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Stratosphere
Oh no you don't.. UPS mechanics yes 6 figures but they have PT mechanics too and are very lean compared to FX mechanics. Ask the UAL MX how they like the reamsters they are the worst they have had yet after IAM and AMFA. If the Reamsters have a good contract it is because the company in question offered it and not because of anything the reamsters did. Old Jimmy Hoffa flew NWA during the mechanics AMFA strike in 2005.
UAL mechanics just got a $180 million dollar increase in their agreement. They got back jobs and benefits that AMFA sold down the river.
And what they got was a bridge agreement that lifted them up and put them on a higher level that led right into the new negotiations for a merged agreement with the CAL mechanics who make more. So, instead of negotiating off a lower rate, inferior AMFA negotiated deal, they got raises and benefit increases and now are going in at a higher level in the new discussions.
Yeah, if I was a mechanic, I'd want AMFA. An office in Colorado, with a part time lobbyist in Washington who works by the hour and represents the US Chamber of Commerce...the very group that pours millions into defeating labor and American workers. No economic analysis staff, no support, but they'll take your money, thank you.
They're so good that they got voted out at Horizon and just tried to get back on the property. They lost. Even their own supporters didn't vote for them.