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Greetings,
IMPORTANT LEC
Meeting: Your LEC Officers have arranged for Senior AFA-CWA
Benefits Attorney, Mary Lou Savage to present an in-depth
comparison of the NW and DL Medical and Retiree Medical
plans. If you plan
on retiring from Delta with a medical plan DO
NOT MISS THIS MEETING. Date and times are listed
below. Date &
Time: Tuesday December,
2nd 2008 from 11:30 am until 3:00 pm.
Location:
Memphis International Airport, Conference Room
“A”, directly adjacent to TSA Security for concourse
“A” A
light lunch will be provided by your
LEC.
By
now you should have received your glossy mailing containing the
CD, bag tag, window decal, and paper airplane in your home
mailbox. How much
do you think it cost to produce and distribute that mailer? Please keep in mind,
there are over 75,000 employees at the ‘New
Delta’. That
is a lot of money! Money undoubtedly that could have been used to
give you something that you need, or could actually use. Perhaps you would have
preferred to get a print out of the MEM bid packet? Or a few more shares of
stock? For all the
money wasted, they could have printed a bid packet for every
base, for months to come. We
have to be diligent, and not fall for these diversion tactics,
while they are preparing to take complete control of your work
life. We have all
read how the economy is slowing, and a recession is
looming. Delta has
announced they are downsizing the CVG operations, and who knows
what they have planned for MEM. Now that they have gotten this mammoth merger
through the regulatory process, they can do anything they
want. They do not
have to keep any promises.
Remember their statement was, “there will no base
or hub closings, as a result of the merger.” That clears them to do
anything they want, as a result of the economy or fuel
costs. It is
important to keep in mind, at Delta, without the protection of
Section 14 (Reduction of Force & Recall) of your current
Contract, a base closing could be furlough without the right of
recall - regardless of your
seniority. Our inside sources tell us that our friend, Brian
Moreau has been tagged as the head of the combined Scheduled
Dept for the ‘New Delta’. Please take a few minutes and imagine your
life: reporting to
work in a world where Brian Moreau is in charge of Scheduling,
and no Contract to keep him in check. Remember Brian is the person responsible for the 70
hour minimum ‘double cross’, and the
November-December 2006 scheduling disaster, which is all still
freshly burned into our minds. (Remember everyone being flown
into their days off!)
Both of those issues were dealt with through the
arbitration process granted by having a Contract and a
Union. He can no
longer play those games, due to a settlement or arbitration
award.
Keep in mind there are a lot of protections your
contract provides, that we take for granted every time we
fly. We have had
these protections for over 60 years, it would be sad if we let
them take them away. AFA-CWA
Representational Campaign:
The campaign to retain Union representation is under
way. Brenda McAden
and Lucy Emanuel have volunteered to be the Tennessee State
Chairs. If you live
in TN contact either Lucy or Brenda. Daniel Duhin is the Mississippi State
Chair. If you live
in MS please contact Daniel. If you have volunteered to help, one of them
will be contacting you very soon. If you would like to assist, please contact
either Lucy at lemanueal@nwaafa.org
(901-359-8836), Brenda at bmcaden@nwaafa.org
(901-389-7425) or Daniel Duhin at dwduhin@gmail.com
(662-838-3515) depending on your State of residence, and one of
them will sign you up.
Contract Reference
Guides:
Your LEC has inserted a contract reference guide in your
Inflight mailbox.
If you are a Reserve, we have also added a Reserve
Guidelines. Please
keep these materials with your contract to facilitate quicker
resolutions with Scheduling when you have
questions. Happy
Holidays:
Your LEC Officers want to take this opportunity to wish
you and your family a safe and happy
Thanksgiving! Be
Safe, Fly the Contract, and Wear your Union
Pin, Shawn Fivecoat |
