Jose Arturo Ibarra: How much is AFA costing me?

Sunday, February 20, 2011

A whole lot more than monthly union dues, link to factual numbers.

View a 2011 pay comparison between a NWA AFA contract and the Delta work rules for a thirteen-year flight attendant who flies 80 hours of domestic.

Please do calculate your own numbers!

Please continue to share with our coworkers how to join this bulk email list:

Simply have them submit their email, top right.

Keep informed by FACTS!

Sincerely,
Jose Arturo Ibarra

Where is unionism working?

Three unions leading the way:

Writers Guild of America West keeps the strike pressure on (does not cancel the strike like AFA international did with CHAOS at NWA) and looks close to a deal. No caving here: http://www.wga.org/

California Nurses Association is educating and fighting for America’s healthcare after having all of their members see the movie SICKO for free: http://ga1.org/campaign/cheneycare

SEIU fighting back with their Hotel Workers campaign to get workers above poverty levels: http://www.hotelworkersrising.com/

Some good general labor sites:

http://www.labornet.org/
http://www.laborradio.org/
http://www.workdayminnesota.org/index.php
http://www.labornotes.org/

Labor History (find out what real unionists did):
http://www.labor-studies.org/

Service not Servitude
The Pullman Porters – the first black union and they were in the service industry like us, but they had a strategy and knew how to affect politics (they helped start the civil rights movement): http://www.aphiliprandolphmuseum.com/evo_history4.html

Union Democracy: http://www.uniondemocracy.org/index.htm
(Check out The LMRDA and the Union Members' Bill of Rights http://www.uniondemocracy.org/Legal/lmrda.htm)

Jose Arturo Ibarra