American Airlines Shoots Down Union Job Cut Proposals
Proposals to stem massive job cuts by American Airlines' unions has fell on deaf ears
APFA (Flight Attendants) Says 3,000 Would Retire Under Its Proposal to Airline, American Says No
American Airlines has rejected two of its unions’ latest offers to reduce the planned 13,000 plus job cuts by the airline.
The Association of Professional Flight Attendants (APFA) and the Transport Workers Union (TWU) both presented proposals aimed at cost cutting so the airline would cut less jobs:
‘The APFA program would have provided full pensions and medical coverage to workers retiring early and allowed American to immediately begin hiring 500 new workers at lower salaries. The airline wants to cut 2,300 jobs from among the 16,000 attendants represented by the union.’
‘The TWU, which represents mechanics, baggage handlers and other airport ground workers, proposed a one-time payment of $75,000 and certain health and other benefits for members who chose to leave. American’s plan calls for 8,800 job cuts within the union, which represents more than 23,000 workers.’
Both offers were apparently not enough for the Dallas Ft. Worth carrier:
“As currently structured, these early-out incentives would significantly increase costs and do not address the company’s need for sustainable cost savings and efficiency,” Fort Worth, Texas-based AMR said in a statement.
The Allied Pilots Association (APA) and American are also in talks for their own. The APA wants American to freeze their pensions instead of eliminating them.
Good luck unions. It’s nice to see that American is bargaining in good faith [emphasis: sarcasm]. The airline doesn’t want to pay them anything is what it is, and frankly, its criminal IMO.
And it won’t be 13,000 cuts…it’ll be more. Mark my words.
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I am confused as to why you think American is so wrong when they are simply doing what they should have done when everyone else was entering bankruptcy. They have this one chance to get it right and be competitive or get it wrong and go under. what path best serves the majority of the employees?
That’s a good point. AA has to restructure drastically in order to survive so they just can’t pay out what they don’t have. I understand that. I think what really irks me is that #1, AA made little to no effort to fund the workers’ pensions (6 mil out of 100 mil they were supposed to pay) and #2, it seems apparent to me that AA is not the least bit interested in bargaining at all with the unions. Maybe I’m wrong.
I also think that if AA couldn’t afford to even get close to paying the m the pensions laid out, then don’t agree to it in the first place.
But you are right…in the end they have to survive or everyone loses.
Thanks for the comment and keep ‘em coming! :)
Lee