Unions must die.
"But under the terms Northwest imposed when the strike began, the replacement workers don't have to pay union dues." That'll hurt!
It is another win for the Unions.
Sweet. Americans 1, Extortionists 0.
NWA? I thought I was going to read about Ric Flair
Dumb headline, though. It sounds like the position of 'mechanic' is no longer required at airlines, that now their work can be done by an automated robot.
Every time I see one of these rats, my heart is warmed. I know someone out there is taking a stand for capitalism and free-market economy, and a swipe at violent thuggery and socialism.
Strikes' going well, huh, Jim?
I wonder if the cleaners and custodians will complain about the work atmosphere?
8/19/05 Washington Post In the heat of a labor confrontation, Northwest Airlines Corp. last month took the unusual step of asking that President Bush not intervene to avert a strike by its mechanics. What business is it of the President's what private businesses and their workers do? With or without a strike, Northwest's strategy in its battle with its mechanics sends a message that financially strapped airlines are willing to resort to increasingly dire measures to cut costs in a highly competitive industry, labor analysts and union officials said. Why does the Washington Post editorialize that the threatened replacement of the Mechanics Union members is a 'dire measure'? The fact that Unions believe they can demand what their employers should pay them is more shocking to me. "If a corporation can eliminate an entire workforce and bring in replacement workers, it has ramifications for every other unionized company. That's what's at stake," said Steve MacFarlane, the mechanics union spokesman. Um... isn't Steve admitting, in essence, that his mechanics are overpaid and dispensable? Imagine, Steve, a hardworking father who has been out of work for a few months, rent/mortgage is due, bills and expenses are pilling up and he is willing to work for 1/4th less than your union members. Why shouldn't he be allowed to? You've just admitted your workers are overpaid, by stating that the company is able to find qualified workers to replace them. Why doesn't Northwest replace these Union members even if they don't strike?
The airline also said it has about 1,500 former flight attendants ready to report to work in the event current flight attendants refuse to cross the picket lines. "We started recruiting a long time ago because we wanted the right people. There were a lot of people, and we were able to choose from the very best," said Andrea Newman, Northwest's lobbyist. "These are people who want to work for an airline." Fancy that! A company hiring people who won't go on strike and are willing to work for what they say they will work for.
Say what you want about this being a good thing. If hey replaced all of their in-house mechanics save for 70. I sure as Hell won't being flying NW's anytime soon, and not out of sympathy for the striking mechanics.