IAM Stepping Up campaign

[700UW]

Stop cherry picking or quote mining, Roach also stated what steps AMFA had to take for cooperation.
 
Yet AMFA sends a letter to NW asking them to take more from the IAM, ALPA and the PFAA/AFA so their represented employees would take less of a cut.

 

[737823]

Yet AMFA sends a letter to NW asking them to take more from the IAM, ALPA and the PFAA/AFA so their represented employees would take less of a cut.

Exactly, AMFA exists to advance the interest of AMTs not other classifications. You all can cover yourselves up with "solidarity" but at the end of the day they have a duty to advance the interests of mechanics not other classifications.

Josh

 

[700UW]

It is quite apparent you have no idea about Labor Unions and the Union Movement.
 
In Chapter 11 part 1 the former MEC President Perry Hayes was trying to negotiate IAM covered work, which would result in IAM job losses at US.
 
The PIT LEC President Teddy Xidas informed the IAM of it and she personally got it stopped with help from the IAM.
 
See that is what unionism is about, working together to protect each other, not gain at the expense of others.

 

[737823]

It is quite apparent you have no idea about Labor Unions and the Union Movement.
 
In Chapter 11 part 1 the former MEC President Perry Hayes was trying to negotiate IAM covered work, which would result in IAM job losses at US.
 
The PIT LEC President Teddy Xidas informed the IAM of it and she personally got it stopped with help from the IAM.
 
See that is what unionism is about, working together to protect each other, not gain at the expense of others.

And the IAM negotiated (you claim NWA imposed) AMFA scope on the IAM and the IAM and their members had no choice but to perform the work, or else it would be insubordination.

Maybe the IAM needs to learn what labor is about, not selling out their own members at UA and then still collecting dues from Air Wisconsin, Swissport, Hudson General, etc.

Josh

 

[700UW]

The IAM CBA contained the ancillary language, long before AMFA was on the property.
 
Keep throwing things out that arent relevant, instead of sticking to the issue.
 
Still waiting for you to back up your claim.
 
 

Because the IAM was bitter towards AMFA because AMFA took expendable IAM duespayers. It's all a business and all they care about is maximizing dues.

Josh

 

[southwind]

I wasnt an AMFA member nor a NW employee and there were no AMFA represented employees at NW in CLT, when they went on strike.
 
Why didnt you?
 
They had a large base of mechanics in ATL.
 
I bet you ran over to fix NW planes when needed too.

1. Why in the hell would I work on NW aircraft, while employed at DL, while their AMT's were striking?
2. That base was shut down long before the strike!
3. The IAM was pissed that AMFA took dues-paying members money out of their pocket, is exactly why they didn't back the AMT"S!
4. So much for the "Union Brotherhood" !
5. Again, why is it cool for you you be the editor of every other post in this topic, while having absolutly nothing to do with DL ( and, supposedly nothing to do with the IAM) , yet a "FORMER" DL employee get lambasted for voicing their opinion?

 

[Kev3188]

And the IAM negotiated (you claim NWA imposed) AMFA scope on the IAM and the IAM and their members had no choice but to perform the work, or else it would be insubordination.

No, 700's right; most of that already existed in our CBA. Same with cleaning (interior & exterior both), and some light-and specific- GSE maintenance work.

AMFA obviously had their own language, and in cities where there were staffed, they performed the work. Where it gets interesting is when some places had one AMFA group, but not another. For example, my station at the time had AMT's, but had never had cleaners. Our GSE (Plant Maintenance) guy had been furloughed earlier when the company closed our point to both. The AMT's were eventually recalled, but he went on to enjoy a great career at a local GM dealership. Too bad, too; guy was a freakin' genius.

At any rate, much of the shared language was stripped out of the Agreement imposed on AMFA in 12/05. The only "new" language that appeared in ours came during the 1113 process, and involved taxiing planes. AFAIK, not a single ESE ever performed that work. Honestly, I'm not even sure why they included it.

That's all well and good, but it's also 8 years behind us in the rearview mirror, and the movement to secure representation today doesn't look a bit like what many might remember 143 to have been.

The activists I know are all looking forward, and looking to build something entirely different to suit an entirely different dynamic.

 

[700UW]

 

[700UW]

Page 20 of the DL inflight magazine
 

 

[700UW]

UPS re-hires 250 drivers who were axed for work stoppage after daylong negotiations with union

After refusing to back down from its decision to terminate 250 drivers, UPS on Wednesday agreed to give them back their jobs. The Atlanta-based company faced criticism for its stance, but then reached an agreement with the union to re-hire the drivers who work from a depot in Maspeth, Queens.
Read more: http://www.nydailynews.com/new-york/queens/ups-re-hires-250-queens-drivers-talk-union-article-1.1751467#ixzz2yRzqldaB
 

 

[swamt]

Great news for the UPS drivers.  Glad to hear 70 thx for the update.  Wonder what would have been the end result if they were not UNION?

 

[southwind]

Ask the NW mechanics, who had a union, what their results were!

 

[WorldTraveler]

+1000 southwind.

congrats to non-union Delta Tech Ops on a win in the marketplace maintaining Hawaiian's widebody fleet.

ATLANTA, April 9, 2014 – Delta TechOps, Delta Air Lines’ maintenance division and Maintenance, Repair and Overhaul (MRO) provider business, is deepening its long-standing relationship with Hawaiian Airlines to provide an integrated component exchange and repair program for Hawaiian’s fleet of 12 Boeing 767 aircraft.

“We’re delighted to add these additional component services to our long-standing customer relationship with Hawaiian Airlines,” said Peter Turner, vice president Delta TechOps MRO “Component maintenance is fast becoming one of Delta TechOps most sought-after offerings and we continue to explore opportunities to expand our components portfolio for customers.”

Delta TechOps has provided its Complete Fleet services for Hawaiian since 2009 across its Airbus A330 fleet. Today’s announcement furthers that relationship to include component maintenance such as avionics and cabin maintenance for Hawaiian’s Boeing 767 fleet.

“Selecting Delta TechOps for this additional components support was a natural fit for our network and fleet given Delta’s extensive institutional knowledge of the 767 and its U.S. West Coast infrastructure,” said Lorrin Sardinha, vice president – Maintenance and Engineering at Hawaiian Airlines. “We look forward to a mutually successful MRO partnership with Delta TechOps.”

 

[700UW]

Congrats on farming out all your own aircraft which if done in-house would be job security.

 

[WorldTraveler]

and yet DOT data shows that DL has the 2nd lowest percentage of outsourcing based on dollars spent behind only nAAtive AA.

And DL operates the largest airline MRO in the western hemisphere... providing hundreds if not thousands of jobs for DL employees