IAM: USAir mechanics to take tools home

[satpak77]

According to the press, the IAM instructed US Airways mechanics to take their tools home, pre-bankruptcy judge hearing on Thursday

nice

http://www.post-gazette.com/pg/05006/437924.stm

 

[Smoking Man]

I wonder what the judge will have to say about all of this.

 

[FN FAL]

I wonder what the judge will have to say about all of this.

I don't think the judge can make these people bring their private property back to work...these tools are bought and paid for by the mechanics. I would imagine if they lost a tool at work, they probably have to replace it out of their own pocket.

I wouldn't want to leave 15,000 bucks worth of tools in an expensive tool box when the bank comes around and puts a padlock on the joint. It wouldn't be fun sitting in a federal prison for breaking and entering a building on TSA secured airport property, trying to get your personal tools back.

 

[Smoking Man]

I agree with you I guess I was refering to progress being made/or lack of progress, an how that would play on the Judges decision to allow U to continue to access the ASTB loan.

 

[Cutlass1287]

"The tenuousness of the situation was illustrated yesterday when the IAM, which represents both mechanics and baggage handlers, instructed mechanics to take their personal tools with them when they left work in the event last-ditch talks failed, their contracts are rejected and they don't return to work."

Just another case of the media distorting the facts to make people say "wow"

 

[FN FAL]

Lots of mechanical jobs require workers to buy their own tools. The good places will even give an "allowance" to the worker to spend as he/she sees fit. After all, if the company issued junk tools, the quality of work would suffer and if the employee already has a bunch of tools, he can pocket the allowance or spend it on tools of his/her choice.

The beauty of this situation is that the federal government can't make the workers bring their private property back to work. They could make the mechanics come back to work...but the tool boxes could stay home (I would think).

 

[GCD]

Can't blame them.

When Vanguard shut down, I was only allowed to take out of my office what I could carry with my own two hands. Fortunately, I was wise enough to take most of personal property home a few days before. I still lost a few personal things to the Bankruptcy Court.