IAM Stepping Up campaign

[700UW]

You are going off the deep end, crossing threads?
 
Ooh excuse me, the Airline Deregulation Act was enacted in 1978 and stopped the airlines from being regulated by the CAB.
 
You are losing it.
 
And do you currently work for Delta?
 
If not when did you leave?
 
Are you in ACS or Inflight currently for DL Airlines?
 
See you have been gone for years, collecting a frozen pension check, yet you act like the official spokesman for ALL DL employees.
 
You truly have issues.
 
I dont work for the IAM, I dont get compensated from them nor do I speak for them nor represent them.

 

[WorldTraveler]

all you have to do is admit you are wrong.

your statement about the deregulated era of aviation is categorically wrong.

if you don't work for the IAM, then you misrepresent a whole lot of things about the industry such that it is doubtful any DL employee would believe the IAM based on what you say.

 

[Kev3188]

I've been thru enough administrative issues with DL to know what they are capable of screwing up and I also know what they will fix and how quickly.

Oh, okay.

Tell us how long it's been since you were on the property.

Tell us what the response is when you report a pay discrepancy.

Your constant broad brush that you are a helpless victim of a bureaucracy that is out to screw you at every turn is the stuff that most employees - and I mean 99.9% - can't even begin to relate to.

...And your insistence at framing issues as some sort of victimhood, and not the call for fairness they really are shows you are either unwilling or unable to engage the "honest discussions" you consistently plead for.

Thanks for stopping by just the same.

 

[Kev3188]

hey DL employees

You mean the, what, five that actually post here?

One of whom is already represented? Those DL employees?


 

You are going off the deep end, crossing threads?

"Board domination."

 

[WorldTraveler]

I'm sorry, Kevin, but if you think for one minute that anyone is going to believe that Delta Air Lines employees have no recourse to deal with a pay discrepancy, then you have just reduced yourself to no credibility.

and just like 700, all you have to do is admit that you exaggerated and misspoke.

but, no, you blame everyone else and deny what everyone else KNOWS to be the fact.



so your campaign is really all about venting to five people, one of whom is already represented?

or do you suppose that, like the rest of us figured out a long time ago, that this board exists as a platform that a few people who think they possess megaphones can use the board to influence the rest of the world.

I just happen to be the one standing on the front row ABSOLUTELY COMMITTED to ensuring that the truth is actually proclaimed in the midst of the union drivel that runs constantly off this board.

And when people like you do their best to try to discredit me as a person instead of debate the authenticity of what I present, then you are absolutely right that I will kick into the loudest voice I can find and talk as long as I can.

The option, of course, respectful, civil dialogue - but some people aren't capable of doing it so we have to resort to the system that is in use today.

And, not surprisingly, it looks just like Washington.

yet there is another way for those who choose to do so.

 

[Kev3188]

Oh there's recourse alright, there's just no "teeth" as far as enforcing it goes. You can play keyboard hooligan all you want, but I'm willing to bet that if it was you who received a $0.00 check, you'd be singing a different tune.

As for the audience "reach" here, it's you who seems to think the campaign begins and ends at this URL. Actual DL employees know better...

 

[WorldTraveler]

I'd be on the phone using the 404 number which you could find if you wanted to. I'm betting your story about 'no recourse' would change pretty fast if you were motivated to find the other couple thousand of your paycheck.

and they'd fix the problem.

it is precisely because I know that DL employees are smarter than the sales job that gets pushed here that the latest voting results were a stunning loss of 8 unions or was it 9?

has there ever been such a dramatic loss of so many union members in one day in the airline industry?

when given a choice, people just say NO to unions.

 

[WeAAsles]

You mean the, what, five that actually post here?One of whom is already represented? Those DL employees? "Board domination."

That guy WT has the last say currently on 19 DL threads, 7 for UAL and 5 for AA just on the first page. He's a PAID blogger for DL or a lunatic Internet troll?

 

[WorldTraveler]

I'm sorry but lunatics are the ones who post people's personal information on line and then tell others to practice self-control.


while you and your ilk are concerned about who gets to say what on this forum, I engage in the conversation.

if you can't run with the big dogs, stay on the porch.

ps... threads on this forum don't close after a certain period. Feel free to go back and reopen any of the ones over the last 10 years if it will boost your sense of self-importance.

 

[southwind]

That guy WT has the last say currently on 19 DL threads, 7 for UAL and 5 for AA just on the first page. He's a PAID blogger for DL or a lunatic Internet troll?

Don't fret! 700 holds the worlds record for most post in a single topic, that has nothing to do with him!

 

[WorldTraveler]

and this is why the labor movement continues to weaken, companies are using more part time, non-benefitted employees, and why wages are stagnating:

unions and companies cannot fix broken government policies.


http://www.marketwatch.com/story/40-of-unemployed-workers-are-millennials-2014-07-03?dist=lcountdown

excerpts below

Some 40% of unemployed workers are millennials, according to an analysis of U.S. Census data by the Georgetown University Center on Education and the Workforce released to MarketWatch, greater than Generation X (37%) and baby boomers (23%). That equates to 4.6 million unemployed millennials — 2 million long-term — 4.2 million unemployed Xers and 2.5 million jobless baby boomers.

The U.S. unemployment rate fell to 6.1% in June from 6.3% in May, the government announced Thursday, adding 288,000 jobs. Average hourly earnings rose 2% on the year in June, while consumer price inflation rose 2.1% between May 2013 to May 2014. But the unemployment rate for 18-29 year olds, including those who have given up looking for work, is 15.2% in June, according to a calculation by Generation Opportunity, a non-profit think-tank based in Arlington, Va.

 

[yoyodyne]

and this is why the labor movement continues to weaken, companies are using more part time, non-benefitted employees, and why wages are stagnating:

unions and companies cannot fix broken government  "do nothing, teapublican congress" policies.


http://www.marketwatch.com/story/40-of-unemployed-workers-are-millennials-2014-07-03?dist=lcountdown

excerpts below

Some 40% of unemployed workers are millennials, according to an analysis of U.S. Census data by the Georgetown University Center on Education and the Workforce released to MarketWatch, greater than Generation X (37%) and baby boomers (23%). That equates to 4.6 million unemployed millennials — 2 million long-term — 4.2 million unemployed Xers and 2.5 million jobless baby boomers.

The U.S. unemployment rate fell to 6.1% in June from 6.3% in May, the government announced Thursday, adding 288,000 jobs. Average hourly earnings rose 2% on the year in June, while consumer price inflation rose 2.1% between May 2013 to May 2014. But the unemployment rate for 18-29 year olds, including those who have given up looking for work, is 15.2% in June, according to a calculation by Generation Opportunity, a non-profit think-tank based in Arlington, Va.

 
There, fixed it for ya.

 

[700UW]

Yep the "family" looks out for each other right?  Not in this case:
 
http://www.diattorney.com/delta-air-lines-employee-lawsuit-sedgwick-denial-disability-benefits/
 
Delta Air Lines Customer Service employee files lawsuit against Sedgwick Claims Management Services, Inc. for denial of disability benefits

An employee of Delta Air Lines and his disability attorney recently sued Sedgwick to recover disability benefits under the Delta Family-Care Disability and Survivorship Plan. The employee charged the insurer of illegally denying him his short term and long term disability benefits as provided for in his insurance plan and thus, neglecting to uphold its duties in approving his claim.
 

 
As a covered member of the Delta plan since January 1, 2008, Mr. A and his California disability lawyer assert that Sedgwick has an inherent conflict of interest in that the insurer is both the funder and the granter of claims per the Delta Air Line insurance plan.

Make sure to read the comments after, seems he is not alone in how he is being treated by the DL "family"

 

[Kev3188]

Ah yes, another one of the many "3rd parties" that are apparently okay for the "family" to deal with. 
 
Sedgwick is not very fun to deal with.

 

[700UW]