In the meetings, a member who was in alll of them, not just the one you refereed to, did go from 25% to 10% but came back again with a 35% increase in SWA mechanics seniority if SWA committee would drop the fencing. The AMFA committee refused. That is when AT came back during the next set of meetings some weeks later and said if AMFA would not drop the fencing then the AT committee would have no choice but to neutralize it and requiring the same protections for their stations. If AMFA would not then that was a none starter..
AMFA was given every opportunity to drop the fencing and they refused,not the company and it was AMFA who refused the 35% increase in your seniority not the company. I have talked to every committee member and to the last one, they would have agreed on the day they proposed the 35%
to agree to it and take to vote.
Your committee or elements within it, turned it down. I would just like for you to go ask each and everyone of them why they turned down that offer.I believe you will find out,some of them are talking out of both sides of their mouths.Its the only answer,or they were not paying attention or they have a total different agenda. They, at least some of them, were or/ are running for one position or another.I just want to point this out not start a fight,just check it out.
If the AMFA committee was strong armed by the company to bring this to vote,why was it not told to the AT committee by AMFA and why was the AT committee not strong armed. Instead AMFA said they were for the agreement and signed or initialed the Agreement and said they simply needed time to work on the LOA,s in December.
I do not want to pick a fight ,but this is serious stuff and we must be truthful and honest between mechanics. There are to many family's and lives depending on this vote to bullshit about the facts and positions,at least to me it is.The truth is the truth.
If you turn this down,which I hope you don't,then we are going to arbitration,unless your committee comes back to the table during the arbitration protocol meetings set up for the end of Feb and proposes the 25-35 %. It has been taken out of the AT committees hands and given to the local and IBT international. You will not see that committee again,you will face the IBT international. They have but one goal in mind,and that is not the best interest of you or me but theirs.They believe after sitting in those past meeting that the AMFA committee has no intentions of settling this but through arbitration or hoping the AT mechanics will give up more. That will not happen. The local and the IBT has taken to much heat by AMFA going to Horizon AIR a airline AMFA wants and telling their mechanics"see what the IBT did to AIRTRAN and their seniority with SWA". The IBT has but one answer and that is to go to arbitration and win it. This is not BS it is the fact--so reconsider or at least tell your committee to be up front with you and to ,if voted down,go in with the 25-35% proposal and lets move on.The Chief steward is saying that he doubts the IBT will let the AT mechanics vote again and take the matter to arbitration after the protocol meeting. If you want the 25-35 % tell your committee to push it at the protocol with IBT and let the AT mechanics know it was proposed so we will push for that and not arbitration.