I think at least every quarter on the AMFA national website an accounting should be posted for all to see of where our dues money is going to include legal fees an to who the payouts went and for what. AMFA boast transparency then it should be posted for all to see. What does it cost for those pocket calendars that most don't use, etc...you know legal fees will be the big enchilada.
They the Airtran guys could have faught it, but the fear of God was put in them that they wouldn't have a job by AMFA, the democratic union that talked about carrying a mechanics seniority which all know is a crock, and yes I am a AMFA member, that questions not wanting to aduit a law firm that over charges us, I don't believe everything the company tells me, nor do I believe everything my union tells me !
Of course I am a member just not a die hard one. I don't think it a big undertaking to post quarterly expenses. It may actually benefit amfa if done right. For a member to inquire about legal fees being spent and who is getting them or why the same legal group, what's wrong with that?
You might step on someone's toes and they might get upset !!!
Took a look online for amfa' 2016 LM-2 report. Found it at olms.dol-esa.gov. It shows transaction to Seham for $311,056 for the year 2016. Doesn't show any other law firm receiving payment from amfa for 2016. All public info.You might step on someone's toes and they might get upset !!!
All I can say is I don't want to hear how crooked the Teamsters were, and our officers don't want to do an audit on Seham law firm, and entertain a bid for another law firm, that is not smart business of our dues money taken out of our pockets once a month, sounds like someone's pockets are getting lined and not ours!
I wonder, does our union dues pay the legal fees for air21 filings or is that between the individual and the company?
It depends on the circumstances, if the union board approves it, they might pay the fees, you could always ask at the next quarterly AMFA meeting, but it will have to be the first meeting, because the rest are information only, first meeting is for new business !
Not even close to drifting the way the teamsters were, nowhere even remotely close to even starting in that direction. I tend to agree with WN, By your postings you really don't know why they were fired.
And they were in stall mode for 4 years after that. The company only recently started to try to actually push to get a deal done in the last 2 nego sessions, all the while stalling for the full 5 years to get the 5 year pay freeze they said they wanted from the very beginning.
You sir, need to get a hold of the NC and ask them your questions.
Wrong! No one lost any seniority on either side. Nego's between AMFA and the teamsters were extremely heated because the teamsters (international) refused to let the membership decide because the teamsters were hell bent on winning "at all cost" against AMFA who was brought in in a record 2 weeks drive that got the teamsters fired. The nego cmte for A/T and the A/T mechanics themselves told the teamsters to put it out for a vote or they were gonna sue the teamsters for FTR. The teamsters were the ones holding up the A/T guys from getting on our contract months upon months eirlier--period. The threat of jobs came from the co. NOT AMFA and that is fact sir. ( ythis last sentence was meant for driver..)
The fear of God (your words) was put in them by the company NOT AMFA. The ONLY thing AMFA did was nego at the table, it was the co. that finally told the teamsters they better let the A/T mechanics at least vote on what they had. Then BAM!!! It passed on the A/T side by an overwhelming 86% plus vote with almost every single mechanic voting on it on the A/T side. This vote clearly showed how bad A/T mechanics wanted to move on, and it was the teamsters holding everything up at the cost of the A/T membership.
The teamsters were crooked and still are crooked and you know it. They are in fact right now in court being sued for their same ole union tactics just like yester years. Local 19 was running a used car scam thru the local's employees with the pres and secretary pocketing thousands upon thousands. Not to mention they would also claim 5-20K spent on local 19's union office supplies when not one item within the local 19 was new or replaced. You dam right they were crooks. There's plenty more and you know about them as close as you were to them.
Wasn't trying to make them look good, put your Pom poms down for a minute and think we are at 5 years probably going to 6 No one ever wants to entertain looking for another law firm, so therefore someone is getting paid to keep them, not any difference between the Teamsters, or congress, or a city council!
Most of us wanted the Airtran guys stapled to the bottom, AMFA used the company to put the fear of God in them, the ones Airtran if you talk to them said the AMFA area rep and he is still a rep won't use his name, told them they need to take this deal, and they were lucky they weren't on the bottom of list unquote !
