Originally Posted by
PasserOGas
... They said they wanted to raise starting pay to $30/hr for FO's and up from there but the union wouldn't let them. ... .
True.
The ibt Refused the company offer to increase fo's wages; because they felt it violated the contract.
Good PR for the ibt, sucks for the fo's.
That's BS! The company tried to implement a new pay rate without an LOA. Allowing that to happen would then allow the company to change any rate, up or down, as they saw fit. The union told the company to offer the raise in a legal LOA and they would present it to the membership for a vote. We're still waiting.
Also worth noting, two years ago the IBT went to the company with an LOA to extend the FO rates out past four years, averaging the same increase received from year 2 to 3 and from 3 to 4. The company declined.
Don't believe the company's lies.