Mda Catering

[700UW]

The company has awarded Mid Atlantic's catering to LSG instead of its own employees. This is in CLT, PIT and PHL. So instead of having existing workers cater the flights, they are going to pay a vendor to do it.

First it was the mechanic and related now they are going after Fleet!

This company will stoop to anything to antagonize its workers. Guess 141 will be taking appropriate measures to hold the company accountable to it CBAs!

 

[totobird]

Last week we asked the IAM president in Pittsburgh if this was true or just a rumor. We were told that nothing had been decided yet concerning catering of MDA aircraft.
Has this been confirmed that LSG will in fact be doing the catering ?

 

[700UW]

I saw the briefing the company gave to the catering department and spoke with several of our Fleet Service brothers to confirm it.

 

[totobird]

Thanks 700UW. Another sad day for employees. I can see the company shifting flights from mainline to MDA along with good paying jobs to lower paying jobs at MDA. This is only the beginning.

 

[diogenes]

Fleet Service Agreement, page 4, para. B, 1, ©

"Catering functions......may not be contracted out in PIT,CLT,PHL,DCA and BWI."

I am unaware of anything in the restructuring agreements that altered that language.

If this is the case, how is this different from the Airbii sub-out, and how will D141 respond?

 

[MrAeroMan]

Fleet Service Agreement, page 4, para. B, 1, ©

"Catering functions......may not be contracted out in PIT,CLT,PHL,DCA and BWI."

I am unaware of anything in the restructuring agreements that altered that language.

If this is the case, how is this different from the Airbii sub-out, and how will D141 respond?

Does that language specify what catering they are talking about? I would venture to guess they will say they are abiding by the contract by not farming out the catering on mainline and that MDA doesn't fall into that same category.

 

[diogenes]

I will be happy for someone to correct me, but my understanding is:

Whatever the restructuring agreement addresses, modifies the 99 agreement.

If the restructuring agreement does not address an issue, then the 99 agreement is the controlling language.

Again, I am unaware that the restructuring agreement addressed catering.

I could be wrong, so I'll check it out.

 

[ual06]

In my humble opinion, the executives at CCY have a goal to rid themselves of those unpleasant aspects of running an airline. They envision the day when they will not have to deal with such things as aircraft, employees, customers, etc. They will simply set in their office in the DC area and tell others to take care of those trivial matters.

 

[Hope777]

So you are telling me that the Company would rather spend about $.50 a can of soda plus truck charges.......... Didn't F9 just announce they were starting their own Catering Department as a cost savings messure?

 

[Hope777]

If found the answer to my question, here is the link

http://biz.yahoo.com/prnews/040310/dew017_1.html

 

[28yearsnojob]

This is what they voted for ,me out on the street ,AND WHAT GOES AROUND
COMES AROUND.

 

[AP Tech]

Can you say "Outsource"..........Dave and his band of thieves and liars will not be happy untill all areas of the company which can be, are outsourced! Started with maintenance, now its catering, next reservations? With this team contracts are not worth the ink they are printed on...........

 

[pitguy]

The company is just starting to figure out how much more the PIT belt system will cost them. Oh they must have figured wrong. A mistake or do they just want less employees to deal with.

 

[USA320Pilot]

700UW:

700UW said; "This company will stoop to anything to antagonize its workers."

USA320Pilot: I have repeatedly said that the IAM will see further pain as a result of refusing to participate in the "Going Forward Plan". Expect more of this type of activity in the future, unless the IAM agrees to participate in the new business plan. However, there is now reason to believe the company may not negotiate with the IAM-M and just outsource all Boeing maintenance, if they win the A320 grievance.

The IAM seems to have a choice: negotiate terms for its members to participate in the "Going Forward Plan" or have most of its jobs incrementally outsourced when the company replaces the Boeing aircraft in the not-so-distant future.

In fact, it would take less than two years to obtain 60 A320 family aircraft and re-treain B737 pilots to fly these jets. Could that be why the company has a 3-year lease with a 1-year exit clause on the Pittsburgh hangars? For that matter, the airline could probably replace all of the B737s in 3 years if it can obtain the financing, which may occur if all of the non IAM unions participate in the "Going Forward Plan" and the IAM is excluded by management.

It sucks, but it appears to be reality.

Regards,

USA320Pilot

 

[700UW]

How many times do you have to be told that they can't close down a facility to circumvent the contract. Dunsford Award Arbitration.

And I and many other IAM posters are really sick and tired of your ways of trying to scare us.

Your track record speaks for itself.