TWU and IAM representation alliance vote

[swamt]

It sure is taking the NMB awhile to talk on this one. And the silence from the supporters is deafening. It might not be shoved down your throats the way they want it to.

Yes.  A process done many, many times before by the NMB and as recent as this AA/US merger with 2 or 3 other groups that took 4 weeks or less to get their decisions back from the NMB.
Hey Blue,  just found out that there is a petition by a large number of members against this alliance going to, if not already there, the NMB.  Great job guys, keep up the pressure and watch the pressure cooker explode here soon.  After this week end and getting to Wed will be 8 weeks for a decision for the single carrier status, as well as IF there will be an election, AND, WHO exactly will conduct said election if there is one.  The longest I have ever seen a single status carrier ruling take is 6 weeks, but, that was during holidays and the NMB officer assigned the case was on a week long vacation right smack in the middle of it all.  I still smell a run-off coming...

 

[AMFAinMIAMI]

[SIZE=31.5pt]Exclusive: Delta Gives Employees a Raise and Early Profit Sharing[/SIZE]



[SIZE=8.5pt] 9/24/2014 @ 8:18PM[/SIZE]


Ted Reed


 


[SIZE=16pt]Delta says it is will give every employee a 5% profit-sharing payout this year and promised 2015 raises of 3% to 4% for nearly all of its frontline employees, as the airline buttressed its claim to airline industry leadership.[/SIZE]
[SIZE=16pt]"At Delta, we believe long-term success requires that our people, customers and investors win together," CEO Richard Anderson said in a letter sent to employeesWednesday[/SIZE]. "We have always been committed to sharing with employees the success they help create."
[SIZE=16pt]A copy of the letter was obtained by Forbes[/SIZE]. It notes that Delta will report record profitability in 2014, while its stock is a top twenty S&P 500 performer and its operational reliability and customer satisfaction are at the top of the industry.
[SIZE=16pt]Anderson said Delta said will offer the 5% profit sharing payment, a percentage of 2014 pay, in October: Profit-sharing is normally paid in February. "The balance of your 2014 profit-sharing payout, based on our actual profit and your individual earnings, will be paid in February 2015," Anderson wrote. "We expect those profit-sharing checks in February to be our biggest ever."[/SIZE]
[SIZE=16pt]Additionally, effective April 1, 2015[/SIZE], nearly all Delta frontline employees will receive increases of 4% for top-scale workers and 3% at most other steps in the scale. Merit employees will participate in a 4% merit pool.
[SIZE=16pt]As for healthcare coverage, Anderson said 2015 monthly premiums will likely increase by $4 to $7 for most individuals and by $16 to $27 for most families. He said that while health care costs will increase by about $50 million in 2015, Delta will absorb more than 80%.[/SIZE]
[SIZE=16pt]In recent years, Delta has become an aggressive leader of the airline industry. In an age of capacity reduction, it has established a new gateway hub in Seattle. It has reduced airline fuel costs by purchasing and operating a refinery. It has challenged powerfulBoeing [/SIZE][SIZE=8.5pt]BA +1.22%[/SIZE][SIZE=16pt]'s effort to offer foreign competitors advantageous financing through the Export-Import bank and it has successfully battled unionization.[/SIZE]
[SIZE=16pt]Keith Wilson, president of the Allied Pilots Association, which represents American pilots, said recently that his goals include assuring that American can match up with Delta.[/SIZE]
[SIZE=16pt]"We are trying to get this company moving in the right direction," he said. "Everybody is optimistic that we can go up against Delta and surpass them. They're the target."[/SIZE]
[SIZE=16pt]A Delta spokeswoman said the advance profit-sharing payout and the pay increase are not related to  an effort by the InternationalAssociation of Machinists to organize Delta flight attendants.[/SIZE]
[SIZE=16pt]"This is what a company does when it has a direct relationship with employees," said spokeswoman Kate Modolo. "This is part of who we are. We're sharing these profits with our people."[/SIZE]
[SIZE=16pt]An American spokesman said the airline paid profit sharing in 2013, but current contracts do not include 2014 profits sharing. A  United spokeswoman said the carrier paid employees $190 million in profit sharing in 2013, while the 2014 profit sharing level has not yet been determined.[/SIZE]
The TWU negotiated away the profit sharing here at AA and the IAM brought back a contract that just brought USAirways up to our level. Do you all think that these two unions are going to work to get us something better in the future as they become one Giant entity.?
 
Time for all of you who have not signed AMFA cards to rethink your stance and help rid our class and craft of these two Industrial unions.

 

[700UW]

You do realize Delta unilaterally cut the profit sharing by 33% last year from 15% to 10%? With no say oor recourse from The employees.

 

[AMFAinMIAMI]

You do realize Delta unilaterally cut the profit sharing by 33% last year from 15% to 10%? With no say or recourse from The employees.

700
 
Do YOU realise that you are NO Longer a airline employee represented by either the TWU/IAM, nor an employee of AA.
 
So we the airline mechanics at AA Don't give a rats A$$ what you think.
 
get a life, is this forum all you have along with your visions of grandeur as an IAM stock Clerk/Utility person.? Take your IAM Drum and peddle your snake oil somewhere with some who cares what your selling.
 
The point of the article was to show that NON Union employees of delta, which had financial problems got something that the union employees of AA didn't. The Union was taken advantage of thru the BK process. which  hurt the families of the employees at the NEW AA both US?AA employees.
 
The TWU felt it was better to take a small raise then to share in the wind fall that happened. Just another reason the TWU needs to GO.....

 

[TRAVIS]

700
 
Do YOU realise that you are NO Longer a airline employee represented by either the TWU/IAM, nor an employee of AA.
 
So we the airline mechanics at AA Don't give a rats A$$ what you think.
 
get a life, is this forum all you have along with your visions of grandeur as an IAM stock Clerk/Utility person.? Take your IAM Drum and peddle your snake oil somewhere with some who cares what your selling.
 
The point of the article was to show that NON Union employees of delta, which had financial problems got something that the union employees of AA didn't. The Union was taken advantage of thru the BK process. which  hurt the families of the employees at the NEW AA both US?AA employees.
 
The TWU felt it was better to take a small raise then to share in the wind fall that happened. Just another reason the TWU needs to GO.....

Let me add this too AND THE IAM!!!!
 
GET YOUR AMFA CARDS IN NOW!!

 

[700UW]

Don't like it, use the ignore feature, typical elitist behavior, you want to silence and censor people who dont agree with you.

 

[iluvaa]

How bout this dip sh×t there 30% less is still 100% more than mine you truly are a dumb a$$

 

[swamt]

Typical post from ONE of the twins. Now you know why they are called twins...

 

[La Li Lu Le Lo]

700
 
Do YOU realise that you are NO Longer a airline employee represented by either the TWU/IAM, nor an employee of AA.
 
So we the airline mechanics at AA Don't give a rats A$$ what you think.
 
get a life, is this forum all you have along with your visions of grandeur as an IAM stock Clerk/Utility person.? Take your IAM Drum and peddle your snake oil somewhere with some who cares what your selling.
 
The point of the article was to show that NON Union employees of delta, which had financial problems got something that the union employees of AA didn't. The Union was taken advantage of thru the BK process. which  hurt the families of the employees at the NEW AA both US?AA employees.
 
The TWU felt it was better to take a small raise then to share in the wind fall that happened. Just another reason the TWU needs to GO.....

It's 700UW's (fantasy) world, you just live in it.

 

[Bob Owens]

You do realize Delta unilaterally cut the profit sharing by 33% last year from 15% to 10%? With no say oor recourse from The employees.

And you do realize that without paying any dues those mechanics are getting paid more, before profit sharing is added in than the Industry Lagging Contract the IAM negotiated with a company that posted over $1.5 billion in profits in just one quarter?

We had profit sharing in both pre and post BK agreements but Buffy's buddy Jim Little gave it away because the IAM didn't get it for their members, thats what we were told, I suppose that Buffys excuse for not getting it for the IAM at US is now because "the TWU didn't get it for their members". This is a prelude to what we will see with "the Alliance", TWU members will be told that the IAM side didn't want things and IAM members will be told that the TWU side didn't want things and all everyone wanted was "job security" and we should be willing to accept bottom of the industry, even less than NON_UNION, to get that. The Alliance will be nothing more than a multimillion dollar Flim-Flam perpetrated against the members, in fact as in the case with Profit sharing, its already begun. The fact is the TWU membership never even got the chance to vote on the loss of Profit Sharing, they did vote in a deal which promised profit sharing and the mid term wage adjustment but Little gave away at least 6 years of Profit Sharing for a 19 month 4% increase in order to align our contract more with the IAM deal which did not have Profit Sharing despite the fact that the IAM was in negotiations and could have easily added that to their table position.

Next move will be to get the our pension funds away from where they are PBGC protected and rolled into the IAM Multi-employer plan which does not offer the same protection, where they can deny us our pension if we decide to retire from AA and find another job using the skills we have, and reduce our benefits if the IAMPF comes up short. IIRC the IAMPF also exacts a much larger penalty if we retire before 60 and a penalty if we retire before 65.

We know that there are not many people coming into this industry, its a problem that every carrier faces, the option to retire from AA and start somewhere else where they pay better and have better benefits is one we should keep open, since most carriers still have several steps from new hire to top scale the ability to collect the pension we earned from AA while progressing on the steps of a new employer would mitigate the economic impact of the move, it would make it easier for us to leave. (This IAMPF policy is a pro-company anti-worker policy because it makes members captive of both the company and an ineffective contract negotiating Union) In some cases even a maxed out AA employee would see no loss of PTO by leaving AA and going to a competitor.

NO to the Alliance, its hard enough to fix one Union, let alone two.

 

[AANOTOK]

This is a prelude to what we will see with "the Alliance", TWU members will be told that the IAM side didn't want things and IAM members will be told that the TWU side didn't want things

Bingo, Bob...I think this is exactly what the "Alliance" will lead to. Now they both have a built in "out", a blame partner if you will when the masses are not happy. You hit the nail on the head sir.

 

[700UW]

The IAMNPF is not going to take your underfunded frozen pension, that would require many hurdles and it would be irresponsible fiduciary to the plan members.

 

[TRAVIS]

Take your snake oil and beat feet.
Along with your BS IAM Union.
Your DAYS ARE NUMBERED AT THIS AIRLINE.
GO SELL YOUR BS TO DELTA.

 

[700UW]

Gee isn't that what you said with the ibt raid? Are you the next ms cleo?

 

[Kev3188]

The point of the article was to show that NON Union employees of delta, which had financial problems...

What?