BenderGonzales
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Not necessarily. The article did not discount the possibility of a union. It simply said that the airline might not permit a union contract that is MORE lucritive than what the non-union employees currently earn.
That - in its essence - is the argument which prevents unionization at companies like Wal-Mart, Target, Costco, Home Depot, etc.
When 1300 people show up for a store-opening where 300 people need to be hired, where is the bargaining power?
The simple act of unionization does not guarantee that the resulting contract will be better than what existed before.
(look at the ALPA contracts at UAL, US Airways, etc...)
Assets can be moved between subsidiaries extremely easily. I sincerely doubt that ASA has fragmentation language in their contract. If the ASA pilots dont want to play ball ... piece of cake. There are 10,000 flight instructors who are jumping at the chance to do the same job for a fraction of the pay/benefits. Simply transfer the fleet slowly to the "Skywest" side over time and hire replacements.
This is very much the same way that narrowbody "assets" have been reallocated to so-called "regionals" over the last 15 years and, as a result, decimated union contracts at the majors.
Its the law of natural selection. The cheapest animal wins.
That - in its essence - is the argument which prevents unionization at companies like Wal-Mart, Target, Costco, Home Depot, etc.
When 1300 people show up for a store-opening where 300 people need to be hired, where is the bargaining power?
The simple act of unionization does not guarantee that the resulting contract will be better than what existed before.
(look at the ALPA contracts at UAL, US Airways, etc...)
Assets can be moved between subsidiaries extremely easily. I sincerely doubt that ASA has fragmentation language in their contract. If the ASA pilots dont want to play ball ... piece of cake. There are 10,000 flight instructors who are jumping at the chance to do the same job for a fraction of the pay/benefits. Simply transfer the fleet slowly to the "Skywest" side over time and hire replacements.
This is very much the same way that narrowbody "assets" have been reallocated to so-called "regionals" over the last 15 years and, as a result, decimated union contracts at the majors.
Its the law of natural selection. The cheapest animal wins.