Originally Posted by
The Chow
Guys I have a serious question I would like answered but this isn't a flame fest so please don't start with me.
My brother-in-law belongs to a union. If he for some reason loses his job, he can simply go to the union hall, and if there is a need, go to the next job site and retain his pay and seniority number.
So my question is why do the airline unions work differently?
If the answer is in Flying the Line Part 1 or 2 I apologize. I haven't had time to read them yet.
I'm just curious since I'm new to all of this.
The Chow
Your brother-in-law has that protection because those job sites are within his union's local branch. If he went to another city, with another local, he'd likely loose that right because they have a different CBA and different seniority list (sound familiar?).
My old man is in the machinist union. If his employer were to cut his position he could bump somebody based on lower seniortiy but this wouldn't apply to say, Boeing as well. Even though they're all machinists, and in the same city, they belong to different locals and have different CBAs.