FLIGHT SERVICE UNION......Yes/No

By mid month all current employees working the "boards" will receive a ballot from the US labor board. It’s a pretty simple piece of paper. It has two empty blocks on it. Probably the most important piece of paper you have received (other than your paycheck) in the last few months. Here is the chance to have a union.....doesn't have to be NAATS....just a union. Please think about you co-workers if you are one of the lucky ones who won't be working for LM in the future. Put the dues issue behind you. If you only have a few more months with LM, and/or are at a FSS that is closing, don't be selfish. Now is not the time to "prove a point" or slam the previous NAATS leadership.

This is a new ballgame. New players, and in my opinion, an employer who is not being honest with its employees. Recently one of the LM officials stated that if a union gets in, he would not be able to do all he has done in the past without negotiating with a union. I asked" what exactly have you done in the past"? All that has been done so far is, an ever changing call forwarding program, short staffed facilities causing overwork and more people resigning. Other than that....same old, same old. When the rubber meets the road, and summer traffic jumps, and LM starts jerking around your days off, think. Is this one of the things Mr. LM is doing because there is no union? You betcha. When you get in a situation where you need legal representation, will LM be there backing up you actions??? Hmmm. I would much rather have NAATS (or its replacement) and NAGE in my corner than someone who answers to the stockholders.

So, look to your left....look to your right. Some of those folks working beside you have lives. Families. Mortgages. Vote with them in mind instead of how you really feel about unions. It’s not always about you but the overall workforce. As in the past, the union has been there if you needed it. If things are fine at your facility and you manager is doing his job that is great. Think about the end state. Will a new manager be the same, or more likely be on a power trip. Vote YES on union representation. In my opinion.....we are going to need it.


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