Captain DD on DPA Watch posted this:
Not a bad first start. We thought it took a little long to get out considering that they've been telling ALPA that a common pilot could do this kind of thing faster. We also weren't real thrilled to hear they were using non-union hotels, print shops and video production people.
Non-union print shops? Who is DALPA using for print shops and video production? And hotels?
The hotel in Manhattan... where 0 pilots are based but they are on Long Island and over in Newark... for that MEC meeting a while back, what hotel was that?
We find it interesting that a union replacement wants nothing to do with unions. They are outsourcing everything right now. Will that continue? Does that mean that the lawyer is the cheapest one they could find too? They want pilots to have union support and union wages but outsource everything down to the stickers? Is that really true? They want to demand passengers pay top dollar but want to encourage outsourcing? Mow your own lawn? Pay your mechanic his pay or do it yourself? Do your own plumbing? Will the DPA really pay top dollar and get the best services with your money? We are not convinced.
Are ALPA stickers made in house or at a union shop and which one? The pin I received in the mail for 9/11, who made that?
Just if you're going to write this you need to say... for instance ALPA uses... and uses... and uses...
What would've been real fun is if Captain DD had said "is the DPA going to allow their own employees to unionize and if so, will they treat them fairly like ALPA has done?"
(Reuters) - The world's largest airline pilots union is getting a taste of its own medicine as workers in one in its divisions have filed a complaint of unfair labor practices against their bosses, the workers' union said on Monday.
It's an unusual twist in the organized labor movement, pitting a unionized staff against its employer -- which itself is a powerful labor union.
The parties in the dispute are the Air Line Pilots Association Professional and Administrative Employees (UALPAPAE) and the Air Line Pilots Association (ALPA), which fights for the rights of pilots at UAL Corp's UAUA.O United Airlines and other carriers.
"When it comes to its pilot members, ALPA is a major champion of the pilots' rights to fair labor practices," said Jay Wells, president of United's unit of UALPAPAE. "But when it comes to the well-being and welfare of its own staff, ALPA management seems to adopt a different set of labor union principles."
The in-house professional employees' union, which represents 170 staffers that include lawyers and lobbyists, has complained to the National Labor Relations Board that ALPA management failed to meet its obligation to disclose information requested about ALPA's plan to lay off 10 professional employees of this year.
ALPA, which represents 53,000 pilots at 37 airlines in North America, did not immediately respond to requests for comment on the complaint.
ALPA's contract with its professional employees expires on Tuesday, and the two sides are in talks on a new labor deal.
The ironic complaint is not without precedent. In 2006, the union representing professional employees of ALPA's Delta Air Lines (DAL.N) unit went on strike over a labor contract. That unit's contract is set to expire April 30. (Reporting by Kyle Peterson, editing by Gerald E. McCormick)
US pilots union staffers have their own labor beef | Reuters
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