Basic union questions
10-19-2007, 01:01 PM
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Basic union questions
1) What percent of union members must vote to strike before a strike is called by the union?
2) Since I see SCAB capitalized a lot, is that an acronym or just the word that means "someone who takes the job of a striking worker"?
3) Do you have to join a union if one exists at a company?
4) What's an IBB?
5) Is a Collective Bargaining Agreement (CBA) the same as a contract?
6) In aviation, is a scab a union pilot who crosses a picket line, or does the term also apply to pilots who did not sign up with a union, do not get all the benefits of being in a union, and subsequently cross a picket line?
7) which benefits of being in a union cannot be supplied by free-market economic forces?
8) When a union calls a strike, are non-union pilots expected to stop flying as well?
9) how and when are arbitrators chosen in a labor dispute between aviation companies and pilots?
10) Are there aviation jobs where pilots ARE management, and if so, are they paid differently from union pilots, assuming both types of pilots can work at a given aviation company?
11) Approximately what percentage of strikes in the aviation industry been economic, vs. the percentage were strikes for addressing unfair labor practices?
12) Do union pilots make different wages from non-union pilots, assuming both types of pilots can work at a given aviation company?
13) Are there substantial differences in how unions work at the majors vs. fractionals?
14) Can a pilot refuse to fly with scab on the flightcrew?
15) Are scab lists used only to refuse JS privileges?
16) Is a JS request refused for any reason other than the requestor's name being on a scab list?
I'm trying to figure out where unions fit in the mix, I've never worked at a union job or known anyone who did. I haven't yet read "Flying The Line", so if any of these are covered in that tome once I pick up my $1 Amazon copy, please indicate so. Thanks!
2) Since I see SCAB capitalized a lot, is that an acronym or just the word that means "someone who takes the job of a striking worker"?
3) Do you have to join a union if one exists at a company?
4) What's an IBB?
5) Is a Collective Bargaining Agreement (CBA) the same as a contract?
6) In aviation, is a scab a union pilot who crosses a picket line, or does the term also apply to pilots who did not sign up with a union, do not get all the benefits of being in a union, and subsequently cross a picket line?
7) which benefits of being in a union cannot be supplied by free-market economic forces?
8) When a union calls a strike, are non-union pilots expected to stop flying as well?
9) how and when are arbitrators chosen in a labor dispute between aviation companies and pilots?
10) Are there aviation jobs where pilots ARE management, and if so, are they paid differently from union pilots, assuming both types of pilots can work at a given aviation company?
11) Approximately what percentage of strikes in the aviation industry been economic, vs. the percentage were strikes for addressing unfair labor practices?
12) Do union pilots make different wages from non-union pilots, assuming both types of pilots can work at a given aviation company?
13) Are there substantial differences in how unions work at the majors vs. fractionals?
14) Can a pilot refuse to fly with scab on the flightcrew?
15) Are scab lists used only to refuse JS privileges?
16) Is a JS request refused for any reason other than the requestor's name being on a scab list?
I'm trying to figure out where unions fit in the mix, I've never worked at a union job or known anyone who did. I haven't yet read "Flying The Line", so if any of these are covered in that tome once I pick up my $1 Amazon copy, please indicate so. Thanks!
10-19-2007, 10:50 PM
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Read the books. Then do some searching around the site for more info. Then come back and ask a question or two. Nothing personal, but throwing that all out at once is a bit too much, at least for me.
I try to keep it simple. Unions are good.
I try to keep it simple. Unions are good.
11-03-2007, 06:05 PM
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Originally Posted by DamonMeyer
I'm trying to figure out where unions fit in the mix
http://airlinepilotcentral.com/profe...071031264.html
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