"employee Cost...seniority(?), To Be Addressed"

[dbcooper]

The CWA then sent out this letter.

EXECUTIVES DECIDE USAIRWAYS EMPLOYEE SENIORITY IS A PROBLEM

Service to the company is bad; new hires are good. Management
has delivered that message loud and clear to CWA in our recent
meetings and in their public statements about the "seniority
problem" at US Airways.

If there could be a more anti-employee attitude, we don't know
what it would be. It is an attitude that says, "US Airways is a
failing company because of the employees we have - if we had
different employees we would be a winner."

Well, the problem is that employees are not recyclable items
that you get rid of whenever you feel like it. The people who
work for this airline have families and loved ones to support.
They are the skilled backbone of the airline and they are
equally entitled to the benefits of our company, our economy and
our society as any of the executives, board members or managers.


CWA will reject any company business plan that does not fairly
account for the contribution of the passenger service employees.
Management has created a workforce that is high in seniority by
shrinking the airline instead of growing; by furloughing at
every opportunity; and by refusing to provide a decent
retirement system so that senior employees could have the option
to retire. If they want a more junior workforce they have to
make better decisions, not just point fingers at the senior
employees.

 

[hp_fa]

Someone also needs to tell the company that with junior employees you will get mistakes that senior people tend not to make. There is a cost to constantly be training people, besides the dollars and cents that get attributed to the training department. AWA has had these problems in the past.

What the undercurrent really seems to be is the company wants to find creative ways of getting around those two awful words, "age discrimination". The complaint being that we have received value from these employees over the years and thank them for their service, but now they cost just too damn much for us to do business. The employees, who worked through good times and bad trying to move up the salary scale now feel like they are being screwed one last time for their loyalty and hard work.

What a mess.

 

[wench]

well isn't that a smack in the face!

If ya want me out,THEN BUY ME OUT!!!

I'm tired of bidding my vacations(only to be paid 75%),1 yr in advance, bidding work sked's every 2-3 mos, working every sat or sun and holidays and getting up at 0330!

They can all kiss my @$$...

I'm on my 21st year,,,,I pray for this buyout..

This will free me up to do what I WANT>>

Not walking out the door only with unemployment/severance...

Mainline to X_Press!!! Was enough of a paycut...

:down: h34r:

 

[Light Years]

One of the reasons US has such good customer service is because of the experienced work force, and this is passed down to junior employees (if you dont believe me look at the maturity level/poor customer interaction of other majors cabin crews, and how its passed along the 'generations').

The trick is to have senior and junior employees. You cant just have topped out seniors or inexperienced juniors.