Anomaly
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- Jun 2, 2012
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You are reaching. If you want to compare, why not compare with what happened to the Alaska mechanics. The association took over representation in 1998, and since that time Alaska has farmed out most of it's non line maintenance (further proving my notion that amfa will ignore all but line maintenance). In 2004 amfa stood by as Alaska closed the Oakland heavy maintenance facility. Before that they lost the Tire and break shop in Seattle. Since that time, they have lost the paint shop, the crew seat shop, the net shop, the recon shop, the composites shop, the wire shop, the APU shop and the sheet metal shop.
Alaska for some years has been chasing to get 10% return on investment capital and has been using maintenance reductions to help them get there. The most insulting outsourcing by Alaska had to be when they gave away some of the engine shop work. The engine rebuild was farmed out in 2008 and the former Alaska mechanics were forced out. But the work was NOT sent somewhere else. Engine shop employees stood by shocked as replacement workers were brought in to work along side the remaining amfa members. Talk about a slap in the face.
Horizon is wholly owned by Alaska, and now subject o the same 10% ROIC chase to the bottom. Horizon mechanics, as amfa members, saw what was happening to the mechanics of the parent company and knew what was in store for them. Way before the campaign for the IBT had even begun, QX managers were dropping hints to watch what was going on at Alaska as a sign of things to come.
It is no myth, and if you just compare what had happened to the mechanics of the company that owns Horizon, it is a very plausible conclusion that the Horizon mechanics must have known what was about to happen to them. This leads me to believe the statements by those QX members who say they knew about the outsourcing plans before the Teamsters were brought on. You are reaching. If you want to compare, why not compare with what happened to the Alaska mechanics. The association took over representation in 1998, and since that time Alaska has farmed out most of it's non line maintenance (further proving my notion that amfa will ignore all but line maintenance). In 2004 amfa stood by as Alaska closed the Oakland heavy maintenance facility. Before that they lost the Tire and break shop in Seattle. Since that time, they have lost the paint shop, the crew seat shop, the net shop, the recon shop, the composites shop, the wire shop, the APU shop and the sheet metal shop.
Alaska for some years has been chasing to get 10% return on investment capital and has been using maintenance reductions to help them get there. The most insulting outsourcing by Alaska had to be when they gave away some of the engine shop work. The engine rebuild was farmed out in 2008 and the former Alaska mechanics were forced out. But the work was NOT sent somewhere else. Engine shop employees stood by shocked as replacement workers were brought in to work along side the remaining amfa members. Talk about a slap in the face.
Horizon is wholly owned by Alaska, and now subject o the same 10% ROIC chase to the bottom. Horizon mechanics, as amfa members, saw what was happening to the mechanics of the parent company and knew what was in store for them. Way before the campaign for the IBT had even begun, QX managers were dropping hints to watch what was going on at Alaska as a sign of things to come.
It is no myth, and if you just compare what had happened to the mechanics of the company that owns Horizon, it is a very plausible conclusion that the Horizon mechanics must have known what was about to happen to them. This leads me to believe the statements by those QX members who say they knew about the outsourcing plans before the Teamsters were brought on.
