CWA Files for Representation Election
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And the company is fighting hard to increase their management’s pay by not having to negotiate and bargain with another employee group. Why is American Airlines spending hundreds of thousands of dollars for the sole purpose of stopping workers who want union representation.
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Good, I am glad we got that straighten out
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“The American Airlines agents have taken specific steps in bankruptcy court to block the proposed changes and to force the company to negotiate with us once the union is voted in,” explained Ed Gilmartin, general counsel for CWA’s Association of Flight Attendants. “Agents have demonstrated they want representation, so they should fall under Section 1113 of the bankruptcy code, just as the unionized workers do.”
So the American Airlines Passenger Service Agents are fighting hard for union representation solely to increase CWA revenues thru dues collection
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Exactly who is fighting hard? It's easy to get people to sign cards when being promised a combination of hope & change and heavy use of fear tactics like we're seeing in the TWU threads here.
If the agents fall for the hope argument, then they deserve the change they're about to unleash. AA's agents have the most flexibility around today. Put a CBA in place, and the job will become a lot less appealing.
- I have seen first hand how AA treats their agents. The Company has ALL the flexibility. As station managers change every other year so do the policies. You have a contract with your cell phone provider, why not your employer? I have worked in this industry for 28 years union and non union. I would gladly pay union dues.
If the executives of the company have an employment contract, why shouldnt the rank and file employees?
Eric, go ask the US Fleet, Customer Service and Res Agents what US did to them in 1992 because they were non-union?
Eric, go ask the US Fleet, Customer Service and Res Agents what US did to them in 1992 because they were non-union?
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Ironically, I just had a really positive experience dealing with a service issue. I'm as surprised as anyone...
Not for nothing, but aren't most DMV's union, too?
leprechaun
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I still have my Ed Colodney quarter. You know the one they passed out ay USAirways to call Ed if there were any layoffs or paycuts if we stayed non-union. The union vote didn't pass, and guess what happened. .....The official response was, "Mr. Colodny is no longer with the company.
No union work group took a hit. Just the non-union groups. The next union vote passed with ease.
The company will promise you anything so you don't vote for the union, but when the time comes, you will be the first group hit without representation.
No union work group took a hit. Just the non-union groups. The next union vote passed with ease.
The company will promise you anything so you don't vote for the union, but when the time comes, you will be the first group hit without representation.
American Airlines agents from all across the country rallied outside bankruptcy court in New York City Thursday, denouncing the carrier’s delaying tactics in denying them the right to vote for CWA in a representation election.
The agents were greeted by Tom Kennedy, an attorney representing their Ad Hoc Committee for Passenger Service Agents, who briefed them on the legal efforts to stop American Airlines from implementing drastic cuts and job changes for agents before the election (See photo, above).
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NEW YORK — American Airlines, which wants to reduce labor costs while in bankruptcy, should be blocked from cutting pay and benefits of employees about to vote on joining a union, a lawyer for the workers told a judge.
"These are events that will dramatically impact the lives of the people in this room," Tom Kennedy, a lawyer for the passenger service agents, told U.S. Bankruptcy Judge Sean Lane in Manhattan today.
American is fighting the employees’ request as it tries to void contracts with union workers and secure $1.25 billion in annual labor savings. American has about 10,000 passenger service agents.
Read more here: http://www.star-telegram.com/2012/05/10/3951240/american-airlines-workers-press.html#storylink=cpy
American Airlines agents and our union supporters generated more than 10,000 letters to the National Mediation Board denouncing the company’s refusal to obey the law and allow a representation election to go forward. Having made our case in bankruptcy court, we are urging the NMB to enforce the law and proceed with the election.
Meanwhile, agents who attended the bankruptcy court hearing in New York City May 10 were returning to their stations urging their fellow agents to wear CWA pins and lanyards and promote the upcoming vote for CWA. Our “tweets” from the courtroom got plenty of notice across the country, including from the airline blog of the Dallas Morning News.
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http://aviationblog.dallasnews.com/archives/2012/05/cwa-tweets-proceedings-in-bank.html
May I compliment whoever with the Communications Workers of America was doing the tweeting from Thursday's hearing before U.S. Bankruptcy Judge Sean Lane? He or she was a pretty good reporter.
The Ad Hoc Committee of Passenger Service Agents, i.e., the American Airlines employees who are working with the CWA to organize those employees at American, was in court Thursday morning. The committee/CWA wants the judge to bar American from imposing cutbacks on the passenger agents until they have a chance to vote on whether they would be represented by the CWA.
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