furloughfodder
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Ok, so we all know about the "Fired 24" Polar pilots. The rumor is Atlas/Polar will be announcing 14 more Polar Firings this week, and as many as 58 by the time they are done.
Atlas and Polar are both ALPA. There is a rumor floating around that the Atlas MEC will be authorizing a "Sympathy Strike" in the event Polar goes on strike September 16th. The details are still sketchy, but ALPA legal will probably wait until the last moment to announce the Atlas strike, due to the fact that it would be a last ditch effort to get Atlas management to the table. They also don't want to give the company time to begin hiring a scab workforce. So far, since the beginning of the 30-day cooling off period, Atlas has refused to come to the bargaining table as required by the NMB for Super-Mediation.
This would shut down the largest 747 Freight company in the world, overnight.
This is a good turn of events, and it is good to see the Atlas pilots standing side by side with their Polar brothers and sisters to put an end to the insanity in this industry.
Atlas and Polar are both ALPA. There is a rumor floating around that the Atlas MEC will be authorizing a "Sympathy Strike" in the event Polar goes on strike September 16th. The details are still sketchy, but ALPA legal will probably wait until the last moment to announce the Atlas strike, due to the fact that it would be a last ditch effort to get Atlas management to the table. They also don't want to give the company time to begin hiring a scab workforce. So far, since the beginning of the 30-day cooling off period, Atlas has refused to come to the bargaining table as required by the NMB for Super-Mediation.
This would shut down the largest 747 Freight company in the world, overnight.
This is a good turn of events, and it is good to see the Atlas pilots standing side by side with their Polar brothers and sisters to put an end to the insanity in this industry.
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