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We would not have the option of tapping into the anger of the membership against the TWU if they did their job, now would we?
You are and always have been the TWU. Any union needs to have ALL of it's members participating if it's going to be successful. How have ALL of you fought against outsourcing?
How did the IAM fair against NWA they were there as well. What about the F/A union or the Pilots. How did the IAM work out for me and all the other Eastern employees?
NWA did not put the IAM out to pasture. The members switched unions and NWA put AMFA out to pasture. Did the IAM put Eastern out of business? What about the Pilots and Fa's?
How did the CAL guys and the USAirways guys do with the IAM under BK. Oh lets not forget UAL had the IAM there as well. The IBT has done what for our class and craft?
No Union has come out ahead under a BK scenario. Take a good long look at the Hostess story to understand that one. The BCTGM did the same thing as AMFA did at NWA and the same thing some of you wanted to do at AA and look what happened to them. Your only solutions are to fight against the laws, not your unions.
What did they do when the heat was on about fraudulent cards turned into the NMB which would of at least given us a chance to get a vote here. Have the Leaders of the IBT gotten the seniority issue and medical issues worked out between the CAL/UAL guys yet?
The IBT have become a joke to almost every other union out there, sadly. They scurried away from AA before they were publicly busted and humiliated. And we also all saw what just happened recently with them at Usair.
But the TWU has done exactly what to show any fight here at AA. If we the membership gets a vote and puts AMFA in place all the dues of the AA and US guys will bolster the coffers of AMFA and we will see how well they do. Just here at AA we would give $7.2Mil a yr to AMFA.
How does AMFA have enough money to fight against the LAWS that are your real enemy. Do they have any backing? Do they have resources like our affiliation with the AFL/CIO? What can they do to shine a light on all the outsourcing and try to roll that back?
We won't have high priced Natl. officers taking a cut either. Just how much did little Jimmy, Phat Don and Bobby G. make a yr? AMFA does not have guys like Chris O flying around the system supporting the TWU and HELPING AA, only to set up a future job as a Mgr at AA. Everyone wants to blame AMFA, this tiny little union which represents no-one, has no power. No Money, No clue, but all of you TWU supporters put the shutting Down of NWA on them.
I'm not putting the shutting down of NWA on AMFA. NWA management destroyed them because they made critical errors and underestimated what the company would do to them. NWA took full advantage of the opportunity in front of them. They had almost no one on their side because of their history of raiding. As for the guys at the top of the TWU that you mentioned, where are they now? You have a big part of the change you wanted in front of you right now. You don't see that?
Well if they are to blame then they must be AWESOME have the fight required to do the job. WE here with the TWU just bending over and saying what? "We will get em next time" We are going to dig deep into the pockets"
Give us a break, the TWU has failed and it's time for a change.
A change that will make a difference. WE Have Had ENOUGH,
A change will make NO difference unless you ALL get off your individual duffs and get in the fight. You want those you elect to do it all for you. It doesn't work that way. Start writing letters to the editors, your elected leaders, helping those that are under attack just like you. You're not the only ones under attack in this Country you know.
AMFA at AA in 2014
Sure. Insulate and isolate yourselves even more. How's that been working out in the Union movement so far? Tattered, torn and fractured. Your enemies love you for it. Kudos.
