No need in beating a dead horse Bob. It is your type or "participation" that brings unions down. You cannot and choose not to explain why you DID NOT resign your PAID position with the TWU and then try to sell amfa.
Well I have covered it, but you simply choose to ignore it and just keep asking the same question over and over again.
And fear exposure???? Exposure to what???
Well then why do you hide behind an alias?
You get on here and preach your "Owenisms" and "Bob's Opinions of the Day" and expect us all to fall at your feet and believe every word you say.
I share an opinion, you are the one who avoids debate and tries to make me, instead of what I say, the issue.
You rant and rave with the best of 'em Bobby!! You are entitled to your opinions just as everyone else on here but you are the kind who don't want to hear anyone else's opinions.
Oh really? And what do you base that opinion on? What makes you think that I dont want to hear any other opinions? If that was the case instead of going after what was said I would go after who said it, like you do.
Heck, you even correct your own amfa brothers Bob.
So? Is there something wrong with that? I've been corrected also. Would you rather that we follow the TWU mantra of follow the boss, even when he is dead wrong? I guess you do if you want one of those International spots right?
If it is not what Bob believes then it is crap!
Thats your opinion.
You get removed from a TWU position because you no longer support the TWU and all of a sudden it is "the TWU has no democracy, no accountability, they are all crooks..I'm telling the DOL!!!!!!!
Not quite, as the Treasurer I often wrote and spoke about problems with the lack of Democracy within the TWU. I wrote to Sonny Hall on more than one occasion and to every TWU President that had E-mail available. However the International did not like the fact that I called for Little removal, thats why I was removed. You see according to your way of thinking one must support the International no matter how much they harm the labor movement, and thats simply just wrong.
Like I said before Bob, boohoo!!! All you can claim as a positive for amfa is that it can remove Delle. Big friggin deal. Delle thinks BK is the better alternative and now thanks to Delle the whole damn industry will more than likely feel the effects, the dominoe effect if you will. I know you will try to pin that on the TWU but we along with the FA and pilots saved more the amfa could ever claim to.
Democracy is only one of the benifits that AMFA offers. Another thing that AMFA offers is the possibility of uniting all the mechanics into one union, you know "solidarity, unity, strength in numbers and all those other slogans that you like to chant out, AMFA actually will seek to make those slogans a reality. The TWU would rather chase casino workers, security guards, government and utility workers instead of seeking to unify airline workers. Even the SEUI put out a paper criticizing such as structure as being inefficient and ineffective at representing any group of workers when they try to represent too many different types of workers. The only reason for a transportation union to go after non-transportation related workers is to diversify the membership and prevent the formation of internal resistance to corrupt leaders.
The only thing I am exposing is how crappy amfa really is. Smoke and mirrors Bob. The proof is in the pudding Bob, they don't hold a candle Bob and what ever other little diddy you want to add Bob.
Well have you? Where is the proof or the pudding? I have not seen it. Like I asked quite a while back; What is wrong with the idea of uniting all the mechanics in one union? That can be expanded to "What is wrong with the idea of uniting the entire industry into one union, like real industrial union? Do you deny that having us all split up between the TWU, IAM and IBT, none of which are "airline unions" is inferior in concept to having us all united in one union? Do you deny that as the TWUs presence grows in this industry wages and benifits decline? All we need to do is look at AA, Allied, Worldwide, Triangle and Swissport to find the lowest wages in the industry and all are represented by the TWU. Basically this structure leaves us with the worst of both worlds. We do not have true industrial unionism because each and every airport has several different unions representing the same type of workers and we do not have craft unionism because we are all lumped together along corporate lines.
Just to remind us Bob, what has amfa done or what do they plan to do in the near future (they do have a plan don't they???????? :huh: ) to protect the profession? It's funny, I ask this question every once and a while but can never really get any straight answers........from anybody. It always turns into a TWU bashing answer. Wonder why that is Bob???
I think that its self explanitory, if you had an ounce of unionism in you, you would understand the concept of getting everyone into one union, then work towards standardizing contracts, thus removing our wages as a factor of competition between carriers. Does that answer your question? Are you prepared to answer the same? What is the TWUs plan, either long or short term?After 50 years of collecting dues and over 20 years of concessions has the TWU even bothered to make a plan, or do they consider our present course, which according to CIO has pumped up membership by another 35000 the way to continue?
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