SW was the airline that reached major status non-union and the unionized dying airline industry that could not compete was exposed as hamstrung by union dominations.
Six years ago, the mechanics got a toe hold to try and kill it.
Rather than abide by its contract, it keeps trying to get a strangle hold on the company it is negotiating with to featherbed and increase costs.
I grew up in a union family. My dad was in the Carpenters Union. They provided my family with amazing health insurance, back in the day, and my dad with a nice little retirement. On the flip side, they were as corrupt as anything. My dad told me that the head of the union, in NY State, got caught embezzling millions. Like ten’s of millions. No one seemed to care, as the union coffers were overflowing.
That being said, unions can be the devil. And when the unions and its bosses don’t get their way they get ugly. They’ve been trying to get in with some of the car manufacturers in Tennessee and, I think, Alabama. The South doesn’t do the union thing to easy. And the workers can see through the promises of the union organizers and bosses promising more money, etc. If the unions, in their attempt to get a hold of the Southwest workers, are doing some shady sh*t, f*ck them.
At the end of the day, the only people that get hurt are the customers and the mechanics, because they’ll be replaced.
So, in summation, unions can be scum...