Ahh the sideline QB who Thinks he knows it all speaks.
Let me give you some history:
Timmy back in the early 90's, started his own union, filed short on cards which caused a one year bar on any union vote, during that time frame the company decimated the Fleet Service and Customer Service Group.
The company took away their vacation, sick time, OJI bank, down-graded 40% of the workforce to part-time (causing a part-time employee who wanted family medical coverage to pay $300 a month), cut the hours for the part-time to a max of 25. The company outsourced express work and caused major layoffs, they outsourced air freight also. They froze and eliminated their pension.
Then Timmy had the audacity to try and sell his name list to the Teamsters for a job.
Then the organizing drive started and the IAM won and represented the Fleet Service workers in 1995. After one T/A was voted down the Fleet Service Members ratified their first agreement in 1999 that raised their wages, got them thier vacation, sick time and OJI back. Established a grievance procedure, a part-time cap, scope language and many other improvements.
Timmy went out of his way to hinder the process and not help. He was disciplined by the company for his web site that attacked the IAM, IAM Representatives and IAM Supporters as well as the company.
Then Timmy and Mike Pruitt tried to start their own union called FSWU (Fleet Service Workers United) they appointed themselves to leadership roles with no experience and no funding. That failed also.
Then Mike and Timmy came up with the AGW to try and represent the Fleet Service workers, they once again anointed themselves to the Grand Poobas and failed once again to gather enough cards for an election.
Timmy and Mike at the time were members in good standing in the IAM, the IAM Constitution prohibits Dual Unionism, both were tried, found guilty and fined, to this date both of them have not paid their fines so as Justaramper said, they are not members in good standing.
Both of them have no experience and no resources to represent and yet negotiate. The likes of Jerry Glass would have decimated them.
The AGW when first organized hired the law firm of Seham and Seham who have represented COMPANIES AGAINST unions. A real union would not hire a law firm that has anti-union history.
Now his made-up unions says they want the Fleet Service Members to decertify the IAM and let them become employees at will once again and being at the mercy of the company. Now what so-called union with no money and no resources would advocate a decertification drive and the consequences it brings. Everyone knows Timmy wants to be in charge and get his hands on the Fleet Service Dues Money.
You can say what you want about the IAM Bob, but once again you are not an employee, not a IAM member and you are only guessing at what actually transpired, you believe the word of US Airways Executives who have been caught lying on more then one occasion, so I would not expect you to actually know the history and what actually has occurred.
Funny I did not see the membership complain when times were good and the IAM got them raises, improvements in working conditions and benefits.
If you have not looked around all the legacy carriers have had to get concessions from their employees, being ALPA, AFA, AMFA, CWA, IAM, TWU and non-union carriers like CO and DL have imposed concessions on their non-unionized employees. The industry is broken and the above unions like it or not have helped those carriers stay in business with the sacrifices their members have made.
Feel free to launch more attacks I am expecting it.
Wings, you can say what you want, but majority rules that is the democratic process, yes people are hurt by it, but your own coworkers are the ones who ratified it. And you were better in 1992 after the company did what they pleased with you and changed the PPG daily after the Pilots accepted concessions?
You have to get involved to make a change, unfortunatly in this round the company had all the cards and wanted to play by their rules and no one elses.