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No one said that he is the only one. He's just one of the best. I actually think Bruce York is probably the best, but outside unions can't contract for his assistance at the bargaining table, because he works for ALPA and not for its subsidiary.
Do you mean THIS Bruce York???
Source: Letter from ALPA Employees Unit 1 President Don McClure (EAL-retired) to the ALPA BOD this summer....
"The unfair labor practice cases filed against ALPA have been consolidated with another unfair labor practice case against ALPA filed by a former ALPA employee. I mention this because that case demonstrates again the arrogance and poor judgment exhibited by ALPA management. That case was filed because
Director of Representation Bruce York, while attending a luncheon with Captain Prater and their counterparts at the Teamsters, criticized a former ALPA employee who had been laid off and had taken a job with the Teamsters and then filed a grievance because he had not received all of the severance pay to which he was entitled. After verbally criticizing a Teamsters employee for engaging in activity protected by the NLRA (filing a grievance),
Bruce York compounded the mistake by sending the Teamsters an email repeating that criticism.
That petty and pointless gesture led to the issuance of yet another unfair labor practice complaint against ALPA. ALPA's defense is the patently ridiculous argument that, in communicating with officials of the Teamsters, York was not acting as ALPA agent or supervisor. Once again, pilot dues money will be spent defending ALPA's arrogant and unlawful conduct."
As an aside...the "former employee" who was "laid off" was a Senior Contract Administrator with decades of experience. He and six others were laid off IN VIOLATION of their contract. They filed unfair labor practice suits and won reinstatement with full back pay and benefits.
One of the key players behind the layoff?
Bruce York.