Union Busters

[Spencer]

Yes, I know what a 150 day WAS. You got a free day off for every 150 hours you fly the preceeding year.

I also know what layover pay WAS. An pay incentive for being stuck on the road that increased the longer you were on the road. I also know that you were not able to collect availability pay and layover pay at the same time.

I also know that USA Jet should ask for a refund from their union buster. He, as stated in above postings, was unprofessional, arrogant and rude. He is the best union advocate we have. Everytime he opened his mouth and cut someone off we got more votes. Everytime he referred to us a US Air, or US Air Jets we got more votes. I've talked to guys who were dead set against unions until they went to one of these MANDATORY meetings and were unable to ask a question without this guy cutting them off or totally misunderstanding the question. My impression of the guy was that he used to be muscle for the Teamsters. Money well spent.

 

[Publishers]

What

What you all have to ask yourselves is one simple question, do we have the numbers in terms of people to be a significant addition to the union we are joining.

While everyone has developed all the really cool catch phrases, the fact is that I have rarely seen a union be very productive in a company of this size. In fact, all the complaints about ALPA, which is a pilot union, and the regional membership should serve as an example that it is all about numbers from the unions perspective.