More ALPA hypocrisy

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Isn't it formerly very powerful Sen. Tom Daschel whose wife is a big time lobbyist for NWA?

 

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Union Leaders Report High Salaries
Tue Jun 4, 3:55 AM ET
By LEIGH STROPE, AP Labor Writer

WASHINGTON (AP) - The heads of America's major unions are a well-paid
bunch, raking in salaries that far outweigh many of their rank-and-file
members.


The Labor Department (news - web sites) posted union financial reports
on the Internet for the first time Monday. The Associated Press
examined the latest reports for 10 labor groups, including the labor
federation AFL-CIO. All paid their presidents six-figure salaries.
Among them: the Teamsters and unions representing teachers,
firefighters, pilots and postal and government workers.

Union presidents' salaries may seem high compared with what their
members make, but a better barometer is the pay of corporate
executives, said Teamsters spokesman Bret Caldwell.

"There's just no comparison," Caldwell said. "Corporate salaries are so
bloated that they're beyond reason."

Teamsters President James P. Hoffa was paid $228,713 in 2000.
Allowances and disbursements increased the figure to $262,200. The
Teamsters reported 1.4 million members.

That compares with the $1.1 million base salary that the former
chairman and chief executive of United Parcel Service was paid in 2001
before retirement. The Teamsters are negotiating with UPS for a new
contract. James P. Kelly, who retired from UPS in January, also was
paid $462,600 in bonuses and $53,967 in other compensation.

Unions are required to file financial reports annually with the Labor
Department. That information, including union bylaws and constitutions,
always has been available to the public but not as readily. Access
required a trip to a public disclosure room in the agency or at one of
its field offices and payment of a fee for copies.

The Bush administration has made available online financial reports for
2000 and later, which are free and searchable by union name, file
number, affiliation or location. Users also can conduct searches for
union officers and employees. Reports filed before 2000 are available
at the Labor Department's Office of Labor-Management Standards.

The president of the American Federation of Teachers was paid $337,282
in 2000, according to the report the union filed with the Labor
Department. Sandra Feldman's income was more than six times the salary
of a big-city teacher, and jumped to $523,090 when allowances and
business expenses were added. The union counted 706,973 members that
year.

Her pay compares with the average $51,955 a year earned in 2001 by a
big-city schoolteacher with a master's degree at top scale, according
to AFT's Web site.

Feldman's salary "is definitely more than a teacher would make, but it
is commensurate with organizations of our size and influence, both
labor organizations and otherwise," said AFT spokesman Alex Wohl.

Wohl said, despite what the union reported, Feldman's base salary is
about $265,000, because some fringe benefits weren't broken out on the
reporting form, such as commuting costs between her two residences.

The International Association of Fire Fighters, with 241,933 members,
paid then-president Alfred Whitehead $166,887 in 2000. That increased
to $291,307 when business disbursements were added. Current President
Harold Schaitberger, who took office in August 2000, was paid $15,172
for his partial term. It increased to $21,316 with business
disbursements.

The president of the Air Line Pilots Association (news - web sites)
ranked second in salary to the teachers' union leader in AP's spot
check. President Duane Woerth was paid $313,392 in 2000. His salary
jumped to $425,090 with allowances and disbursements. ALPA reported
49,224 members.

The president of the AFL-CIO, which has 66 affiliate unions with 13.2
million members, was paid $225,000 in 2000. John Sweeney's salary
increased to $279,826 with disbursements.

The largest union in the AFL-CIO, the Service Employees International
Union with 1.8 million members, paid its president $190,561 in 2000.
President Andrew Stern's salary increased to $241,589 with allowances
and disbursements.

Another of the largest unions in the AFL-CIO, the American Federation
of State, County and Municipal Employees with 1.3 million members, paid
its president $267,245 in 2000. President Gerald McEntee's income
increased to $364,445 with allowances and business disbursements.

In other unions:

_Morton Bahr, president of the Communications Workers of America with
617,881 members, was paid $155,597 in 2000, or $179,267 with extras.

_The United Steelworkers of America, which counted 612,157 members in
2000, paid then-President George Becker $135,613, and $175,087 with
disbursements.

_The American Postal Workers, with 312,487 members in 2000, paid
then-president Moe Biller $130,988, or $142,038 with business expenses.
Current president Bill Burrus, who served as vice president in 2000,
was paid $114,061 that year, or $116,848 with business disbursements.

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On the Net:

Labor Department: http://www.union-reports.dol.gov

 

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CB

while I might agree that their fleet age and fuel hedging plan may have been inadequate, but let's face it this ain't about fuel hedging. No company has 100% of their fuel hedged and with oil pushing 70/ barrel EVERYONE is feeling the pain.



You are correct, however I wasn't implying that hedging would solve NWA's problems- it's only aother examlpe of NWA mgmt's failure to effectively manage revenue. You could easily add their failure to implement ticket price increases, and the great idea of supplying pax with ticket vouchers to ride on Champion Air etc, etc. as well.