Originally Posted by
PCL_128
Are you aware that the court ruled that the workers would have their wages garnished for years to pay off a huge fine for their illegal work action? Pretty much killed any benefits gained by the strike in the first place.
It did not kill the benefits they gained during the strike. And that was not the point anyway. The point was that union leaders and unified memberships can do extraordinary things...if they want to. ALPA hasn't acted like a union for a VERY long time.
Originally Posted by
PCL_128
Revenue is largely irrelevant. The company isn't turning a profit. They can't pay billions more each year when they can't even turn a profit on the current cost structure.
What an unbelievably silly statement. Revenue is the most important part of ANY business. Management teams can use totally legal accounting schemes to show costs such that they're not turning a profit. We've seen that for decades. It's harder for companies to hide revenue. AMR has no case for their intransigence. They're only able to be this stubborn due to the NMB acting as their union busting agent.
Carl