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- Aug 22, 2002
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E-Mail: [mailto:]
Employer: USAirways
Location: CLT H/M 1st shift Shop Steward
Message:
ATTENTION USAIRWAYS MECHANICS
I must admit that even I am shocked by the new lows set by our iam unelected leaders.
8/30 Robert Roach tells the company that the membership has spoken and that “our actions will be guided by their decisionâ€. Sounds encouraging.
9/5 iam reaches history making agreement with USAirways which allows 6.1 million dollars in bonuses to be paid only to “middle managers†not the new guys. What the? I’d rather the new guys get this money then the morons who ran us into the ground.
9/6 iam is “forced†by the company to revote. NO PROTEST IS MADE BY R.ROACH (verified by an eye witness).
9/9 I am told that the iam had to bring this out for a revote because the company said that they were going to bring it back to us regardless. Wouldn’t the “fighting machinists†fight this effort to undermine the democratic process? NO! (Keep reading, it just gets uglier).
9/10 I invite myself to the weekly conference call ( I am a shop steward) and get to hear Bill Fryberger call the membership “stupid†for rejecting the proposal that the iam didn’t endorse. “They are like little kids who play in the street no matter what ya tell ‘emâ€. This fighting machinist warrior goes on to say “â€I wish we hadn’t brought it back out, I don’t care any more†He referred to his vast seniority and said he will show he is a good union man by helping us load our tool boxes when we loose our jobs. Someone on this conference call said “I wish you could just accept this for the good of the membershipâ€.
When asked whose decision it was to re-vote Bill said “Roachâ€
9/11 On the anniversary of last years terrorist attack Charlie Nardello, the VP of maintenance who admits he is getting a $40,000 bonus, succumbs to a one hour verbal assault by me and my coworkers. The first question I asked is “why are we re-votingâ€, when he says “confusion†I asked “if we had approved this by 57% and a few complained would you call for a re-vote? He answers “NOâ€, I told him “that’s right and that proves that the real reason for the re-vote is that we voted wrong and that this is an insult, this **** normally happens in third world countries and Jimmy Carter is there to watch, I don’t see Jimmyâ€.
During this 1st shift meeting he says “we have no legal right to force a re-vote, your committee agreed to thisâ€. When we asked which one of our leaders agreed, he paused and named no one (He said Roach at the other meetings). I smell a rat.
9/12 The iam 141M update admits that “Because of correspondence we have received from the membership clearly indicating confusion about the bankruptcy process and the company's goal before the bankruptcy judge, the IAM has agreed to have another vote.†This is a new low, they're not even hiding their betrayal any more.
>From 9/9 to 9/13 I have attempted to get answers from our leadership as to the membership’s legal rights should this final offer be re-rejected on 9/17 and to date we have no official answer.
Our AGC’s haven’t stepped foot in the hangar since Roaches betrayal and it is becoming increasingly obvious that they don’t want to do what the company clown Nardello did , help the no vote by telling the membership that should the judge abrogate our contract the iam will have to fight in court so that we may have the legal right to strike.
The iam wants no part of this fight, but if they don’t do their duty they will suffer the mother of all class action law suits.
The iam knows that their days as a mechanic representative are numbered; If this ILC is ratified they will spend the next decade making fun of the AMFA contract at USAirways. All they want is for this to pass so that mechanics are screwed and the planners, tech specialists and stock clerks have a contract in place, in the words of one angry stock clerk I met this week. Without mechanics, they will be like a tail without a dog.
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E-Mail: [mailto:]
Employer: USAirways
Location: CLT H/M 1st shift Shop Steward
Message:
ATTENTION USAIRWAYS MECHANICS
I must admit that even I am shocked by the new lows set by our iam unelected leaders.
8/30 Robert Roach tells the company that the membership has spoken and that “our actions will be guided by their decisionâ€. Sounds encouraging.
9/5 iam reaches history making agreement with USAirways which allows 6.1 million dollars in bonuses to be paid only to “middle managers†not the new guys. What the? I’d rather the new guys get this money then the morons who ran us into the ground.
9/6 iam is “forced†by the company to revote. NO PROTEST IS MADE BY R.ROACH (verified by an eye witness).
9/9 I am told that the iam had to bring this out for a revote because the company said that they were going to bring it back to us regardless. Wouldn’t the “fighting machinists†fight this effort to undermine the democratic process? NO! (Keep reading, it just gets uglier).
9/10 I invite myself to the weekly conference call ( I am a shop steward) and get to hear Bill Fryberger call the membership “stupid†for rejecting the proposal that the iam didn’t endorse. “They are like little kids who play in the street no matter what ya tell ‘emâ€. This fighting machinist warrior goes on to say “â€I wish we hadn’t brought it back out, I don’t care any more†He referred to his vast seniority and said he will show he is a good union man by helping us load our tool boxes when we loose our jobs. Someone on this conference call said “I wish you could just accept this for the good of the membershipâ€.
When asked whose decision it was to re-vote Bill said “Roachâ€
9/11 On the anniversary of last years terrorist attack Charlie Nardello, the VP of maintenance who admits he is getting a $40,000 bonus, succumbs to a one hour verbal assault by me and my coworkers. The first question I asked is “why are we re-votingâ€, when he says “confusion†I asked “if we had approved this by 57% and a few complained would you call for a re-vote? He answers “NOâ€, I told him “that’s right and that proves that the real reason for the re-vote is that we voted wrong and that this is an insult, this **** normally happens in third world countries and Jimmy Carter is there to watch, I don’t see Jimmyâ€.
During this 1st shift meeting he says “we have no legal right to force a re-vote, your committee agreed to thisâ€. When we asked which one of our leaders agreed, he paused and named no one (He said Roach at the other meetings). I smell a rat.
9/12 The iam 141M update admits that “Because of correspondence we have received from the membership clearly indicating confusion about the bankruptcy process and the company's goal before the bankruptcy judge, the IAM has agreed to have another vote.†This is a new low, they're not even hiding their betrayal any more.
>From 9/9 to 9/13 I have attempted to get answers from our leadership as to the membership’s legal rights should this final offer be re-rejected on 9/17 and to date we have no official answer.
Our AGC’s haven’t stepped foot in the hangar since Roaches betrayal and it is becoming increasingly obvious that they don’t want to do what the company clown Nardello did , help the no vote by telling the membership that should the judge abrogate our contract the iam will have to fight in court so that we may have the legal right to strike.
The iam wants no part of this fight, but if they don’t do their duty they will suffer the mother of all class action law suits.
The iam knows that their days as a mechanic representative are numbered; If this ILC is ratified they will spend the next decade making fun of the AMFA contract at USAirways. All they want is for this to pass so that mechanics are screwed and the planners, tech specialists and stock clerks have a contract in place, in the words of one angry stock clerk I met this week. Without mechanics, they will be like a tail without a dog.
