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In 2005, the mechanics, flight attendants and pilots unions at
Mesaba Airlines joined forces as the Mesaba Labor Coalition and
overcame divide-and-conquer management tactics during contract
negotiations. The same employee groups, along with engineers and
flight controllers, later formed the UAL Labor Coalition to defend the
public and themselves against management excesses harmful to United
Airlines' future. Now, in the latest example of airline unions
collaborating to curb out-of-control management self-interest, the
Aircraft Mechanics Fraternal Association (AMFA) said its members will
join up to 100,000 others at a May 17 "Enough Is Enough" rally on the
Mall in Washington, DC to protest excessive executive compensation in
the airline industry. AMFA is a member of both the Mesaba Labor
Coalition and the UAL Labor Coalition.
Even before the May 17 event, AMFA union officials and members
will show up at the May 10 UAL annual shareholders meeting in Chicago
to protest against excessive executive compensation, according to AMFA
National Director O.V. Delle-Femine. United Airlines' board bestowed
$39.7 million in compensation on CEO Glenn Tilton in 2006, despite the
airline's continued poor performance. AMFA recently used the UAL
shares the union owns to give the UAL board a no-confidence vote.
"Most airline executives and their boards have entirely lost sight
of their responsibilities to shareholders, the flying public and the
rank-and-file employees who keep the airlines operating," said
Delle-Femine. "The executives are being awarded tens of millions of
dollars in pay and bonuses as their companies' financial performance
languishes and employees receive severe pay cuts and terminations.
Northwest Airlines executives did this right in the midst of
bankruptcy."
The May 17 Washington rally will also show support for a bill (HR
1257) making its way through Congress that would require a non-binding
shareholder vote on executive compensation and "golden parachute"
packages. The bill, which has already moved through the House
Financial Services Committee, responds to growing concern among
shareholders and the American public about excessive executives pay.
AMFA is the largest U.S. union representing aircraft mechanics and
related employees, with over 12,000 members at Alaska Airlines, United
Airlines, Southwest Airlines, Northwest Airlines, ATA, Horizon Air and
Mesaba Airlines. AMFA's credo is "Safety in the air begins with
Quality Maintenance on the Ground". To learn more about AMFA, visit:
www.amfanational.org.
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