Originally Posted by
Ellen
I know, did you hear? ALPA is on a big union drive now at SKYW so management is forced by law to halt all pay talks for however long ALPA decides to continue the union drive. My friend told me somewhere around a year they want to run the drive. Seems to me, that if ALPA needs to take over a year, then they are not too organized for an organized labor group. What could Teamsters do at SKYW? Any thoughts from those that are represented by Teamsters
Completely False. When FedexALPA 1 was on the property during contract negotiations, FedEX MGT instituted a pay raise (Although it was slight) as well as instituting 200% overtime (although temporarily)
That type of talk is ususally MGT hype and PR designed to disillusion the Pilots into voting against UNION representation.
There is NO law that says MGT must suspend pay talks when Union organising is in progress. The bottom line is Skywest MGT does not want a union on property. The fact that the union organising effort is in progress at SKW is proof that SKW MGT failed to treat its pilots equitably. SKW MGT will now start the Anti Union PR campaign telling myths and half truths designed to disuade the Pilots from establishing a UNION.
Bottom line......it is the SKW pilots call. My opinion is that you would be better served by a UNION, but again that is just my opinion, You SKW pilots hold the cards on the Union VOTE.