and CWA has agreed to the meeting.
The meeting that had been scheduled for yesterday, Tuesday, September 21, was cancelled due to a miscommunication: CWA was under the impression the meeting was to be a negotiating session between the CWA bargaining team and US Airways management. Management called to say they had only wanted to have an exploratory meeting between Bruce Lakefield and CWA President Morty Bahr – who is traveling on union business all week and was unavailable to meet.
Failure to meet on our proposals is a source of frustration for the CWA negotiating team. The last negotiating meeting with management was on August 11. Management has not replied to the CWA proposal made on that date, nor the the CWA proposal made on September 10. There has been no meeting with management, or replies to our proposals, since they filed for bankruptcy. The last proposal received from management was their first and only proposal to us, made on July 27, calling for our take-home pay to be cut approximately in half.
CWA appointed to the bankruptcy creditors committee...
Creditors' Committee Appointed for US Airways
By Keith L. Alexander
Washington Post Staff Writer
Tuesday, September 21, 2004; Page E02
US Airways' four major unions and nine of its largest creditors were appointed yesterday to a creditors' committee, which will play a critical role in the carrier's reorganization.
Nearly 200 lawyers, creditors and financial advisers crowded into the ballroom of the Key Bridge Marriott hotel in Rosslyn yesterday, seeking a spot on the committee that will help steer management decisions during the airline's bankruptcy.
U.S. Trustee W. Clarkson McDow Jr. appointed the Air Line Pilots Association, the International Association of Machinists and Aerospace Workers, the Communication Workers of America, and the Association of Flight Attendants. Several aircraft and engine manufacturers, including Airbus North America Holdings Inc., General Electric Co. and Bombardier Inc., also were appointed.
The committee will include the Pension Benefit Guaranty Corp., the federal agency that took over the airline's pilots pension plan during its first bankruptcy nearly two years ago. Also on the committee is Electronic Data Systems Corp., Sabre Holdings Corp., U.S. Bank, Wachovia Corp. and the airline's food supplier LSG Skychefs.
Bruce R. Lakefield, US Airways chief executive, told the group that the airline plans to emerge from bankruptcy as a stronger East Coast carrier whose employees' wages are on par with those of low-cost carriers such as Southwest Airlines, JetBlue Airways and AirTran Airways.
The airline is seeking about $800 million in cost cuts from its labor unions. If workers balk at the concessions, the airline could ask the bankruptcy court to impose temporary pay cuts. "We intend to use all the tools that are available to us," Lakefield said. "No matter what, the survival of the airline depends on having comparable wages with low-cost carriers."
Bolding mine- um, not quite right there Bruce. If it is what you say, then the $13.10 an hour would become more like $18 and change IF you include HP in that and more if you only included the 3 mentioned. Which is it this week?
