Tim Nelson
Veteran
If you think that by giving further concessions that it will preserve your job then we disagree and you do not need to read further. If you agree then kindly read on.
Not to be crude but for any union on the property to engage in further concessionary talks with US AIRWAYS is a terrible injustice to the workers and would be like placing money in a running toilet. Or to put another way like giving money to a drunk. I'm speaking as an IAM member in ORD.
What has the millions of dollars from labor returned other than a return plea for more productive work rules? In today's Pittsburgh tribune review, Thomas Olson a staff reporter confirmed, "Siegel's letter stated. "Literally everything must be on the table," he said, citing: More productive work rules. And at the same time, Burton Amos's article said,
"While the latest management team at US AIRWAYS is quite adept at downsizing and cost cutting, it has shown little marketing or revenue-generation ability."
Besides the fact that we are 'given out' the suggestion to give more itself is more than a nursery cryme.
Amos hit on the revenue side so let me ask a question. How much revenue are we losing because of management's decision to park some airbus's? Of course, it has even gotten so bad that a Federal judge had to step in and tell our management it was in violation of its written word. Actions, not words identify this management team. And BTW how much revenue is a plane making when by schedule oftentimes it sits for 60+ minutes?
Of course, there is alot of talk about Southwest now. But WN understands that those planes aren't generating revenue when they are on the ground so its planes aren't allowed to sit for such extended lengths of time.
As a side, why hasn't the IAM had the decency to provide fleet service with contract booklets? It's only the freakn law.
A co worker suggested we don't have booklets because the I'll Ask Management union is prepared in case the company decides it wants additional contract changes. A very plausible argument.
He went on to say that the IAM represents management to us instead of us to management. Interesting discussion.
At any rate, lost revenue from having planes sit idle or the inability to make revenue isn't your fault....it's managements. After all isn't that what they are paid for?
Tim Nelson, View from O'hare
Not to be crude but for any union on the property to engage in further concessionary talks with US AIRWAYS is a terrible injustice to the workers and would be like placing money in a running toilet. Or to put another way like giving money to a drunk. I'm speaking as an IAM member in ORD.
What has the millions of dollars from labor returned other than a return plea for more productive work rules? In today's Pittsburgh tribune review, Thomas Olson a staff reporter confirmed, "Siegel's letter stated. "Literally everything must be on the table," he said, citing: More productive work rules. And at the same time, Burton Amos's article said,
"While the latest management team at US AIRWAYS is quite adept at downsizing and cost cutting, it has shown little marketing or revenue-generation ability."
Besides the fact that we are 'given out' the suggestion to give more itself is more than a nursery cryme.
Amos hit on the revenue side so let me ask a question. How much revenue are we losing because of management's decision to park some airbus's? Of course, it has even gotten so bad that a Federal judge had to step in and tell our management it was in violation of its written word. Actions, not words identify this management team. And BTW how much revenue is a plane making when by schedule oftentimes it sits for 60+ minutes?
Of course, there is alot of talk about Southwest now. But WN understands that those planes aren't generating revenue when they are on the ground so its planes aren't allowed to sit for such extended lengths of time.
As a side, why hasn't the IAM had the decency to provide fleet service with contract booklets? It's only the freakn law.
A co worker suggested we don't have booklets because the I'll Ask Management union is prepared in case the company decides it wants additional contract changes. A very plausible argument.
He went on to say that the IAM represents management to us instead of us to management. Interesting discussion.
At any rate, lost revenue from having planes sit idle or the inability to make revenue isn't your fault....it's managements. After all isn't that what they are paid for?
Tim Nelson, View from O'hare
