Originally Posted by
P-3Bubba
They used the DR model works! Then they implemented the 5 Docs. And changed the FOM and FSM at will. Then came up with up a crappy 2013 PEA. WELCOME ALPA!
And ALPA can suck it about now too. They need to use some lobby $$ and work for us. I’m not bashing the NC or MEC I’m bashing big fat overstuffed national alpa. Putting jblue pilots on the cover of theor magazine. Great. This is the same magazine that every January they brag about how many members they have. That to me is a multiplication equation where the product equals the $100,000,000+/yr they collect in annual dues. As a matter of fact I’ll have my 5th grader roll that problem tonight. Tim C can run those numbers in his gold plated bannister bed too.
-Bubs
I think there are legal hurdles to using union money to lobby or contribute to campaigns for members in our districts. That's why Alpa has a separate PAC, it's more free to make political contributions.
Then you have our membership, which is largely opposed to contributing anything to Democrat candidates campaigns for political reasons. Of course our HQ and focus cities are all D representatives.
TWU has a different membership makeup, so their membership is more agreeable to D campaign contributions.