It's time so stick together

[Solidarity]

So the Company will not give the true working class any type of compansation that we deserve, but they will reap the rewards of our effort. It's time to stick together and hold out for our rewards. Can we stick together and let our Union's talk with each other and make a stand?

 

[barbeetantrums]

So the Company will not give the true working class any type of compansation that we deserve, but they will reap the rewards of our effort. It's time to stick together and hold out for our rewards. Can we stick together and let our Union's talk with each other and make a stand?

I'm starting to think that it would be best to hold out until Feb and see how the fleet snapback provision arbitration goes. Doesn't seem the company wants to talk or deal fairly, in any case.

 

[Sthrnboy]

I'm starting to think that it would be best to hold out until Feb and see how the fleet snapback provision arbitration goes.

What is the fleet snapback provision arbitration?

 

[barbeetantrums]

What is the fleet snapback provision arbitration?

A clause in the last IAM-US contract stated that in the case of acquisition or merger, the pay scale would revert to the pay scale as it was in the prior contract, which I believe topped out at $22 at 10 years. There were no Class 1 or 2 pay scales. Someone correct me if I'm wrong. The company stated that the clause was misunderstood and did not abide by the clause. It sounds like the company is worried that it could lose the arbitration as they keep asking the IAM to drop this arbitration.

 

[exnw]

So the Company will not give the true working class any type of compansation that we deserve, but they will reap the rewards of our effort. It's time to stick together and hold out for our rewards. Can we stick together and let our Union's talk with each other and make a stand?

Take a good look at NW. The unions did not stick
together and look where they are now.

 

[twoturnin]

You got to be kidding----our ALPO MEC and sticking together--LOL---pilot group is light years away from sticking together on "ANYTHING"---American is only pilot group that has "stuck together" so to speak.

 

[nycbusdriver]

So the Company will not give the true working class any type of compansation that we deserve, but they will reap the rewards of our effort. It's time to stick together and hold out for our rewards. Can we stick together and let our Union's talk with each other and make a stand?

Well, that's not totally true. The pilots are being offered free coffee, refreshments and conversation with Chief Pilot Don Matthews and Yarko Stawnychy at PHL gate B5 tomorrow. I think we will all willingly forgo any contract enhancements to take part in this wonderful gesture!

I say we cancel the picketing in CLT tomorrow morning so we can talk to Don and Yarko. How much more exciting can this possibly get??!!!

 

[delldude]

A clause in the last IAM-US contract stated that in the case of acquisition or merger, the pay scale would revert to the pay scale as it was in the prior contract, which I believe topped out at $22 at 10 years. There were no Class 1 or 2 pay scales. Someone correct me if I'm wrong. The company stated that the clause was misunderstood and did not abide by the clause. It sounds like the company is worried that it could lose the arbitration as they keep asking the IAM to drop this arbitration.

I like a person who reads....

 

[HPearlyretiree]

Stick Together
Frank Zappa

Stick Together Lyrics
by Frank Zappa



This is a song about the union, friends
How they %&*##$ you over and the way they bends
The rules to suit a special few
And you gets pooched every time they do

You know we gotta stick together
You know we gotta stick together
You know we gotta stick together
You know we gotta stick together

Once upon a time the idea was good
If only they'd a done what they said they would
It ain't no better, they's makin' it worse
The labor movement's got the Mafia curse

You know we gotta stick together
You know we gotta stick together
You know we gotta stick together
You know we gotta stick together

Don't be no fool, don't be no dope
Common sense is your only hope
When the union tells you it's time to strike
Tell the m%*!@#$%$% to take a hike

You know we gotta stick together
You know we gotta stick together
You know we gotta stick together
You know we gotta stick together
(repeats)

 

[LGA Fleet Service]

Sounds like Frank bitching about having to pay his musicians union scale...

 

[insp89]

Frank Zappa, What a great source for advice

 

[HPearlyretiree]

Frank Zappa, What a great source for advice

Google up Dylan's great anti union screed "Sundown on the Union"

 

[kicked2curb]

Stick Together
Frank Zappa

Stick Together Lyrics
by Frank Zappa



This is a song about the union, friends
How they %&*##$ you over and the way they bends
The rules to suit a special few
And you gets pooched every time they do

You know we gotta stick together
You know we gotta stick together
You know we gotta stick together
You know we gotta stick together

Once upon a time the idea was good
If only they'd a done what they said they would
It ain't no better, they's makin' it worse
The labor movement's got the Mafia curse

You know we gotta stick together
You know we gotta stick together
You know we gotta stick together
You know we gotta stick together

Don't be no fool, don't be no dope
Common sense is your only hope
When the union tells you it's time to strike
Tell the m%*!@#$%$% to take a hike

You know we gotta stick together
You know we gotta stick together
You know we gotta stick together
You know we gotta stick together
(repeats)

Here's a little Don Henley for you "Gimme what you Got"

Now it's take and take and takeover, takeover
It's all take and never give
All these trumped up towers
They're just golden showers
Where are people supposed to live?
You can arm yourself, alarm yourself
But there's nowhere you can run
'Cause a man with a briefcase
can steal more money
Than any man with a gun
I said gimme, gimme what you got
Said gimme, gimme what you got
Gimme, gimme what you got

 

[barbeetantrums]

CHICK-A-BOOM (DON'T YA JES' LOVE IT)
Daddy Dewdrop

Last night I had a crazy dream
About a chick in a black bikini
Oh she looked so good she couldn't be real
So she must be a magic genie
But then she disappeared around a corner
All I saw were three doors and the top of her bikini
I made it through the first door there was a party going on
I asked about the chick but what they said was this

REFRAIN
Chick-a-boom chick-a-boom don't ya jes' love it
Chick-a-boom chick-a-boom don't ya jes' love it
Chick-a-boom chick-a-boom don't ya jes' love it
Chick-a-boom chick-a-boom-boom-boom

I found the bottom half
Behind the second door
Which took me to Africa I presume
This really far out cat was screaming half crazy
"Bomp boom a loo bom a long bam boo"
I said hey man cut that jive

And tell me where the chick went
But he looked at me as pleased as could be
And said a lotta words but I wonder what he meant

REFRAIN

Ah don't ya jes' love it
Ooh don't ya jes' love it
Don't ya love it don't ya love it
Oh yeah don't ya love jes' it
Don't ya jes' love it now

I opened the third door and there she was
And She whispered so sexy oh ooh
I tried to do the same and impress her with my style
But why this chick would never know

REFRAIN

Don't ya know it

REFRAIN

 

[a320av8r]

US Airways pilots demand fair contracts
AMANDA LEE MYERS
Associated Press
PHOENIX - US Airways pilots are demanding fair contracts before the airline moves to acquire rival Delta Air Lines Inc.

About 200 of the pilots belonging to the Air Line Pilots Association picketed at Phoenix Sky Harbor International Airport on Thursday, a day after the company announced a hostile cash and stock bid valued at about $8.7 billion for Atlanta-based Delta.

US Airways pilots work under two contracts - one for pilots who came from America West Airlines after it bought US Airways when it was in bankruptcy protection in September 2005, and another for pilots who were always at US Airways. Contract negotiations began shortly after the airlines combined, and there are no deals in sight.

US Airways and America West are still integrating their operations. For instance, to date only 57 percent of America West planes have been painted over with US Airways' logos, a spokesman said.

At Thursday's informational picket, the solemn-faced pilots donned their Navy blue uniforms and caps, walking in a circle and carrying signs that read, "Pilots get nothing, management gets millions" and "Empty promises for a single airline."

"I'm picketing to defend my career, my profession and my family," said pilot Tania Bziukiewicz. "While the company keeps us on these bankruptcy-type wages, they're making multimillions of dollars in compensation packages. That's taking advantage of employees and the situation, and we're here to let them know that we're no longer going to let them do that."

US Airways Chairman and Chief Executive Doug Parker's base salary is $550,000 a year plus stock options. In August, he sold more than 270,000 shares of company stock, netting Parker more than $9 million before taxes.

Parker was not available for comment Thursday.

Airline spokeswoman Andrea Rader said Parker had every right to cash in those stock options.

"A significant piece of his income is what we call at-risk income - that's money that he may get or may not depending on how well the company is performing," she said. "The company, as you can see, is performing quite well since the merger, and so that's where that element of his income comes from. He cashed in some of that, which he is absolutely entitled to do."

She said it's understandable some US Airways employees are upset about Parker's stock options.

"The careers that they signed on for are very different today than they were 20 or 30 years ago," she said. "There's been a lot of disruption in their pay scales and things. It's completely understandable that people would look at people cashing stock options and say, 'Hey.'"

She said the airline will agree to a single contract for all pilots, but that it will just be a matter of time.

"As you do contract negotiations, you start with the low-hanging fruit, the stuff that you can reach agreement on quickly," she said. "We're moving into some of the economic issues - wages, seniority scales. But we're absolutely interested in getting to a timely agreement, as well."

Hundreds of other US Airways pilots also planned to picket at the Charlotte Douglas International Airport in Charlotte, N.C.*

Prescott resident Lisa Harrs was at Sky Harbor on Thursday for a flight to Chicago on a US Airways plane. She said she had no idea the airline's pilots were dissatisfied. But she said that each pilot deserved a fair contract.

"That makes sense," she said. "If they're all part of the same entity, then everyone should be treated equally."

In October, US Airways' losses shrank to $78 million, or 88 cents per share, from $99 million, or $5.74 per share, a year ago. Total revenue climbed to $2.97 billion from $929 million last year.

Shares of US Airways Group Inc. rose $1.11 to $60.61 in afternoon trading Thursday on the New York Stock Exchange.

* About 400 pilots picketed in CLT during very inclement weather. More than 10% of the seniority list for both east and west. A very good showing.