- A Message
from your LEC President
Dear Members,
I know a lot of
you are aware of the Special Meeting that is scheduled for
Friday August 5 at 11am in DCA for the recall of our MEC
President. After much thought and many, many sleepless nights, I
decided to go along with Council's 40 and 89 on this issue. I
will try to explain why I came to this decision.
Starting this month, we are going to be negotiating a
fence with America West. This fence is just the beginning of a
hard fight we are going to have to come up with a contract that
is agreeable to both sides.
- We will need
a strong foundation for this fight.
- We need our
negotiating team to be in it for the long haul.
- We need them
to have to work under this contract.
- We need
solidarity.
Our MEC
President is leaving on December 2, 2005. She will not work
under this contract, although she has great passion, and once
she grabs a hold of something she won't let go, she will have to
let go of this and in just a few short months.
I spoke with
her yesterday, and pleaded our case. I asked her to resign her
position with a stipulation that she stays on transitioning a
new President and continuing with the projects she is working on
until her VFLR in December. I asked her if she would be willing
to do this, as it would be in the best interest of all the
flight attendants at US Airways. She refused and told me
the MEC would decide her fate.
If we wait
until the October meeting to put a new President in, they would
only have November to transition in. During November, we could
be up to our eyeballs in negotiations with the Company. Are we
all willing to take the chance that we won't end up with the
best Fence Agreement and the Best Contract possible? Right now,
we are living with a horrible reserve system, the Company is
coming down hard on all of us for sick time, late check ins,
etc. I feel this is the time, before any negotiations start, to
build our new foundation.
I am not asking Teddy to leave, far from it. I am just asking
for who ever is going to take her place, be a part of this
process from the very beginning. I hope you can understand that
I am looking out for "Our" best interests. I believe
we are going to have the fight of our lives and we need to be
the best and strongest we can be from the very beginning.
Laura
Albert
LEC President Council 70 PHL
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