Airline NewsJanuary 26th, 2012 Jerry Posted in News | Comments Off
Southwest Airlines Reservations Agent Melissa Campbell has worked for Southwest Airlines for 25 years. She has a great working together relationship with management and an IAM Contract that pays $26.49 an hour, double time overtime, retirement plan and health insurance. At $26.88/hour, her counterparts in Customer Service make slightly more.
Funny how Southwest management gets along with employees, shareholders, and the IAM—but United, well, is overrun with lawyers. Fact-check that.
January 22nd, 2012 Jerry Posted in News | Comments Off
Public Contact Employees have begun receiving their necessary voting instructions for the representation election at their homes.
They have also begun receiving almost daily information from United Airlines begging them to vote against the IAM.
Most United employees can remember that the only letters received from United previously were sent to satisfy some legal requirement of notification of the bankruptcy court or the Pension Benefit Guarantee Corporation.
Now their videos and letters highlight how they would love to work directly with each and every employee.
December 14th, 2011 Jerry Posted in News | Comments Off
The Negotiation Committee met with the company during the week of November 28. To date, we have made proposals regarding Purpose of the Agreement, Limited Duty, Seniority, Overtime, Probation and Shift Definitions. We have also had many conversations to clarify positions on current language. The Committee has taken a position of clarifying language before writing new language. We continue to keep in mind the survey and issues that arise every day with the current CBA. This is a painstakingly slow process, but necessary to insure that no issue gets passed over because we hurried. Our next two negotiating sessions will take place the week of January23rd and the week of March 5th.
December 14th, 2011 Jerry Posted in News | Comments Off
December 14, 2011—While many Americans are losing their homes, or struggling to keep mortgages afloat, American Airlines listed a home used for executives including CEO Thomas Horton. The $30 million five-bedroom home is located in the high-end Kensington district , a ten-minute walk from the former home of Princess Diana, with gentry and diplomats as neighbors. American declared bankruptcy with $30 billion in cash and assets, blaming labor rules and costs in part for its mismanagement woes. United Airlines took similar action in the longest, most costly bankruptcy on record, gutting employee pensions, pay, and benefits, with no restitution to date. United now says employees should “trust management.”
December 12th, 2011 Jerry Posted in News | Comments Off
December 12, 2011—The International Association of Machinists and Aerospace Workers (IAM) welcomed today’s National Mediation Board (NMB) single carrier ruling for Passenger Service and Reservation Employees at United Airlines, Continental Airlines and Continental Micronesia. The ruling follows the merger of the three airlines and is necessary before union representation issues can be resolved and integration of the pre-merger Passenger Service groups can occur.
“The IAM is eager to bring the benefits of a secure union contract to all Passenger Service and Reservation Employees at the combined airline,” said General Vice President Robert Roach, Jr.
The NMB decision sets in motion a 14-day period during which the IAM will provide evidence of support for the NMB to call for a union representation election. The Board requires a “showing of interest” by at least 35 percent of the combined classification before an election will be scheduled. The NMB will set the time frame for an election after the fourteen days expires.
The IAM represents 9,400 United Airlines Passenger Service Employees, while 7,000 Continental Passenger Service Employees are currently unrepresented. Another 175 Continental Micronesia employees are currently represented by another union.
