ALERT ALL U Flight Attendants: Just received the following!
Dear Fellow Flight Attendants,
On August 2, without warning, Alin Boswell, LEC President DCA-41, Laura Albert, LEC President PHL-70 and Mike Flores, LEC President CLT-89, called for a “Special MEC Meeting†rescheduled now for Friday August 5, 2005, to recall our MEC President, Teddy Xidas.
This financially irresponsible and senseless act is without cause or justification.
Laura, Mike and Alin purposefully, calculatingly and covertly devised both the timing and location of this meeting. They are well aware that Teddy cannot be in attendance to defend her self from their attack. She will be representing the US Airways FA’s at a previously scheduled meeting. They are also well aware that this location will make it extremely difficult and costly for members to attend, in particular, PIT FA’s. There will be no witnesses to this abuse of power and that is exactly what they intended regardless of what excuse they will give. In this electronic age there is no valid reason to waste precious union dollars by having a meeting in DCA when having one in PIT has proven to save thousands.
While the other unions on the property are focused on the merger, protecting seniority and improving their contracts, Mike (CLT), Laura (PHL) and Alin (DCA) will be busy dividing the MEC and flexing their BIG VOTE muscle in order to push through their own personal and political agendas.
There will be approximately 5,228 roll call votes in play at Friday’s recall meeting. These votes represent the number of US Airways FA’s in good standing. PHL, CLT & DCA control approximately 4,182 of those votes. Laura, Alin and Mike, who together have less than 1 & half years experience as LEC P’s between them, will easily determine the fate of 100% of the US Airways Flight Attendants, yet the combination of the votes that elected them is less than 13% of the membership! Mike (CLT) elected with 328 votes; Alin (DCA) elected with 74 votes & Laura (PHL) elected with only 267 votes but who now has control of approximately 2,110 PHL FA votes. A whopping total of 669 out of an approx. 5,228!
Teddy has been the MEC President for the last 7 months but in that short period of time, she has been more accessible, more outspoken, more visible, more successful and more effective than any other. You may or may not always agree with her or her methods but one thing is for sure, Teddy gets results!
Teddy has earned the right to end her term in a timely, dignified manner.
It will be a total embarrassment for the US Airways FA's to have our MECP recalled at this time especially since her term will be completed in less than 5-months anyway (December 05). Let there be no doubt, this senseless act will make the US Airways FA's the butt of jokes from Coast to Coast (Crystal City to Phoenix).
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This is OUR Union...We need to Protect what is still good about it. Teddy fights 24/7 for us now it is time for us to give her a little support in return!
Call or Fax your LECP TODAY! Tell them to cast YOUR vote AGAINST the recall!
Include both your name and payroll number
Council 41 DCA: 703-212-8090 (office); 703-690-9350 (fax)
Council 70 PHL: 215-492-0840 (office); 215-492-0842 (fax)
Council 89 CLT: 704-527-0325 (office); 704-527-5040 (fax)
Dear Fellow Flight Attendants,
On August 2, without warning, Alin Boswell, LEC President DCA-41, Laura Albert, LEC President PHL-70 and Mike Flores, LEC President CLT-89, called for a “Special MEC Meeting†rescheduled now for Friday August 5, 2005, to recall our MEC President, Teddy Xidas.
This financially irresponsible and senseless act is without cause or justification.
Laura, Mike and Alin purposefully, calculatingly and covertly devised both the timing and location of this meeting. They are well aware that Teddy cannot be in attendance to defend her self from their attack. She will be representing the US Airways FA’s at a previously scheduled meeting. They are also well aware that this location will make it extremely difficult and costly for members to attend, in particular, PIT FA’s. There will be no witnesses to this abuse of power and that is exactly what they intended regardless of what excuse they will give. In this electronic age there is no valid reason to waste precious union dollars by having a meeting in DCA when having one in PIT has proven to save thousands.
While the other unions on the property are focused on the merger, protecting seniority and improving their contracts, Mike (CLT), Laura (PHL) and Alin (DCA) will be busy dividing the MEC and flexing their BIG VOTE muscle in order to push through their own personal and political agendas.
There will be approximately 5,228 roll call votes in play at Friday’s recall meeting. These votes represent the number of US Airways FA’s in good standing. PHL, CLT & DCA control approximately 4,182 of those votes. Laura, Alin and Mike, who together have less than 1 & half years experience as LEC P’s between them, will easily determine the fate of 100% of the US Airways Flight Attendants, yet the combination of the votes that elected them is less than 13% of the membership! Mike (CLT) elected with 328 votes; Alin (DCA) elected with 74 votes & Laura (PHL) elected with only 267 votes but who now has control of approximately 2,110 PHL FA votes. A whopping total of 669 out of an approx. 5,228!
Teddy has been the MEC President for the last 7 months but in that short period of time, she has been more accessible, more outspoken, more visible, more successful and more effective than any other. You may or may not always agree with her or her methods but one thing is for sure, Teddy gets results!
Teddy has earned the right to end her term in a timely, dignified manner.
It will be a total embarrassment for the US Airways FA's to have our MECP recalled at this time especially since her term will be completed in less than 5-months anyway (December 05). Let there be no doubt, this senseless act will make the US Airways FA's the butt of jokes from Coast to Coast (Crystal City to Phoenix).
.
This is OUR Union...We need to Protect what is still good about it. Teddy fights 24/7 for us now it is time for us to give her a little support in return!
Call or Fax your LECP TODAY! Tell them to cast YOUR vote AGAINST the recall!
Include both your name and payroll number
Council 41 DCA: 703-212-8090 (office); 703-690-9350 (fax)
Council 70 PHL: 215-492-0840 (office); 215-492-0842 (fax)
Council 89 CLT: 704-527-0325 (office); 704-527-5040 (fax)
