Let the voting begin for passenger service agents.

[700UW]

Remember its 50% +1 of all votes cast in order to keep the union.
 
People not voting are no longer counted as NO votes.

 

[john john]

Their needs to be a big turn out for a union so the support is there for the bargaining team when they get back to negotiating

 

[700UW]

Their needs to be a big turn out for a union so the support is there for the bargaining team when they get back to negotiating

They are voting by phone or internet, lol

 

[eolesen]

The CWA lost AA vote January 2013: 2,902 in favor of a union and 3,052 against.[/size]
 
The Board’s investigation establishes that there are approximately 8,287 Passenger Service Employees on the pre-merger American part of the system and approximately 6,544 on the pre-merger US Airways part of the system.[/size]

Whoever gets ~7400 votes wins.

1) If only 70% of the AA agents voted in January 2013, it's hard to estimate how the other 30% would have fallen
2) When US and HP merged, IBT represented the HP agents, and voluntarily handed the workgroup over to the CWA without an election
3) That comes out to 9500 total at new US, but if now there are only 6500, what happened to the other 3000?...

There wasn't a representation election post-merger with HP and US, so it's really hard to say what the actual support is for keeping the CWA in place there. When you've paid dues to see 30% of your workforce disappear, it begs the question of what they're really doing to preserve jobs.

 

[700UW]

1) If only 70% of the AA agents voted in January 2013, it's hard to estimate how the other 30 would have fallen
2) When US and HP merged, IBT represented the HP agents, and voluntarily handed the workgroup over to the CWA without an election
3) That comes out to 9500 total at new US, but if now there are only 6500, what happened to the other 3000?...

There wasn't a representation election post-merger with HP and US, so it's really hard to say what the actual support is for keeping the CWA in place there.

Wrong, they did no such thing.
 
The IBT and CWA represented members voted on the Alliance or Association that was made up as part of the IBT and CWA.
 
The CWA represents Agents East of the Mississippi and the IBT represents Agents West of the Mississippi.
 
They IBT and CWA handed over representation to the newly voted in Association.
 
 

 
Oct 17, 2005
 
CWA members at US Airways approved the creation of a new Airline Customer Service Employee Association – a joint alliance with the International Brotherhood of Teamsters - that will represent passenger service agents at the merged US Airways and America West.

CWA members approved the alliance by an 84 percent "yes" vote in a mail ballot. Voting separately, members of the Teamsters also approved the new association by about the same margin.

CWA represents 6,000 passenger agents at US Airways and IBT represents 3,500 agents at America West. The employees work as reservations, ticket and gate agents, and also staff hospitality clubs at airports and assist handicapped passengers.

CWA's contract now in place at US Airways is amendable beginning January 2012. The contract provisions and conditions remain in effect by law at the newly merged airline. The IBT now is in bargaining for a first contract at America West, where employees unionized last year.

The goal of the new association is to improve salaries and conditions for America West and US Airways employees, and the association will bargain in the future for such improvements.

In the current day-to-day representation, CWA will continue to represent the US Airways workers systemwide and the Teamsters will represent the America West workers systemwide. In the future, when a combined contract is bargained and ratified, CWA will represent workers in the eastern part of the United States and the IBT will represent workers in the western states.

The association will be headed by the presidents of CWA and the Teamsters who will alternate in leading the organization. CWA President Larry Cohen initially will serve as director for the first year and IBT President James Hoffa as vice director. CWA and IBT also will each designate an equal number of representatives from their local unions to form a US Airways Representation Committee to meet at least four times a year on workplace issues and policies of the association. All policy questions must be jointly approved.
 

 

[eolesen]

The point is that they didn't have an option for no representation, and CWA is still running the show.

 

[700UW]

Not east of the Mississippi, the main Rep is an IBT person.

 

[700UW]

And the could have both ed for either the CWA or IBT and if they didn't reach the 50%± 1 they would become non-union.

 

[hp-csr-phx]

My guess is 60% + yes vote.

 

[hp-csr-phx]

9629 YES. 1527 NO. 

 

[Watdahail?]

Wow LANDSLIDE! Let the anti-union "business'' guys eat it! 

 

[jimntx]

Thank goodness.  The AA agents finally came to their senses.  I've heard any number of them complain about their treatment by management--unmerited terminations, unfair disciplinary action, etc--yet when I asked how they voted in the last representation election most of them either replied that they didn't vote, or voted no.  Reason:  I don't think I should have to pay dues in order to get treated fairly.  Well, yes, but then after 5,000 years of fighting among those Semitic first cousins, there should be peace in the Middle East, too.  There just isn't.
 
Now, if the union could just get rid of some of the agent supervisors that keep getting in the way of the agents doing the great job most of them do when left alone.  There are a couple at DFW that do not have a clue what the term customer relations means.   I'll do a PA to the effect "Ladies and Gentlemen, I know you are all anxious to get on your way to Orlando; however, we can not leave the gate until all passengers are seated, all luggage is stowed, and the bins are closed, etc."  Then one of the idiot supervisors will come on board, grab the PA phone and start haranguing the passengers with orders to sit down.  One of them will then slam the door shut whether the cabin is FAA-prepared or not.  And, this is often well before scheduled departure time.  He's been written up more than once to no effect.

 

[IORFA]

No fear Jim, next month you can keep the door open as long as you need! No matter how far past departure it is. Remember, cabin must be ready.

 

[737823]

No fear Jim, next month you can keep the door open as long as you need! No matter how far past departure it is. Remember, cabin must be ready.

Having F/As close the door is a dumb procedure much easier for the agents to close it from the outside. My understanding this change is related to obtaining a SOC.

Josh

 

[robbedagain]

heard several rumors today that the CWA won in a landslide victory for the agents to be represented.   IF TRUE  this is great news!