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Old 07-12-2017, 08:57 AM
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Lots of flights getting cancelled today and word on the civilian street is that there is some sort of work action going on. Doesn't seem to be pilots though. Anyone know what is going on?
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Lots of flights getting cancelled today and word on the civilian street is that there is some sort of work action going on. Doesn't seem to be pilots though. Anyone know what is going on?
Strikes (or imminent threat of) in the NY and PHL area by SEIU workers (cleaners, customer service, baggage handlers, etc).

I don't think they're airline employees, but those attached to the industry. Drudge has a article about it out now actually
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Just out of curiosity where is the line between unions covered under the RLA and those that aren't?
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Lots of flights getting cancelled today and word on the civilian street is that there is some sort of work action going on. Doesn't seem to be pilots though. Anyone know what is going on?
Some no education toilet cleaners think their jobs are precious and non-replaceable.
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Some no education toilet cleaners think their jobs are precious and non-replaceable.
No pilot has the balls to walk off the job. You should be using their rage to your advantage.
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Some no education toilet cleaners think their jobs are precious and non-replaceable.
You realize that's how the labor movement started right? Poorly educated factory workers were working 12-18 hour days, 7 days a week for almost nothing and organized. I applaud them. Clearly their employer isn't paying them or treating them fairly. :This is my shocked face:
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No pilot has the balls to walk off the job. You should be using their rage to your advantage.
I guess you haven't been around this business very long then.
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We should be upset that we do not have the power that basically all other unionized groups do. Not at the jobs they perform, which are just as important, regardless of salary or education.
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You realize that's how the labor movement started right? Poorly educated factory workers were working 12-18 hour days, 7 days a week for almost nothing and organized. I applaud them. Clearly their employer isn't paying them or treating them fairly. :This is my shocked face:
Those days are long gone, we live in an era of globalism.
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Those days are long gone, we live in an era of globalism.
Globalism has zero to do with bathroom cleaning or wheelchair pushing. You can't outsource that to China. Try again.
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