American/TWU; 12 days of talks end with...
No surprise here...NO DEAL!!! We are now heading for Federal Mediation.
Whats next? I found a flow chart over at the National Mediation Board (NMB) that explains what happens to us under the Railway Labor Act (RLA)
Remember the urgency for us to sign the concessionary contract in 2003? If we didn't act quickly our fate would be in the hands of a bankruptcy judge! Remember the reason Carty resigned? Everyone knows by now slogans like; “Pull together-Win together” and “Shared Sacrifice” espoused by the company are nothing more than hollow sound-bites and lies. The fact that today, American is dragging its feet, should come as no surprise either; I just wonder if this paradigm of simulated corporate integrity and feigned accountability to employees is in the GPM somewhere and I missed it.
But wait; We must also hold ourselves accountable. Click on the Share GAAin Pic...it is a link to the NMB timeline concerning Labor issues and it is telling. It's evident that back in the day, Labor didn't play. They fought hard for things that we so submissively surrendered under the guise of "saving the company." Notice how the last time the TWU took it to the mattresses was Pan-Am in 1985. Twenty three years later, we are the next generation. Are we leaving things better for the ones who will be here when we are gone? That would be a resounding NO. We have much work to do... the first step is the re-realization of the import of solidarity.
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