WHEN IS IT
ENOUGH?
The Labor-Management
Reporting and Disclosure Act (LMRDA) - deals with the relationship between a
union and its members. The LMRDA grants certain rights to union members and
protects their interests by promoting democratic procedures within labor
organizations. The Secretary of Labor enforces certain provisions of the LMRDA
and has delegated that authority to the Office of Labor-Management Standards
(OLMS).
However, the LMRDA only
requires that union voting rights be structured precisely as currently codified
in the AFA Constitution and Bylaws. It requires that the vote be given to the
membership paying union dues at the most basic level, so that those playing the
union political game are insulated from further accountability the higher up the
ranks (MEC and AFA International) they go.
Hypocrisy defines AFA as the
union that likes to take full credit for going above and beyond what is required
by federal law for the supposed "benefit" of the flight attendants, whether it
be the Known Crewmember program, OSHA, or Family Leave. Yet, they hide behind
federal law as an excuse for keeping a fundamental RIGHT OF DEMOCRACY in
the hands of the PRIVILEGED few.
An organization that grants voting
RIGHTS to their membership as a whole for officers at ALL levels of an
organization is an organization that has earned the PRIVILEGE of representing
our work force! A labor group that restricts its membership from voting because
they may not like the results has NO business claiming they represent ANYONE but
themselves.
VOTE FOR CHANGE,
NOW!
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