Originally Posted by
duvie
I can't think of too many things we've lost this year but of the few I can think of, none of them would have been prevented by a union. I don't think having a union would stop SKW from changing the insurance plans they offer on a year to year basis. The change in United's NonRev policies were inflicted on all UAX carriers and we are actually paying less than the other UAX feeders.
To me, the bottomline is that SkyWest is a better regional to work for than almost any other company out there. The company and its dynamic was built on a non-union environment so to presume that we could vote in a union tomorrow and everything would continue status quo is dubious at best.
I wouldn't presume to tell a guy what to vote for at his airline, so why does everybody try and force the union propaganda down our throat? If things really were disintegrating like people would say, another union drive would be on the way, but most of us are pretty happy with what we have going on right now. Thanks for your concern, honestly, but the numbers from the last few votes speak for themselves.
So you don't think a Union would have helped with the decimation of the ESPP?
If you think that the travel benefits with United couldn't have been negotiated into a contract then you’re kidding yourself.
How about the manipulation of the bonus matrix that the company is continuing to toy with?
I'm certain that our cost of living increase could be better than 1% if we had someone negotiating for us.
The proposed changes to health care would have been in a CBA and would be protected. See ASA.
Don Douglas and others would not still be fighting the company, by themselves, to get them to do what is right.
Remember during the union drive how they kept telling us that pay was more than just what you see in your check, it is all those benefits too? Well if you ask me the benefits have taken a beating in the past year.
When I first got to SkyWest I was opposed to the idea of a Union, I still don't love the idea but I can see the path we are heading down without one is definitely worse. I have lost a lot more than 2% with all the reductions that the company is unilaterally imposing.
I respectfully disagree with you that most of us are happy with things, I think that most of us are uninformed and unaware of the things the company is doing. I think that the level of interest raised in the pilot group and the FA group by the proposed changes to the health care plan may just serve as a wake up call.