Yes, he is a real asshole and it's his way or the highway, he is out of Baltimore, he drives the negotiations, and everyone sits there and says whatever Bob wants. Oh what a shocker it passed to spend the $20,000 to run the advertising campaign against SWA, oh well.
Another waste of money. Hell they could of spend that 20g's on those phoney amfa pocket calendars they put out every year. Or they could have gave seham his Christmas bonus with it. What are they thinking?
I'll have another, that's out of local 4 budget, not the international, I would've rather given to the poor local 18, guys, but by golly know it Bob, thinks it is money well spent. Oh Seham got $65,000 out of local 4.
The problem is you tell your union you what to vote on something, or you think they should've tried the med arb, and the union doesn't listen, it makes you mad.
I don't think the outstations could carry the vote, if you guys don't want something to pass.
So basically what you are saying if the company comes up with enough money, we would gladly sell our scope, and the very thing you accused me of , and complained about the industrial unions, we can be bought.
First, you have to understand the majority lost seniority with this AirTran merger. I know guys that lost over 300 slots. They will not forget! Now if they lose job security, forced to bump, commute, etc... amfa will not be in a very good position. Like I said before, the vast majority have nothing to do with the union. They could careless who's names on the door. All they want is positive results. Job security, and I'll include station security because of the horrible mechanic to aircraft ratio, competitive wages, fair work rules, and reasonable healthcare. The maintenance program or the name of the program they could careless. That's managements game.
Try to recall an ALR from a outstation. Not that easy! You need 25% of the local to sign to get the recall going.
AMFA has some weird rules if you are a negotiating committee member it might take 50 % and two locals to do it, I need to do some more research , if that is the,case, that probably explains his arrogance , because might be impossible to remove him, because the votes needed to do it.
No most of those guys were happy with the raise.
Most of us thought we should've gotten six years, if we ever got the Teamsters back, which I highly doubt, the seniority list would stay the same, that's set in stone.We are working on the ALR situation .
If you think the majority that lost seniority even with a 4 year bump is a amfa win, we are in trouble. Seems to me the AirTran teamster got the best of that deal. Easily could have got them for 6. Heard plenty of junior guys say they were all for selling sick time for 10 cents on the dollar just to lash back for the seniority loss. They don't forget!
