Kev3188
Veteran
You're dealing with G2 at AA as well? Oh boy...
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You're dealing with G2 at AA as well? Oh boy...
AA passenger service agents will have vote but it will be challenge. Attorneys for American Airlines are expected to appeal to the full Supreme Court, but they will need to get four of the nine justices to agree to hear the case, which is unlikely. Scalia is regarded as one of the most business-friendly justices. Even if the court decides to hear the case, it wouldn’t occur until some time in January, probably after the election has been held.
After watching the Bob Crandall video directed towards the pilot group of AA I am convinced that AA kept fighting the vote because it would be one more stumbling block in a potential merger with USAir. It is obvious that the only labor issue that matters is the Pilots seniority integration. The seniority and work rule issues for the TWU represented employees and the Flight Attendants must not matter that much. If the Passenger service agents have representation then a voice and objections can be brought up. This is where a union is a good thing. Sad to see that its all about Pilot seniority and work rules. Other employee groups must not matter. This is how AA management has been treating all employees over the last 10 years or so. But now they realize that the Pilot group is a issue to deal with. Time will tell to see if this will pan out for the better or the worse. I hope the passenger service agents vote in a union. At least to have protective language and work rules in place. Mergers are never beneficial to the workers. The money sucking leaches are the only ones that benefit from it.
The US Airways CSA and RES are CWA and IBT alliance, east is CWA, west is IBT, both unions were afraid of a vote so they came up with an alliance so no election would be held.
The US Airways CSA and RES are CWA and IBT alliance, east is CWA, west is IBT, both unions were afraid of a vote so they came up with an alliance so no election would be held.
The presidents of the two unions will alternate in heading up the new passenger service employees association, with CWA President Larry Cohen initially serving as director for the first year and IBT President James Hoffa as vice director. In the future, under the unified contract, CWA will represent workers in the eastern part of the United States and IBT will represent workers in the western states.
Its not a new one, been ongoing since 2005. US wanted to force a union vote and wouldnt negotiate a new agreement with them, so IBT and CWA caved and accepted the US/CWA CBA as their agreement with a transition for the IBT West CSA onto the CBA, the west CSA's didnt have a first agreement.
The rumors we hear are that the TWU will likely merge with another union, IBT and CWA being mentioned. So the joint venture between the CWA and IBT and the joint venture to organize MROs with the IBT and TWU points to a possible three way merger with everyone ending up a Teamster.
IBT? I can not see it since the AFL-CIO will lose money on dues. The IBT dues are more than the TWU, IAM and AMFA. There will be some kind of objection if this were to happen. A run off vote would be democratic but since when has the TWU, IAM and IBT been democratic?
Nothing to gain a lot to lose