NO LOVE in DAL
04-02-2013, 05:40 AM
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NO LOVE in DAL
TWU which represents Ramp, Provisioning and Operations Agents starts informational pickets due to contact talks stalling:
Southwest Airlines ground employees picket at Dallas Love Field | Airline Biz Blog
Southwest Airlines ground employees picket at Dallas Love Field | Airline Biz Blog
04-02-2013, 07:30 AM
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Originally Posted by GizmoNC
TWU which represents Ramp, Provisioning and Operations Agents starts informational pickets due to contact talks stalling:
Southwest Airlines ground employees picket at Dallas Love Field | Airline Biz Blog
Southwest Airlines ground employees picket at Dallas Love Field | Airline Biz Blog
So sad...
04-02-2013, 05:26 PM
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These folks deserve our support. They are fighting outsourcing and demanding that their jobs remain in house rather than outsourced to the lowest bidder. This is such a slippery slope that many have gone down before and we all know where the path leads. They are much higher paid than most of their peers for a reason, they do a great job. In general, we have the most conscientious ground staff that I have ever worked with. I have seen what farming out these jobs to the lowest bidder does to the final product, and it is not pretty. I hope they hold strong and win this fight.
04-02-2013, 05:53 PM
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Originally Posted by shoelu
These folks deserve our support. They are fighting outsourcing and demanding that their jobs remain in house rather than outsourced to the lowest bidder. This is such a slippery slope that many have gone down before and we all know where the path leads. They are much higher paid than most of their peers for a reason, they do a great job. In general, we have the most conscientious ground staff that I have ever worked with. I have seen what farming out these jobs to the lowest bidder does to the final product, and it is not pretty. I hope they hold strong and win this fight.
04-02-2013, 06:05 PM
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Originally Posted by Dougdrvr
Good luck, but when the choice becomes a quality product or doing it cheaper, who do ya think will win? This is a canary in the coal mine for you folks and you need to back them up. Doesn't Southwest outsource their heavy maintenance already, I mean like off shore????
04-02-2013, 07:13 PM
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Tough nut to crack because the company has scaled back flights in many of the smaller markets to the point where you've got a bunch of people drawing full-time pay to support a schedule that could be manned with part-time or contract employees. When the Wright Amendment goes away in 18 months the situation will only get worse when flights from Dallas will not longer have to stop in ELP, MAF, AMA, LBB, OKC, TUL, etc to get to bigger and better places on the route map..
04-03-2013, 07:54 AM
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The contract for the rampers, ops agents and provo can be located at the following site, it is available to the public:
Transport Workers Union Local 555 > Home
Transport Workers Union Local 555 > Home
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