Delta's EVP of HR, from Anti-Pilot Union-Busting Law Firm Ford & Harrison

[Rez O. Lewshun]

ALPA has divided us....WE aren't on the same team...

It takes at least two. Let me guess. You always played fair. Its the other guys fault.

One only has to look at the NWA/DAL and AAA/AWA properties to see that....It obvious to everyone but you cheerleaders.....

You don't speak for me. You don't speak for anyone. And you failed when you were S/T meaning you can't speak for pilots even when elected..

Big problems... quite obvious to me... but I am willing to help out.... not be a hater and divider.

I take no glee in this as it will affect us negatively here at ASA also....I understand the concept of a rising tide.....We aren't rising and it will hurt ALL of us....

Sorry Joe. You live for this hate and watching ALPA fail. It is your hobby. Hating ALPA is what you do.. for if you had no one to hate then you'd have to hate yourself....

Like my CMR friend said....This is like watching a snake eat a rat....It is repulsive...but you can't help but watch.....

You have freinds? You probably have a following cause you to talk big against ALPA and spew your hate. All bark and no bite.

Take off the pom-poms and look around......We have done far more harm than Ford & Harrison......

If I were you I'd bill F&H... at least get paid for being a union busting tool. You do more for them than they could do themselves. You are the inside man they never had to infiltrate the organization with...

With your drivel about how to use ALPA-PAC envelopes and change dues check off... you are the complete union busting tool... and you do it for free...

 

[Voice Of Reason]

One of the best books I ever read. Allows you to see right through management negotiating tactics, especially the ones orchestrated by ford and harrison, who have done not one original thing in 25 years.

Well worth the purchase. Buy Hard Landing at the same time.

Thanks for posting the link...I wasn't finding it on Amazon the other day for some reason.
Everyone needs to know who the enemy really is and how they operate. (ATTENTION DL guys)!:smash:

 

[felixf16]

The mature and professional way to complain is present the problem and the solution. At a minimum one should say.. We've got problems, I don't the fix but I am ready to help out...

Rez,

I am a former Delta F/O who resigned after 22 years in the "business" to attend law school.

In an effort to help-out my former colleagues, I have offered to volunteer my fledgling legal "skills" to ALPA as an inactive member, but never received even a phone call in return.

My experience has been that ALPA insiders tend to foreclose those who offer help in an effort to preserve the clubby nature of "their" association. As such, I'm not buying the hackneyed, "You don't have a right to complain if you aren't involved in the union" rhetoric.

Perhaps it would be in ALPA's best interest to seek-out and embrace some dissenting opinion. It might thus better formulate strategies to serve its membership, and not merely the organization itself.

Best,

Felix

 

[Voice Of Reason]

When gas gets even higher this summer, and people radically cut their travel, and the DL pilots continue to be taken in by every trick from the "CONFESSIONS OF A UNION BUSTER" handbook, and when by January (the month that your alleged new union busting contract starts) the new (even worse) economy will deem it null & void...that'll be okay, because even though you'll see none of it, you consorted with greedy CEOs (who will be long gone soon) to ensure that the mass furloughs will occur via the NWA guys you did INDEED "throw under the bus."
Your pilot group will be looked on accordingly in the industry an ALL that comes with that rep, I assure you.
Ford & Harrison has made a decades old career of outwitting the naive in the pilot ranks, and you fell for it in such a textbook way. Sad.
As for ALPA NATIONAL: You should be ashamed of all that you have allowed to occur, and I'm betting the USAPA is just the beginning of your troubles if you don't IMMEDIATELY deny the actions of the DL MEC. This industry has been infected by ills that ALPA, with all their resources and access to lobbyists has ignored! THAT is why your end is near unless you ACT NOW!
I have all the respect in the world for the NWA guys who have seen this happen again and again, and KNOW what is coming. SUUUURE you're getting a raise and "equity stake" (nevermind the market dumps on this deal, or the RECESSION, or the GAS prices still skyrocketing, and people who won't be buying (the newly raised in a recession) tickets.
Hello????? NWA guys are willing to stand their ground to protect SENIORITY that we all hold dear as pilots in EVERY part of the industry!
NOW do you get why seniority is all that matters???
Oh yeah, no...you don't...because you are STEALING from a perfectly stand alone carrier's account and stealing (in the name of "merger") a pilot group that you only want to pad the bottom when they DO INDEED furlough.
Thanks, Delta MEC for helping to aid in the ills of this industry, and greatly limiting all pilot's options to join the majors for a LEGITIMATE career with legitimate seniority.
Argh...vent done...thought my company was the worst, but this takes the cake. No wonder people are leaving the industry in droves...

Sorry for quoting myself...just wondering if anything has come from ALPA National (any kind of statement, press release, etc) about where they stand as to what transpired with DL w/mgt against NWA guys? Considering the message they got today, they better start standing for something????

 

[241BlujucCktl]

I feel sorry for Delta, Jet Blue or anybody else who has gone up against Ford and Harrison. That law firm knows it's way around the railway labor act and can run rings around ALPA's on staff attorney's. If you have pilots negotiating against Fand H you are screwed before you enter the room. Get professional negotiators (lawyers and beancounters). Fand H will take what is black and white and make it grey. They know the years it takes to get resolution from a grievance is money in the pocket of corporate at the expense of the pilots.

Best of luck Delta.

 

[Voice Of Reason]

I feel sorry for Delta, Jet Blue or anybody else who has gone up against Ford and Harrison. That law firm knows it's way around the railway labor act and can run rings around ALPA's on staff attorney's. If you have pilots negotiating against Fand H you are screwed before you enter the room. Get professional negotiators (lawyers and beancounters). Fand H will take what is black and white and make it grey. They know the years it takes to get resolution from a grievance is money in the pocket of corporate at the expense of the pilots.

Best of luck Delta.

It's a sick company! Get the word out that Mike Campbell from F & H is likely running this whole DL/NWA show like he's a puppet master! Don't let this horrible co. win!

 

[Voice Of Reason]

MIKE CAMPBELL from FORD & HARRISON WORKING AGAINST *ALL* PILOTS

YUP. See 2nd to last paragraph, last name on the "management negotiating team" for the merger. Didn't know "Human Resources" was so powerful...
http://forums.flightinfo.com/showthread.php?t=111727 <--

 

[Voice Of Reason]

::::bumpity-bump for the Moak lovers drinking the Kool-Aid:::

 

[Voice Of Reason]

Yet ANOTHER F & H in the mix (one of hundreds, likely)

(article likely fed from F & H solutions guy mentioned in in...more using the press to alter public perception. Nice teamwork!)

www.chicagotribune.com/business/chi-wed_airlinesapr16,0,1568445.story
chicagotribune.com

Pay dividing pilots at Delta, Northwest

By Julie Johnsson
Tribune Reporter
April 16, 2008


Pilots of Delta Air Lines Inc. and Northwest Airlines Corp. face very different financial prospects as the two carriers merge to form the world's largest airline, a disparity that could fuel labor battles between the two groups.

Delta pilots, who support the deal announced Monday, stand to gain a 17 percent increase in pay over the next four years, a 3.5 percent equity stake in the merged carrier, a higher contribution to their 401(k)-like pension plan and a guarantee none in their ranks will be furloughed for two years after the deal closes.

The gains, which result from a new contract hammered out by Delta's pilots and management over the weekend, were spelled out in a letter Monday from Lee Moak, the head of Delta's pilots union, to his members.

They are expected to form a template for concessions to be sought by pilots at United Airlines and Continental Airlines as their companies explore a tie-up, analysts said.

Northwest pilots aren't guaranteed a share of the largesse, however. That is punishment, union leaders claim in a letter Monday to rank-and-file members, for their unwillingness to support the deal or agree to terms that Northwest pilots felt would have given their Delta counterparts preferential treatment.

"No pilot group is going to put up with this," wrote Dave Stevens, head of the Northwest pilots union.

The two pilot groups likely are headed for arbitration to resolve differences over seniority, the pecking order that determines the planes pilots fly, their pay and their work conditions, said Jerry Glass, president of F&H Solutions Group, a human resources and management consulting firm based in Washington, D.C.

That's something the unions had sought to avoid, after arbitration led to a bitter split among pilots at US Airways, which still is struggling to integrate work groups more than two years after it merged with America West.

United and Continental pilots unions, meanwhile, on Tuesday demanded a say in any merger talks between the companies. One analyst predicted a smoother integration process for United and Continental since their pilots groups match up comparatively well. Most pilots at Chicago-based United are in the middle of their careers, while their Continental peers tend to be clustered at the beginning or end of their careers.

"Look at how long the Delta-Northwest pilots threw rocks at each other on the seniority issue," said Julius Maldutis, a New York-based airline analyst. "This could be quite different."

Investors panned Delta's long-in-the-works deal with Northwest, sending shares of both companies down sharply on Tuesday on disappointment that the deal may not yield as much in cost savings or higher revenue as Wall Street expected.

If Delta and Northwest are going to complete their combination, they also will have politicians to placate and antitrust regulators to convince. Delta and Northwest executives said they are aiming to close their deal by the end of this year, which would be before the end of the merger-friendly Bush administration.

Shares of both companies fell Tuesday, reducing the deal's value of Northwest to $3.3 billion. Northwest lost 94 cents, or 8.4 percent, to $10.28; Delta slipped $1.32, or 12.6 percent, to $9.16.

Meanwhile, Glenn Tilton, chairman and chief executive of United Airlines parent UAL Corp., said the carrier will participate in the industry's merger activity "when and if it is the right choice."

Tilton made the comments in a message to workers Tuesday in response to the Delta-Northwest tie-up, which is seen by many observers as setting the stage for a possible United-Continental combination. Tilton noted that he has "long advocated that the U.S. airline industry would benefit from consolidation."

Consolidation will help domestic airlines compete against the growing number of foreign carriers serving the U.S., Tilton said. The one-two punch of soaring fuel costs and a weakening economy are accelerating the need for a different approach, he maintained.

Tribune reporter James P. Miller and Tribune wires contributed to this report.

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Copyright © 2008, Chicago Tribune

 

[Voice Of Reason]

info from another thrad very applicable to this one/for future search & info

There are two big "labor relations" (aka, union-busting) firms that serve the airline industry:
Ford & Harrison, and Baker & Hostetler.
F & H is the most common, but both are filled with Lorenzo-era attorneys that have made an entire career of busting airline labor. The fact that they're making life difficult for the fractional pilots now too doesn't surprise me. Not enough to rape the airline guys, I guess. Gotta expand their horizons. May they all rot in hell.

http://www.martindale.com/Ford-Harrison-LLP/law-firm-111730-offices.htm (F&H seems to have offices covering airline HQs well)

http://www.bakerlaw.com/AboutUs.aspx?Abs_WP_ID=56b84b31-3f37-41eb-8960-e42b349976f6

And don't forget my all time favorite Seham,Seham and Smeltz.
PHXFLYR

(ed-- Seham, Seham, Meltz & Peterson, LLP http://www.ssmplaw.com/ )

Hope everyone is memorizing these names (and initials in the case of "F & H Solutions") and checking your corporate bios (HR especially). They won't necessarily list them, but often do.

 

[Voice Of Reason]

bump needed due to AFM on the jumpseat thread...refresher on tactics

 

[Voice Of Reason]

Think Critically!

It should be noted that Ford & Harrison does not hold the monopoly on these types of tactics. Big business aided (sometimes unwittingly) by the media to create whatever drama will causes outcomes which benefit them, do this as well (see: JPMorgan predicting airline bankruptcies thread as one of MANY examples of how this is done on the sly)

 

[Voice Of Reason]

More Continental guys on here that would like to share your experiences with Mr. Campbell while he was there? Was he there to "help" mgt and pilots enjoy a great relationship like DL pilots think they're having with the mgt that brought him onboard?

 

[aircowboy]

Delta and NWA guys need to pay attention to this. F and H is a pilot groups worst enemy and they are running the show right now. Tell Moak to cut the puppet strings.

 

[Cobraair75drvr]

Moak and dalpa know full and well what F&H are up to. They are in cahoots and have been bought off with LOA19 and promises of major expansion of Asia flying to turn the other eye on the plan.

Delta and NWA guys need to pay attention to this. F and H is a pilot groups worst enemy and they are running the show right now. Tell Moak to cut the puppet strings.

 

[737 Pylt]

Moak and dalpa know full and well what F&H are up to. They are in cahoots and have been bought off with LOA19 and promises of major expansion of Asia flying to turn the other eye on the plan.

More from JTF, the "baghdad bob" news of the NWA MEC??

737

 

[Jmoney]

More from JTF, the "baghdad bob" news of the NWA MEC??

737

You deserve the very best! You will enjoy the butt-drilling you are about to get!

-Congrats, Idiot!

 

[737 Pylt]

You deserve the very best! You will enjoy the butt-drilling you are about to get!

-Congrats, Idiot!

More homo comments? I guess your myspace page is really slow today, eh sport?

Go back to tossing your boyfriends salad, or whatever it is you do, you're an annoying little troll!

737

 

[Voice Of Reason]

PS--

Wouldn't be the least bit surprised if this is the "leak" spreading the FUD in regard to the whole "Pilots holding the whole deal up" theme that the naive media seems all too eager to scoop up.

He started at DL just in 2006 guess that should have been the foreshadowing the whole merger was imminent. Isn't that also about the time NW's CEO came over?

Ford & Harrison are plotting their own special place in h*ll
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Looks like he went back to F&H at the beginning of 2005 (then to DL 2006) so likely as a 'founding member' still "there" too. Likely at DL for a temp assignment, just like when with CO...will he "retire" from DL too or be sent packing by ALPA first so he can't interfere in another pilot group's livelihood?

http://www.fordharrison.com/shownews.aspx?Show=1139

"Continental SVP, Michael Campbell, Rejoins Ford & Harrison LLP

10/18/2004

Atlanta — Ford & Harrison LLP today announced that Michael H. Campbell, Senior Vice President of Human Resources and Labor Relations of Continental Airlines, will rejoin the firm as Of Counsel effective January 1, 2005. He is retiring after eight years with Continental.
Before joining Continental, one of the nation’s top five air carriers, Campbell practiced at Ford & Harrison where he was one of the firm’s original founding partners.
“I'm quite pleased to have the opportunity to work with Michael as a colleague again,” said Lash Harrison, Ford & Harrison’s managing partner. “His experience at Continental will be a valuable asset to the firm and, most importantly, to our clients in the airline industry.”
Campbell will practice with the firm’s airline group representing airline clients in the areas of traditional labor and employment law. Ford & Harrison has a national reputation for its representation in the airline industry and currently represents over fifty (50) airlines, including major and regional airlines, low cost carriers, foreign flag carriers, overnight express carriers, charter/supplemental airlines, and cargo airlines.
At Continental, Campbell’s role included employee relations where he assisted in establishing a positive labor relations climate, improving productivity and achieving better wages, benefits and training for the company’s employees. In part due to his efforts, FORTUNE magazine ranks Continental one of the 100 Best Companies to Work For in America, an honor it has earned for six consecutive years.
“I am delighted to be rejoining Ford & Harrison and am proud of the firm’s growth and expansion over the years,” said Campbell. “Having been in the airline industry for thirty years, I know what a great reputation Ford & Harrison has for its airline practice, and I’m eager to work again with lawyers of such a caliber.”
Campbell earned a B.A. from the University of Richmond, where he graduated Phi Beta Kappa, and a J.D. from the University of Virginia School of Law."

He still at Delta "guiding the employees"? :erm:

 

[Capi_Cafre']

He still at Delta "guiding the employees"? :erm:

F & H alums guide airline employees kinda like the way Zed "guided" Marsellus Wallace.

 

[Voice Of Reason]

Watch Out Today Dl & Nw Guys!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

Yup, Mike Campbell of Ford & Harrison is STILL there...in fact I got a message from a buddy today (he got a letter that) that he's meeting with the NW/DL pilot MEC TODAY~!!!! :angryfire

 

[Voice Of Reason]

--->How's RA's HIRED HAND for a REASON Doing over Yonder? <---

So Is Campbell Working on Taking Your Scope, Furlough Protections & Manipulating Trip Rigs over there yet? I'm sure he's fully immersed in Jedi Mind Trickery with Moak as we speak...pilots never learn, even though these slimes go airline to airline doing the same thing....You won't realize it until it's a done deal I guess...Don't say I didn't warn you guys

Delta's EVP of HR, Mike H. Campbell, from Anti-Pilot Union-Busting Law Firm Ford & Harrison
http://www.ajc.com/news/content/business/delta/stories/2008/02/19/dalbios_0220.html

Company leaders: Who will decide

Published on: 02/19/08
Directors of Atlanta-based Delta Air Lines and Minneapolis-based Northwest Airlines are meeting this week to consider the pros and cons of combining. The board members will weigh efficiencies gained by being the world's largest airline against the complexities of joining unions and other employees, fleets, routes and operational systems. If they agree to move forward, a merger could be announced as soon as Thursday. Here is a who's who of decision makers:

DELTA EXECUTIVES
Richard Anderson, 52, became CEO in September, after five months on Delta's board. A lawyer and Texas native, he started at Continental Airlines in 1987. In 1990, he went to Northwest, where he was CEO from 2001-2004. He was an executive vice president of UnitedHealth Group before taking Delta's top post. He is expected to be CEO of a combined Delta-Northwest. But if he doesn't get the job, he is entitled to a potential payout of $14.1 million in stock and cash. He has said he would waive such compensation.

Edward Bastian, 50, president since September 2007 and chief financial officer since 2005. Oversaw Delta's restructuring under bankruptcy. Joined Delta in 1998, left in early 2005 to be CFO of Atlanta-based lighting maker Acuity Brands but returned in July 2005. Previously worked at PepsiCo and in the New York audit practice of accounting firm Price Waterhouse (now PricewaterhouseCoopers).

Mike H. Campbell, 59, executive vice president human resources, labor and communications, joined Delta in 2006 from Atlanta-based law firm Ford & Harrison, where he was a founding partner. Oversaw human resources and labor relations for Continental in the 1990s.

Stephen E. Gorman, 52, executive vice president of operations, joined Delta in December 2007 from Greyhound Lines, where he was CEO and credited with increasing revenue per mile by more than 30 percent. He also held executive posts at Krispy Kreme Doughnuts and Northwest Airlines, where he worked from 1996-2001.

Glen W. Hauenstein, 45, executive vice president of network and revenue management. Has overseen Delta's global fleet efficiency push. Joined Delta in 2005 from Alitalia, where he was chief commercial officer and chief operating officer. During his two years there, Alitalia's revenues grew by almost 20 percent while the fleet was reduced by more than 10 percent. He previously was senior vice president of network for Continental, where he started in 1987 as international controller.

THE DELTA BOARD
Any decision to pursue a merger needs approval of Delta's 10-member board, newly constituted by creditors when the airline emerged from bankruptcy in spring 2007. Anderson has a board seat; here are the others:
• Daniel Carp, 59, joined board in 2007, nonexecutive board chairman. Retired Eastman Kodak chief executive, known for prodding Kodak to start its transformation to digital.
• John Brinzo, 66, joined 2007, chairman of Cleveland-Cliffs, which mines and sells iron ore pellets.
• Richard Goeltz, 65, joined 2007, retired vice chairman and chief financial officer of American Express, a major Delta vendor and financial backer during bankruptcy.
• Eugene Davis, 49, joined 2007, chairman and CEO of Pirinate Consulting Group. Previously held top posts at Emerson Radio and Sport Supply Group.
• Victor Lund, 60, joined 2007, former chairman and chief executive of American Stores, a supermarket chain.
• Walter Massey, 69, joined 2007, former Morehouse College president and the only Atlantan among the new directors.
• David Goode, 67, joined 1999, retired chairman of rail transportation company Norfolk Southern.
• Paula Rosput Reynolds, 51, joined 2004, former AGL Resources chief, now CEO of Seattle-based insurer Safeco.
• Kenneth Woodrow, 63, on board since 2004, retired vice chairman and president of retailer Target.


NORTHWEST EXECUTIVES
Douglas Steenland, 56, CEO since October 2004 and Northwest's president since April 2001. Led the airline through bankruptcy. In 2006, he was among airline executives who successfully lobbied Congress to change pension law to help them avoid defaulting pension plans. Joined Northwest in 1991 as deputy general counsel. Worked under Anderson when he was Northwest CEO. Also served in the Office of the General Counsel of the U.S. Department of Transportation. His potential payout if a merger knocks him out of the top post: $7.8 million in cash and benefits (plus $4.12 million in current value pension benefits).

Neal Cohen, 47, joined Northwest in 2005; currently executive vice president of international strategy and CEO of regional airlines; formerly CFO and a lead architect of the airline's wage and cost cuts during bankruptcy restructuring. He was CFO of US Airways from 2002-2004.

David M. Davis, 41, rejoined Northwest in 2005 and has been CFO since June 2007; formerly senior vice president of finance and controller for Northwest; previously was CFO of US Airways and held finance positions at both Delta and Northwest.

J. Timothy Griffin, 56, executive vice president-of marketing and distribution; joined Northwest in 1993 from Continental, where he was senior vice president of schedules and pricing. Spent four
years at American.

Andrew C. Roberts, 47, executive vice president of operations since October 2004; joined the company in September 1997 as the managing director of Minneapolis/St. Paul engine operations. Previously was general manager of Pratt & Whiney's jet engine manufacturing center in Columbus, Ga.

THE NORTHWEST BOARD
Northwest has a 12-member board, five of which came on in April 2007. Steenland has a board seat. Here are the others:
• Roy Bostock, 67, chairman, joined board in 2005, newly named nonexecutive chairman of Yahoo; a principal of Sealedge Investments; former head of advertising firm MacManus Group.
• David Brandon, 55, joined 2007, CEO of Domino's Pizza and former chief executive of coupon company Valassis.
• Mike Durham, 57, joined 2007, CEO of consulting firm Cognizant Associates; formerly senior vice president and treasurer of American Airlines parent AMR Corp. and CFO of American; former CEO of travel distribution company Sabre; also on board of Atlanta-based natural gas distributor AGL Resources.
• John Engler, 59, joined 2003, former three-term Michigan governor now CEO of National Association of Manufacturers.
• Mickey Foret, 62, joined 2007, president of Aviation Consultants; was CFO of Northwest from 1998 to 2002 and former CEO of Northwest Airlines Cargo.
• Robert L. Friedman, 64, joined 2002, chief administrative and legal officer of private equity firm Blackstone Group.
• Doris Kearns Goodwin, 65, joined 1997, Pulitzer Prize-winning author and historian; was as an assistant to President Lyndon Johnson; taught at Harvard.
• Jeffrey G. Katz, 52, joined 2005, CEO of educational tech company LeapFrog Enterprises; held CEO posts at travel Web site Orbitz and Swissair; spent 17 years at American Airlines.
• James Postl, 61, joined 2007 as an independent director, former CEO of Pennzoil-Quaker State and executive at Nabisco and Pepsico.
• Rodney Slater, 52, joined 2007, partner at Washington law and lobbying firm Patton Boggs; was U.S Secretary of Transportation from 1997-2001; also was director of the Federal Highway Administration.
• William S. Zoller, 59, joined 2006, captain of Northwest's pilots' union and a Northwest pilot for more than 25 years; previously served as an executive vice president of the Air Line Pilots Association, which also represents Delta pilots.

— Compiled by Nisa Asokan and Scott Thurston

Sources: company Web sites, SEC documents, Who's Who in America, Standard & Poor's

PS--


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Looks like he went back to F&H at the beginning of 2005 (then to DL 2006) so likely as a 'founding member' still "there" too. Likely at DL for a temp assignment, just like when with CO...will he "retire" from DL too or be sent packing by ALPA first so he can't interfere in another pilot group's livelihood?

http://www.fordharrison.com/shownews.aspx?Show=1139

"Continental SVP, Michael Campbell, Rejoins Ford & Harrison LLP

10/18/2004

Atlanta — Ford & Harrison LLP today announced that Michael H. Campbell, Senior Vice President of Human Resources and Labor Relations of Continental Airlines, will rejoin the firm as Of Counsel effective January 1, 2005. He is retiring after eight years with Continental.
...
“I am delighted to be rejoining Ford & Harrison and am proud of the firm’s growth and expansion over the years,” said Campbell. “Having been in the airline industry for thirty years, I know what a great reputation Ford & Harrison has for its airline practice, and I’m eager to work again with lawyers of such a caliber.”

 

[Voice Of Reason]

(Since the General & his alter ego Scope Out RJ's misc trolls that show at once, et al were missing this thread... )

What has been Campbell's main focus over there these days? Furlough Fear mized with carrots? Or is he too busy pitting the world (and public opinion) against your FAs (and them against each other to bust the union). Such a predictable process, I must say....

 

[ACL65PILOT]

WOW we are back to this thread.

Fact is that many of us are impressed it has not already happened. We are not stupid. Fact is the longer they delay it the better chance we have of avoiding it.

 

[slinky]

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[PeanuckleCRJ]

Bllaaahhhhhhhh bllaaahhhhhhh bllaaaahhhhhhhh waah wahhhhh... Mike Campbell....wah wah wah wahhhhhh.... wah. Ford & Harrisson....bllaaahhhhh blllaahhhh bllaahhhh.....

There, fixed it.

 

[Scope out RJ's]

There, fixed it.

Even better, or more appropriate:

:crying: Ford & Harrison:crying: :crying: Mike Campbell :crying:

Voice is a crying flight options troll, mad at the world.

 

[ThreeGreens]

One of the best books I ever read. Allows you to see right through management negotiating tactics, especially the ones orchestrated by ford and harrison, who have done not one original thing in 25 years.

Well worth the purchase. Buy Hard Landing at the same time.

How can you buy a book from this guy after all he did to employees and their families ? He shouldn't be able to make a living of it.
Watch his video on youtube instead. Hopefully he doesn't make any money of that.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2qajBfEdzoE

 

[njcapt]

How can you buy a book from this guy after all he did to employees and their families ? He shouldn't be able to make a living of it.
Watch his video on youtube instead. Hopefully he doesn't make any money of that.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2qajBfEdzoE

Then steal it... just not mine.

 

[Voice Of Reason]

He'll be working full force on your pilots again soon....

Delta Flying Into Union Storm

Ted Reed

10/07/09 - 04:16 PM EDT
Updated with Delta's closing stock price.

ATLANTA (TheStreet) -- Delta(DAL Quote) is flying into the toughest, most crucial labor battles it has ever faced.
In October 2008, Delta merged with heavily unionized Northwest, bringing thousands of union members into the tent. The following month, Democrat Barack Obama was elected president, enabling him to alter the composition of the National Mediation Board, which oversees airline industry labor issues. Obviously, both events involve potential drawbacks for Delta.
Over the past few decades, unions have repeatedly made runs at Delta, an outlier in one of the country's most unionized industries. As an example, Northwest was 96% unionized at the time of the merger. At Delta, only pilots and dispatchers, or 15% of workers, are unionized.
Now, two of the airline industry's biggest unions, which for the moment continue to represent thousands of Northwest workers, are organizing at Delta and gearing up for a series of elections. The stakes are extraordinarily high, because if the unions lose, they not only fail to gain new members but also lose members they already have.
"If Delta is the largest airline in the world, then we are going to be the largest union at the largest airline in the world," says Robert Roach, general vice president of the International Association of Machinists. "With the support we have both from current Northwest members and from Delta employees who have shown interest in organizing, we think we have a good chance of winning these elections."
Unlike the IAM, the Association of Flight Attendants has a benchmark by which to gauge its prospects. It staged a union election at Delta in May and won support from about 5,300 of the 13,400 eligible flight attendants. "As in every organizing campaign, we built support and structure," says Ed Gilmartin, AFA general counsel. Now the list of eligible voters has expanded by about 7,000 Northwest flight attendants. "We are very optimistic," Gilmartin said.
Shares of Delta closed Wednesday at $8.28, down 17 cents.
It would be unwise, however, to underestimate Delta, which has been successfully executing its various strategies since entering bankruptcy in 2005. Before its Chapter 11 filing, Delta seemed bent on squandering the world's biggest hub in Atlanta on connections to Florida and a mystifying effort to match fares with low-cost competitor AirTran(AAI Quote). But a restructured Delta utilizes its hubs to connect passengers to premium global destinations.
Delta did not rest on its laurels, but rather pursued a merger with Northwest, operator of a Tokyo hub that filled the biggest gap in its network. It enlisted its powerful pilots union as its chief ally, not only gaining support from a key constituency but also avoiding the pilot infighting that soured the 2005 merger of US Airways(LCC Quote) and America West.
Now Delta is betting that it retains enough of a genteel yet aggressively antiunion Southern culture to continue to ward off the labor movement. It is confident enough that Mike Campbell, executive vice president for human resources, is complaining of delays in the union representation voting, in effect telling unions to bring it on.
Union elections following an airline merger require the National Mediation Board to first declare that the airline has achieved "single carrier" status. In the case of the pilots, a joint request from the airline and the pilots for a ruling came quickly, in November 2008. But the other work groups have been slower.
The AFA filed July 27, while the IAM filed on Aug. 13 for fleet service workers, but has not yet filed for reservations agents and airport agents. Meanwhile, last month the AFL-CIO's Transportation Trades Department wrote to the NMB, requesting a change in Railway Labor Act voting methodology, which requires that unions gain support from a majority of eligible voters, rather than a majority of actual voters, to win a union election.
It may be that consideration of the request is delaying action on the election filings, although it is impossible to know, given that the NMB has steadfastly declined to comment. Theoretically, the request could benefit from Obama's election, because Obama exercised his right to appoint a new Democratic member to the board, which historically has two members from the president's party and one from the opposition.
"There is no question that there is a delay going on," Campbell says. "The AFA filed for an election, admitted we are a single transportation system, and we agreed with them, and beyond that nothing has transpired before the agency." He said the delay restricts the ability of many flight attendants to benefit from their seniority in bidding for schedules they desire. Even if the NMB wants to change voting regulations, he says, the change "shouldn't apply to pending cases, filed under the current rules."
As for the IAM, Campbell says the union still has not filed for an election for airport and reservations agents, despite indicating in August that it was nearly ready to do so. Added Delta spokeswoman Gina Laughlin: "It doesn't make sense that the agents handling bags on the ramp are a single carrier but the agents putting the bags on the belt at the ticket counter are not." But Roach says that Delta has not reached single carrier status in regard to its agents because "a lot of computer systems are not merged."
Gilmartin says he doesn't believe the NMB is stalling. When Delta and the pilots filed on Nov. 4, he said, it took two months for approval, even though no disagreement was involved. Flight attendants filed 10 weeks ago. "By board standards, considering all of their workload, it's not long," he says. "But everybody has to wait their turn." -- Written by Ted Reed in Charlotte, N.C.