Originally Posted by
captnate702
Andrew's latest video said that the Union has not passed compensation and apparently won't pass compensation until United gets a TA? i was surprised he basically admitted that the Union is slow playing negotiations while they wait for the major airlines to TA their stuff. Negotiations don't get serious until compensation is on the table and Andrew just said that compensation won't be on the table until the legacies agree on a TA so we don't get leapfrogged again.
I 100% second your vote to stop the extra assessment. Not sure why we are paying significantly more in union dues than ALPA, I thought own local was supposed to result in LESS dues.
You should watch the video again, you have completely twisted a lot he said. Why would you not save compensation for last since the industry is rapidly changing??? Rates also depend on the work rules that should be TA’d first. That’s negotiation 101, not slow rolling! He never said they are waiting for other airlines, what was said is if we have a TA first it must be industry leading as apposed to industry average, along with a me too clause so we aren't on the bottom again. That is VERY far from the conclusions you just made up.
As far as dues, we have more grievances than all other major airlines combined, which isn’t cheap. Still a great overall win rate even with recent loses. Our union is able to receive more of our dues with the new local, think union gross pay = net pay. The company tactics to drain the union’s finances are far from over. The assessment will end when we TA a contract in about 3-4 years. We don’t want to run out of money before then. I would rather overpay and have a surplus which at that point we could possibly never have to pay ANY dues ever again if the union is able to run from interest off the surplus pot.