ALPA National Elections--October
08-17-2022 | 08:39 PM
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ALPA National Elections--October
Greetings from UAL,
As a fellow ALPA affiliated airline, you should be aware of what's happening in our neck of the woods and how it affects the upcoming ALPA national elections. Our former MEC chair, Todd Insler is running for ALPA national president and will be soliciting support from other airline MECs in the next couple of months.
We are in the throes of a contentious contract negotiation that has been exacerbated by intra-union politics. The general feeling among membership is our union leadership is out of touch with the rank & file and that there is a too familiar relationship between management and union leadership, cultivated over the past several years. I encourage you to read the United Contract 2022 subthread under the United tab for greater context.
Today, the Newark Council 5 membership voted overwhelmingly (5 to 1) to proceed with recall efforts of our LEC officers. Additionally, the membership overrode the LEC chair to pass several additional resolutions to send very clear messages to the company and union leadership. There are similar recall efforts proceeding at other domiciles.
Please do your due diligence when looking at our next national officers and consider what is transpiring at United.
As a fellow ALPA affiliated airline, you should be aware of what's happening in our neck of the woods and how it affects the upcoming ALPA national elections. Our former MEC chair, Todd Insler is running for ALPA national president and will be soliciting support from other airline MECs in the next couple of months.
We are in the throes of a contentious contract negotiation that has been exacerbated by intra-union politics. The general feeling among membership is our union leadership is out of touch with the rank & file and that there is a too familiar relationship between management and union leadership, cultivated over the past several years. I encourage you to read the United Contract 2022 subthread under the United tab for greater context.
Today, the Newark Council 5 membership voted overwhelmingly (5 to 1) to proceed with recall efforts of our LEC officers. Additionally, the membership overrode the LEC chair to pass several additional resolutions to send very clear messages to the company and union leadership. There are similar recall efforts proceeding at other domiciles.
Please do your due diligence when looking at our next national officers and consider what is transpiring at United.
C5 Resolutions passed:
Fairness in communications. (Both sides of any recall ballot have to have equal comms.)
Recall of LEC Chair (497 to 101)
Recall of LEC Vice (505 to 85)
Recall of S/T (462 to 118)
No confidence in, and recall of, Negotiating committee
No confidence in Mike Hamilton
No confidence in Todd Insler (member of C5)
Public rebuke of, and apology by, Capt Ward due to his repeated infractions of Alpa C&BL.
Restricting the NASC ("the Steering Committee) from its current 11 members back to the 2 recommended in the Alpa manual.
Todd Insler attended the meeting, but did not afford his own council the courtesy of introducing himself or addressing any of the issues other than whether a recall resolution of Bob Ward on the NASC was in order.
Fairness in communications. (Both sides of any recall ballot have to have equal comms.)
Recall of LEC Chair (497 to 101)
Recall of LEC Vice (505 to 85)
Recall of S/T (462 to 118)
No confidence in, and recall of, Negotiating committee
No confidence in Mike Hamilton
No confidence in Todd Insler (member of C5)
Public rebuke of, and apology by, Capt Ward due to his repeated infractions of Alpa C&BL.
Restricting the NASC ("the Steering Committee) from its current 11 members back to the 2 recommended in the Alpa manual.
Todd Insler attended the meeting, but did not afford his own council the courtesy of introducing himself or addressing any of the issues other than whether a recall resolution of Bob Ward on the NASC was in order.
09-09-2022 | 09:14 AM
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FYI, our Newark Council 5 just recalled all three of our LEC representatives by 70/78/65% respectively (~70% of the council voting). All three were complicit and unapologetic in advocating a horrendously substandard TA to the pilot group. All three utilized union communication to advocate against recall while forbidding any pro-recall messaging. All three were mum about an allied pilot who improperly used ALPA national email channels to advocate against recall. All three are supportive of Todd Insler's run for ALPA national president. Insler was our MEC chairman who failed to capitalize on an incredibly favorable negotiating environment in 2019, but did direct negotiations on what turned out to be the aforementioned concessionary TA.
We are sending a message to ALPA that we are displeased with our representation. Todd Insler was part of that representation and has no business as ALPA national president.
We are sending a message to ALPA that we are displeased with our representation. Todd Insler was part of that representation and has no business as ALPA national president.
10-02-2022 | 08:46 AM
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UAL MEC Recall Update
UAL MEC Recall Update
Sept 9th
C5 NYC reps recalled
Recall results (for/against)
CA rep GJ 1204-526 70%
FO rep CM 1336-393 77%
S/T PW 1133-598 65%
Over 1700 C5 members participated in the vote for a 72% voter participation rate.
THIS IS TODD INSLER’s COUNCIL. (When TI spoke at his own council’s meeting he was met with an overwhelming chorus of boo’s and jeers).
Three new interim reps (non-Toddlers) elected and election for reps to serve the remainder of the term upcoming shortly
Sept 30th
C57 LAX meeting held. Agenda items to distribute a recall ballot to send out the membership for CA & FO reps.
Resolution for recall ballot (for/against)
CA rep SC 145-109
FO rep BF 143-99
LAX Recall ballot is forthcoming.
Oct 3rd
C34 SFO meeting at location an hour's drive from SFO. Agenda includes recall of council officers.
Oct 7th
C33 DEN meeting forcibly scheduled by National after 30%+ of the pilots sent petition letters. Agenda includes recall council officers.
TBA
C171 IAH
Council members have requested that their reps schedule a meeting with recalls on the ballot. Reps have refused. Members have collected 75%+ of the signatures required for Nat’l to force a recall meeting.
Sept 9th
C5 NYC reps recalled
Recall results (for/against)
CA rep GJ 1204-526 70%
FO rep CM 1336-393 77%
S/T PW 1133-598 65%
Over 1700 C5 members participated in the vote for a 72% voter participation rate.
THIS IS TODD INSLER’s COUNCIL. (When TI spoke at his own council’s meeting he was met with an overwhelming chorus of boo’s and jeers).
Three new interim reps (non-Toddlers) elected and election for reps to serve the remainder of the term upcoming shortly
Sept 30th
C57 LAX meeting held. Agenda items to distribute a recall ballot to send out the membership for CA & FO reps.
Resolution for recall ballot (for/against)
CA rep SC 145-109
FO rep BF 143-99
LAX Recall ballot is forthcoming.
Oct 3rd
C34 SFO meeting at location an hour's drive from SFO. Agenda includes recall of council officers.
Oct 7th
C33 DEN meeting forcibly scheduled by National after 30%+ of the pilots sent petition letters. Agenda includes recall council officers.
TBA
C171 IAH
Council members have requested that their reps schedule a meeting with recalls on the ballot. Reps have refused. Members have collected 75%+ of the signatures required for Nat’l to force a recall meeting.
10-14-2022 | 06:20 PM
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Website to learn more about Insler’s tenure as MEC chair: https://resultsmatters.org
pdf of Insler’s greatest hits: https://savealpa.org/wp-content/uplo.../The-Facts.pdf
pdf of Insler’s greatest hits: https://savealpa.org/wp-content/uplo.../The-Facts.pdf
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