This week

I will be meeting with the sub UA GSE/Facilities committee in Denver this week. Hopefully we will conclude a few remaining open issues and a report will be distributed via the following Mechanics Dispatch.

The next meeting will be a Joint Board of Adjustment in Chicago where we hear 10 cases with an additional 5 already resolved.

The rest of the week will be for meeting with American mechanics interested in becoming Teamsters.

I hope you all have a good week and hope you had the opportunity to submit proposals to your Steward committee.

That's all for this week
Bob

The future of Unions

Here is an article worth the read
http://www.nytimes.com/2012/06/05/opinion/nocera-turning-our-backs-on-unions.html?_r=1&hp

rcfisher.org Temporarily Down

The website along with all of it's content was shut down by the provider recently along with all of the other sites they hosted. The blog will continue to operate as I have time to update it. The website will be back up as soon as I find a provider to host it. In the mean time the Mechanic's Dispatch can be found on www.teamsterair.org. The industry agreements can be found on www.airlinemechanics.org under the general tab. As we get further into negotiations with United I will keep the blog up to date as best as possible

Bob