Originally Posted by
Bluedriver
Profit sharing was TAKEN from us before the first CBA was agreed to. We didn't "give it away".
We did in a way. It was taken after the union came on property, but before CBA 1.0 was ratified. During this time the company us prohibited from changing the terms or conditions of employment. This is refered to as "status quo". Compensation is very much included in this protection.
When they cut our profit sharing, they immediatly cut our pay by around 15% or so. The union could have very convinsingly made a case that this violated status quo, and had it reversed. Of course B6ALPA won't even defend us against clear, open, black and white violations of our CBA *cough* NEA *cough*.
To my knowlege zero fight was put forth against the profit sharing cut. (Or any of the other negative QOL changes enacted during this period, like positive check in, or unneccesary post flight walk arounds.) So yes, we gave it away.