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Media Day Picketing
PHOENIX - US Airways
employees on Thursday demanded that management
 address labor's issues
and work with labor to turnaround the fledgling airline. Employees picketed
corporate headquarters with a large, 30-foot rat as a symbol of US Airways
management's anti-labor tactics to date. The US Airways Labor Coalition
represents the customer service representatives, dispatchers, fleet service,
flight attendants, flight crew training instructors, maintenance training
specialists, mechanic and related, pilots, simulator engineers, and all other
labor groups at US Airways
View the video footage of the
support and picketing from all the labor groups.
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US Airways Continues
Downward Spiral as Labor Woes Intensify
Employees Picket, Demand Management Address Labor Issues |
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PHOENIX - US Airways (NYSE:LCC)
employees today demanded that management address labor’s issues and work
with labor to turnaround the fledgling airline. Employees picketed
corporate headquarters with a large, 30- foot rat as a symbol of US
Airways management’s anti-labor tactics to date. Following is a
statement from the US Airways Labor Coalition, which represents the
customer service representatives, dispatchers, fleet service, flight
attendants, flight crew training instructors, maintenance training
specialists, mechanic and related, pilots, simulator engineers, and all
other labor groups at US Airways.
"Shared fury and frustration among the employees of US Airways brought
us together today in an effort to get management to complete the merger
that began nearly three years ago. We are furious over being the poster
child for what not to do in a merger. We are frustrated with
management’s hands-off approach to resolving labor issues.
"Instead of working with labor to develop long-term solutions that would
fix the problems plaguing our airline, US Airways management continues
employing tactics to demoralize its labor force. As a result, employee
morale is at an all-time low, our stock has plummeted, and our
passengers are left holding their bags. Management’s quick-fix is to
hire executives and bunker down together to ignore these problems,
hoping that they will resolve themselves.
"Management’s most recent attempts to depict an airline that has finally
turned the corner toward success will not fool anyone. When compared
with its peers, US Airways continues to rank at or near the bottom in
terms of customer complaints and other categories tracked by the
government, and the only reason the airline was number one in on-time
performance was because management has mastered the art of manipulating
statistics. Management wasted millions of dollars - money that belonged
to our employees, passengers and investors - to create this illusion
rather than work with labor. |
"We want to work for a successful airline - one
that is a positive example of how a merger should be conducted. It’s time for
management to empower the employees with the necessary tools to do their jobs
effectively. Specifically, management needs to adhere to current labor contracts
and reach new collective bargaining agreements that improve the wages, benefits
and working conditions of all US Airways employees."
The US Airways Labor Coalition represents approximately 30,000 employees from
the two merged carriers - America West and US Airways. The pilots are
represented by the Air Line Pilots Association, Int’l. (ALPA). The flight
attendants are represented by the Association of Flight Attendants-CWA (AFACWA).
The customer service representatives are represented by the Airline Customer
Service Employee Association - IBT/CWA. The fleet service, mechanic and related,
and maintenance training specialist employees are represented by the
International Association of Machinists and Aerospace Workers (IAM). The
dispatchers, flight crew training instructors and simulator engineers are
represented by the Transport Workers Union of America (TWU).
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ALPA Contacts:
Captain Tania Bziukiewicz, (602) 214-3490;
(602) 306-1208
Lydia Jakub, (602) 794-2882; (480) 586-5873
AFA-CWA Contacts:
Gary Richardson, (602) 625-5573
Mike Flores, (704) 576-3174
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