'Tis a Joyous Season indeed with the announcement from the company that even though they did not receive the 1550 s-UA voluntary furloughs or partnership awards (to make up the difference), there will be no involuntary furloughs for the s-UA flight attendants! "Thank you" to all who took the voluntary furloughs/partnerships and to the Company! Congratulations also to ALPA and our pilots upon ratifying the first Joint Contract of any labor group on the property!
ONE MORE MAKES 4
We note with sadness and dismay that the AFA International office has chosen to target another s-UA flight attendant with Article X violations, "disloyalty" to the Union. The UNITED 3 now becomes the UNITED 4. How many more before the membership stands up and demands reform and democracy? Lets start with changes to Article X of the C&B and the absurd empowerment it gives to the unelected officers at the highest level of leadership in our Union to persecute its dues paying members in good standing. Its time for change in 2013.
REFORM AND DEMOCRACY IN 2013
It is with this
goal in mind that the following nomination and election cycles for ALL LECs in
Election Category III are provided for flight attendants at these councils to
demand of their representatives, whom they pay with their dues money, to
support direct election of master executive and international officers, term
limits, and full monthly online disclosure of all financial matters at EVERY
level of the organization. The time to take back OUR union is NOW, with
THIS election cycle.
LEC officers will be held
accountable for their actions and votes at next year’s Board of Directors’
meeting in February. Agenda items will
once again be placed on the ballot calling for an immediate change to the
election of master executive council and international officers, but most local
officers, seeking a lucrative career at the company-within-a-company, otherwise
known as the union, dare not challenge the status quo. There are too many individuals with out sized
egos seeking higher office who do not want to let a bunch of
"know-nothing" flight attendants derail their ambition. Since records are not made available to
flight attendants detailing how LECP “representatives” voted at the Board of
Directors meeting, if the agenda items calling for the changes demanded to give
flight attendants the respect and power they deserve, do not pass, then ALL
incumbent candidates must be voted out of local council office.
An organization that has granted
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 a
particular work group. 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.
FIRST UP IN 2013.................... will be elections in the newly created s-UA domicile in Houston, IAHSW.
Current s-UA reform candidates at IAH are: Elizabeth Saxon for LECP, Michael Contorno for LECVP, and Ricardo Miyares for LEC Sec. Treasurer. They are staunch supporters of positive changes that afford ALL flight attendants the respect and power they deserve moving forward, TOGETHER!
If you are based at s-UA IAH, ballots will be mailed to your home address on January 9, 2013. Polls open January 13, 2013 and voting will close January 31, 2013 with ballots being counted the same day. Make sure the AFA has your current address in order to receive a ballot! If you have questions or need to request a duplicate ballot call AFA-CWA Ballot Help Line at 800-424-2401 extension #706.
NEXT UP IN 2013..................
HKGSW
Nominations 11/14/2012 - 12/20/2012
Elections 02/13/2013 - 03/13/2013
ORDSW
Nominations 01/07/2013 - 01/30/2013
Elections 03/04/2013 - 03/26/2013
SEASW
Nominations 01/30/2013 - 02/20/2013
Elections 03/18/2013 - 04/09/2013
SFOSW
Nominations 01/30/2013 - 02/20/2013
Elections 03/18/2013 - 04/09/2013
MAKE 2013 THE YEAR WE ALL MOVE FORWARD TOGETHER IN OUR REFORMED UNION, THE AFA!
