Let’s Ground U.S. Airways’ Union Buster
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In a pitch for its anti-union services, a notorious union-busting firm, Labor Relations Institute (LRI), tells perspective clients:
“The Number One advantage companies have over unions during [union] election campaigns is access to voters. Simply put, you can compel employees to listen to your campaign messages.”
US Airways is buying the pitch—literally. The airline is paying LRI $375 an hour to fight workers seeking to form a union with the Communications Workers of America (CWA) at Piedmont Airways. The 3,000 gate and ramp workers seeking a union make far, far less than $375 an hour.
You can help the Piedmont workers by sending a message to U.S. Airways Doug Parker urging him to cut ties with the union busters. Click here to go to American Rights at Work and tell Parker:
Your employees have worked hard to make your airline a success; they should be able to decide for themselves if they want to form a union—without the outside interference and coercion from a firm like LRI.
Union Heroes Save Passengers on US Airways Flight
The quick thinking, bravery, experience and extensive training of US Airways Flight 1549 pilot, Capt. Chesley Sullenberger, co-pilot Jeffrey Skiles, the crew of flight attendants, the air traffic controllers guiding the flight low over Manhattan and the rescuers were the key factors in yesterday’s “Miracle on the Hudson,” where 155 people survived an emergency landing in the river.
The mainstream media is chronicling the miracle, but as Marcy Wheeler on Emptywheel points out:
What they are not telling you is just about every single one of these heroes is a union member.
