Rez O. Lewshun
Save the Profession
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So, you want you union dues money to go pay for a 2.5M fine?
Are you willing to go to jail? Then don't expect Union National Officers to go either. In addition, it is very difficult to represent your pilots from prison. Congressmen do not visit union leaders in prison to discuss Air Line Pilot issues.
When you have union leaders in prison with million dollar fines it weakens your creditbility. In addition, the image of Air Line Pilots in prison doesn't work well at the negotiation table.
It is time to get educated on how to take care of the business of AIR LINE PILOTS!
It doesn't matter how it works with doctors, pipefitters, NYC transit workers, europeans and anyone else. All that matters is how our system works. Once you understand you can effect change.
NYC Transit Union Fined $2.5M for Strike
By ADAM GOLDMAN, Associated Press WriterMon Apr 17, 5:09 PM ET
A judge fined the city transit union $2.5 million Monday for the illegal strike that brought buses and subways to a standstill for three days just before Christmas.
Judge Theodore Jones of state Supreme Court in Brooklyn also ruled that Transport Union Workers Local 100's automatic dues collection would be suspended indefinitely. The 33,000-member union can reapply for automatic collection after 90 days.
State law prohibits public employees from striking.
"This is a very unfortunate event and an unfortunate day in the history of labor relations in this city," the judge said.
The judge ruled earlier this month that the union president who called for the strike, which halted the nation's largest mass transit system for 60 hours during the holiday shopping rush, should be jailed for 10 days and fined $1,000 for contempt.
"We find this decision is unfair," the union president, Roger Toussaint, said Monday.
Toussaint is to begin serving his jail sentence and pay the personal fine 30 days from when the judge's written decision is filed, which probably will happen Wednesday.
"I'll go in," Toussaint said. "Jail is not a problem."
The judge also imposed fines on two smaller transit unions: Local 726 was fined $125,000 and Local 1050 was ordered to pay $187,000.
Are you willing to go to jail? Then don't expect Union National Officers to go either. In addition, it is very difficult to represent your pilots from prison. Congressmen do not visit union leaders in prison to discuss Air Line Pilot issues.
When you have union leaders in prison with million dollar fines it weakens your creditbility. In addition, the image of Air Line Pilots in prison doesn't work well at the negotiation table.
It is time to get educated on how to take care of the business of AIR LINE PILOTS!
It doesn't matter how it works with doctors, pipefitters, NYC transit workers, europeans and anyone else. All that matters is how our system works. Once you understand you can effect change.
NYC Transit Union Fined $2.5M for Strike
By ADAM GOLDMAN, Associated Press WriterMon Apr 17, 5:09 PM ET
A judge fined the city transit union $2.5 million Monday for the illegal strike that brought buses and subways to a standstill for three days just before Christmas.
Judge Theodore Jones of state Supreme Court in Brooklyn also ruled that Transport Union Workers Local 100's automatic dues collection would be suspended indefinitely. The 33,000-member union can reapply for automatic collection after 90 days.
State law prohibits public employees from striking.
"This is a very unfortunate event and an unfortunate day in the history of labor relations in this city," the judge said.
The judge ruled earlier this month that the union president who called for the strike, which halted the nation's largest mass transit system for 60 hours during the holiday shopping rush, should be jailed for 10 days and fined $1,000 for contempt.
"We find this decision is unfair," the union president, Roger Toussaint, said Monday.
Toussaint is to begin serving his jail sentence and pay the personal fine 30 days from when the judge's written decision is filed, which probably will happen Wednesday.
"I'll go in," Toussaint said. "Jail is not a problem."
The judge also imposed fines on two smaller transit unions: Local 726 was fined $125,000 and Local 1050 was ordered to pay $187,000.
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