Originally Posted by
Carl Spackler
The PAC gets just under a mllion dollars every year. $930,000 in 2009. Not asking for world domination. Just asking for the two most critical issues of our time (RLA and NMB reform) to at least be on the agenda. It is not. Electing far left political candidates is.
Carl
Carl,
Not gonna go on the political aspect. Just want to say that the RLA hasn't been changed materially since Congress applied it to airlines in 1936 or so. It is a law that is far overdue for update.
As would be expected, management at any company will exploit any advantage they have. The "amendable" aspect with no timeline to a defined "expiration" means that airline labor will always be at a disadvantage. Why no law maker can see that, regardless of affiliation, is beyond me. There are those campaign contributions though......
RLA modification should be priority one for all political focus in major unions. This 2, 3, 4 etc., year "negotiation" process should be a prime target. You know, something along the lines of, "the company will be required to pay full retro, regardless of the period of negotiation, back to the amendable date." Kind of removes any incentive to delay excessively.
One of many suggestions.
Frats,
Lee