SpiceWeasel
Tre Kronor
So, why are we treating our employees exactly the same as we don't want to be treated by our respective employers???
To: Unit 1 Staff
From: Unit 1 Officers and Negotiating Committee
We are pleased to announce that the National Labor Relations Board will be issuing a complaint on our third Unfair Labor Practice charge concerning the prohibition of posting Unit 1 signs in the Atlanta office. In prior communications, ALPA management has attempted to create the impression that issuance of a ULP complaint is a “routine” part of the Board’s processing of ULP charges. As a matter of fact, issuance of ULP complaints is far from routine.
In its 2008 Annual Report, the Board reported that, out of 22,497 ULP charges filed, more than 60% were dismissed (or withdrawn by the charging party under threat of dismissal) and, of the approximately 39% where the Board found merit, three-fourths were settled before a complaint issued. Only 9.4% of all ULP charges filed resulted in issuance of a complaint. We are 3 out of 3. The completeness of the investigation conducted by Board personnel before a complaint is issued assures that the General Counsel’s win/loss percentage on cases that come to trial will be very high.
Finally, the failure to reach agreement in mediation leaves us with no choice but to accelerate the processing of our dispute concerning the changes unilaterally imposed by management to our Retiree Health Plan. At last check this week, the RHP assets had climbed over $17,500,000, and this is not a case where there can be any reasonable claim that reductions in the RHP benefit are mandated by financial necessity. In fact, it is inconceivable that ALPA management would ever voluntarily accept on behalf of pilots the drastic cuts they are attempting to impose on their own employees. We ask ALPA's managers and pilot leaders, "Would you willingly accept these same cuts on behalf of the pilots ALPA represents?" We challenge ALPA's manager and pilot leaders to lead the labor movement forward, not backward. In failing to reach agreement, ALPA has consciously chosen to resolve the remaining issues in litigation. Unit 1 is fully prepared to proceed down that path, but we want to be clear that it is a path chosen unfortunately and unnecessarily by ALPA.