leaders, negotiators, that since I and over 2000 other UNITED employees which have been on furlough some for over 14 years because some of us worked at UNITED at the time of of the 9/11 attack (me---- FLT 93------------ Newark Aircraft Mechanic), (which could have been prevented, if some cowboy wasn't down in Texas on another vacation day), and then having two contracts one IAM and the other IBT (merger), and the simple fact that (Continental) United by name only, with same mentality as from old with Lorenzo running the place, and the fact that while on recall and waiting, this firm with the blessing of the IBT union went out and was hiring scabs off the street to fill slots, they even had the jobs posted on line, if you were laid off at the station--------no call nothing.
And when and if they did call you, they called and said that if you want to come to work it was under the Continental contract and that you had no seniority to exercise if you were a United employee, and you started at the bottom, in pay, benefits everything--------------------nice huh
There new agreement throws all of us that have been on recall under the bus and is a sell out and I told that scab negotiator the same thing, and that this is a strike issue, because, if there is another contract they will do the same thing to the other members.
This union IBT sided with Ronald Reagan to get him elected, because he promised them the blueberry pie and ice cream, because the union until recently was held into receivership because of what they had been doing with lets say some nefarious people, and in doing so Reagan went after the PATCO members and took aim at other unions and started the process to destroy the rank and file, to increase right to work. And as I told that scab negotiator .......................UNITED WE STAND DIVIDED WE FALL (United Mine Workers)
I have been a union member for over 40 years and we struck to protect the furloughed employee, they did nothing and are the most vulnerable ----------------------but not this union, they wanted a deal, because there former CEO was in bed with the New Jersey Port Authority making special flights to South Carolina---------so the new CEO , is being made to look like he can get things done ---------------------yep, he sure can ------------ with the help of the IBT they are selling out furloughed employees.
This gambit that this union IBT is playing out right now with Continental (United) is just like the Social Security and Medicare Issue, you do not sell out your BASE or your PRINCIPLES, that is why unions and the democrats have been losing elections-------------------they have sold out there principles, and when Sanders showed up at the picket line in New York against Verizon yesterday, he was there on principles to protect the members of the CWA and there BY LAWS, where was the other running for the presidency -------------------that is the issue
I apologize for the rant
HONK---------------------FOR A POLITICAL REVOLUTION BERNIE 2016
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