Josh,
Now you say UA will not outsource the sub-CO and UAX work in BOS. Why then negotiate any protections? Just trust UA I assume? Not smart.
Little Man,
I just showed you in the 23 stations that no employee, including PCE and Stores, can be displaced from their location. You didn't know that, and that's really a shame since you pose as some kind of leader. BOS does not have complete scope now, along with many, many other locations.
Under TA1 the whole gained more protections. As for the non hubs and non T2 stations, they were protected by seniority based protections of 1999--no furlough for any reason--and 2006--no furlough due to outsourcing. . At least these people have options to maintain their employment if a station goes all UAX. No contract in the industry protected more work and more people, none.
Your beloved WN scope protects no work, just people.
Contract out lead work? Are you off your meds? Why do that when no lead can be displaced from the location?
Show me one contract in the industry that disallows an employee from being displaced from their location?
Every single existing Reservations job was protected under pure scope language in TA1.
Again you display your true ignorance regarding these issues.
That's the problem, you even protected the foreign call centers by agreeing that they can continue doing the work. Right or Wrong? Don't you nitwits realize that all other airlines, including non union ones insourced reservations? Sheeeshhhh.
And as soon as TA1 would have passed, all ramp/PCE overtime would have been cut in those 23 stations, as management would have implemented the advantages that it wanted and got from you clowns in TA1, including the contracting out clause. Many of those 23 stations would have also presumably had a skeleton work force with most of the old timers taking the buyout. I would reasonably expect half of BOS to be contracted out if TA2 juiced up the buyout and kept the same dopey contracting out language. All overtime would be halted, perhaps bagroom, ramp, Lead work, or any combination would immediately happen without little doubt. All this clause did was give 2 year grandfather rights to the remaining employees. That's all it is, grandfather rights for 2 years. What is amazing is that you tossed out REAL SCOPE in the current contract for a station like BOS or JFK, and handed over all contracting out rights to management, provided that they grant 2 year grandfather rights to any remaining employee. ARE U NUTS?? You claim industry leading by standing on GRANDFATHER RIGHTS with drop dead dates?
I'm still amazed that we have to even discuss this because most of these employees don't plan on dying in two years, they plan on working for years to come, but you will not afford them to, because after 2 years, management will surely give them the boot. I've read some of your ignorant emails telling your members how today isn't the time to fight and you will be stronger in 2016. HOW? You will have 7 stations or less by then, and management will have 82 or more. Management will simply suggest that if you want another contract with pay raises then you must eliminate half of the remaining protected stations, whether that is 7 or less that are remaining at that point.
I question your 20,000 out of 28,000 having their work protected since there is no evidence in the TA1 regarding 2014. Is ORD protected if you nitwits didn't protect CLE? CLE is only a F Midwest hub like ORD. But, knowing how the 'drop dead' and Cinderella midnight dates are timed bombed with the witches hourglass in 2016, I think it is fairly reasonable with good math that only 7,000 or so of 28,000 will remain. At any rate, even with your Delaney glasses on, the best scenario wouldn't leave anything more than 10,000 tops out of 28,000 left. The only thing left to be negotiated then would be the company saying SCREW YOU unless you give us 3 more stations. Would you give LAX, DEN, IAD next time to protect ORD if ORD is still around?
That contract sucked so bad regarding its job killing lack of scope along with a dozen pages of contracting out language, that we don't even have to discuss the total disregard of work rules. There is a reason why the company wanted unlimited start times. See Delta. Hell, Delta, in a twisted way may even be a better place to work instead of being stuck under the TA1 anti labor concentration camp contract.
