FACC TELLS THE TRUTH

Statements made recently by the UA MEC in a letter to s-UA f/a's and in particular facebook postings of the LECP of DCASW in regards to an FACC facebook page are patently FALSE.

The FACC does not maintain a FaceBook page of any sort, under any pseudonym, acronym or otherwise. We communicate through our blog site and email only.

The FACC will speak out further regarding the UA MEC's libelous letter in our next email. Be sure and sign up. 
You can read the CAL MEC's response to it here.

NOW FIND OUT WHAT THE UA MEC IS SO AFRAID OF.......TAKE OUR SURVEY!

Survey closes August 13th

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WORKING FOR CHANGE WITHIN OUR UNION

JULY 20, 2012...   

 YOU'VE READ ABOUT IT NOW SEE WHAT IT IS THE UA MEC IS SO AFRAID OF:

*IS IT QUESTION #4?

*QUESTION #7?

*QUESTION #8?, #9?, #10?, OR #11?

TAKE THE SURVEY FOR YOURSELF AND FIND OUT!  

FACC JOINT CONTRACT SURVEY IS OPEN ON LINE!

Survey Closes August 13th

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CMI GETS A TA.....
Highlights:

*Nothing removed from current book.

*Signing bonus $3000.

*Int'l overide $1.00/hour.

*401k match.

*Parity with CAL pay scale, trip rigs, and reduced flying.

*Cross Over to CAL.

*Occupational Injury sec. fixed to cover those injured at work 

    100%

* Caps on sick and OL banks raised to 93 hours.

*Amendable date Dec. 31, 2014

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Why Didn't UA MEC Wait to Allow CAL to Participate in the JNC Survey?

The fact of the matter is the s-UA MEC would not allow any input from the CAL MEC in regards to the structure of the questions in the sUA survey. So why would CAL want its members to be surveyed  under these circumstances? A biased and skewed 66 questions to be used against there membership at the joint negotiating table??? AND they wanted CAL's participation anyway???

"It is the CAL AFA MEC’s firm opinion that any survey involving Joint Negotiations that is intended for all three groups must be developed from start to finish by all three MEC’s. While CAL and CMI were asked for their input on the UAL MEC’s final product, it was insufficient and the timing inappropriate." CALafa.org

"The CAL AFA MEC does not take issue with the UAL MEC conducting their own survey for the Joint Negotiations; the CAL AFA MEC has already done this with our contract proposals. We do take exception with those select leaders and proxies who continue to propagate false rumors insisting that the CAL AFA MEC refuses to participate in a UAL MEC survey. The CAL AFA MEC respected the negotiating and ratifying process for the UAL MEC contract and we expected the same courtesy and respect in return. CMI must still conclude their negotiations and ratify their agreement and they should be afforded the same courtesy."  CALafa.org                        

"TELL THE TRUTH AND SO MAKE PEACE"

                                                                                                            -Maxine Hong Kingston

Education is the key. The afa should be doing all it can to educate the membership about each others contracts, good and bad. All we seem to have heard from s-Ua side is how bad the IAM contract is. Tell us the truth, we are an intelligent, educated work force. Empower us all with the facts and we will make the right decision.

Hold seminars, explain the pros and cons from different view points in each contract. Then take input from CAL CMI and UA flight attendants as to what questions to ask in a survey. To take a survey without telling people what the other side is all about and especially how it works is not ethical and not valid.

Flight Attendant Robbie Fanning's parody makes the point:

Media Release: AFA extends popular Contract Education Seminar to 5th week.
 Seminars designed to dispel rumors about both contracts.
 Washington D.C., Association of Flight Attendants-CWA.

In the interest of gaining momentum for a joint contract, AFA has extended its popular contract education seminar into its 5th week, citing much needed insights from both subsidiary groups-UA and CO.

“I was really blown away”, Julie Ceslaisi, LAX-based Flight Attendant for the UA group stated. “After listening to the MEC explain everything about Duty Rigs I knew my assumption about CO having no work rules was totally false. I was dumbfounded to discover the many provisions CO has that are actually BETTER than UA.”

Citing the example of the stranding of hundreds of flight attendants in Europe during the May 2011 volcanic ash plume, the MEC demonstrated how CO flight attendants made MORE money with their contract during the delay than UA did with their duty rigs.

“Duty rigs are like being on a fixed-income when all your friends are making more”, Ceslaisi added, “The minute you give up a small guarantee, you are awarded an infinite possibility. Contractual guarantees no longer work when they trigger a series of diminishing effects".

Like notes in a symphony, a contract is a composed of a set of limits, guarantees and potentials. S-UA flight attendants must decide if the potential to earn is more valuable than the limit of a guarantee. This interdependence is what dictates hourly pay.

“The workshops have been really great in educating both groups about the dynamics of both contract styles”, Tamber Denty, spokesperson for the LEC in Chicago said. “The CO group loves UA’s Holiday Pay. The UA group wants CO’s flexibility. We’ve explained that giving up certain work rules that restrict income isn’t necessarily a concession."

And that’s the issue. Both groups currently work with a significant disparity in hourly pay, with CO earning some $9-13 more per hour. The workshops were designed to explain why AFA was not able to achieve CO’s hourly pay in the recent TA.

“In order to bring UA up to CO’s level, the workshops were used to identify those prohibitive work rules that, when relinquished, not only increase UA’s pay, but also ushers in the flexibility UA wants and deserves”, Tom Foolerly, lawyer for AFA said.

The survey for s-UA will start hitting mailboxes today.

"Because AFA has been so honest and forthcoming about the dynamics of both contract styles, we feel comfortable our members have the facts needed to make the right decisions", Denty said.

(reprinted with permission)

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ANOTHER CONTRACT PASSES AT S-CAL!

Congratulations to the s-CAL flight attendants and their MEC.

http://calafa.org/

You have achieved what the s-UA AFA has failed to do time and time again.....a TIMELY collective bargaining agreement! You will not be disappointed with the protections you've given yourselves in this contract extension, especially during the upcoming joint negotiations!
The battle over your quality of work life contained in this contract is now at the forefront....
YOU MUST NOT BE APATHETIC! Pay your dues and make sure you are eligible to vote for a combined contract. Its the only way to make sure your voices will be heard!

FACC ONLINE SURVEY IS COMING.........

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CAL TA......STILL TIME TO VOTE

 Ask yourselves this:

*Do you feel comfortable with protections in your current contract if this TA is turned down?

*Will the Company bother with continuing separate Sec 6 or want to go straight into joint negotiations?

*Will you lose leverage at the joint negotiating table without this contract extension?

*Are you willing to live with your current contract for possibly the next several years during joint negotiations?

These are just some of the questions that may effect your decision to vote yes or no. And remember, you can change you vote as many times as you wish right up to the deadline. Only your last vote counts.

The following is a perspective from CAL flight attendant Denny Wheeling, posted on a social media website, reprinted with permission:

"(For the sCO FAs and crossovers. 

Some food for thought as we move inevitably closer to a combined contract.

This post is intended to inform, not influence your vote on our TA one way or the other.

So as sCO prepares to vote on a TA which could become our new contract, the sUA MEC has already started campaigning to their members for a restrictive, non-productive, contract based on failed concepts that are overdue to be scrapped. With tacit approval at the International Level, they have consistently attempted to marginalize the sCO side of this merger since the beginning. It’s not enough they held their own starved membership hostage with a sub-standard contract which provided none of the improvements promised during the campaign- now they are actively condemning our contract and way of life. A way of life, and a style of flying that has provided us with the most flexibility in the industry, the highest wages of ANY legacy carrier, the ability to tailor your flying and income to meet your individual needs, and the freedom to do so without concern for whether you will be senior enough to “hold a trip trade”.

The attack on our lifestyle, and career potential is coming from the sUA MEC, backed by the International Level- not the average rank & file sUA FA. These FAs have been bombarded with propaganda, mis-information, and blatant lies ever since the merger was announced, and these practices continue today. Most of these FAs have no real, clear, or factual information regarding our contract or way of life. They are basing opinions on what they have been fed by their MEC & the International Level. These unscrupulous attempts at discrediting our ELECTED leaders, our contract, and our way of life need to stop. This is not only unfair to us a workgroup of dues paying members, but borders on failure to provide fair & unbiased representation. If the International Level won’t police the sUA MEC and enforce the non-interference clauses in the C&B, how can we expect fair treatment in any aspect of dealing with our new “union”? I encourage all of you, regardless of your opinion of the TA before us, to e-mail Veda Shook (vshook@afacwa.org), voice your concerns, and demand she step in to curtail this divisive behavior on the part of the sUA MEC. Tell them to back off. We are dues paying AFA members, and so far have not received the services, protections, or promises made since our kidnapping.

To those who would blow this off by saying “get involved”- I am involved, and I am encouraging all sCO FAs to do likewise.

Vote your conscience on our TA, but make sure you fully understand all the issues, and all the potential ramifications of your Vote.)"

 

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