SWAPA Election
10-17-2024, 09:19 AM
#25
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To borrow your "fact" argument from another thread, did anybody actually get forced to take the shot? I mean yeah they sent out the letter but later retracted it and nobody was actually forced to take a shot. So it's all good, and now there's language in the contract, however imperfect you feel it is, to protect against even that?
If swa is bulletproof on furloughs, they're bulletproof on vaccine mandates too.
If swa is bulletproof on furloughs, they're bulletproof on vaccine mandates too.
10-17-2024, 09:22 AM
#26
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10-17-2024, 09:46 AM
#28
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Totally agree. You give SWAPA 1% of your money. Participate. Most guys or gals don't want to be involved in the day to day of running a union. What's nice about this job is you set the parking brake and leave. Go and live life. Unfortunately the rest of our comrades are coming to work to do rinse and repeat. This job attracts A personality people. We question everything. This whole message board helps us with A personality syndrome. Having said that, SWAPA is well funded. I rather have a union that has money in the bank for when the time comes(which will) when management will challenge everything they agreed to. It's just business. Their are some great guys that advocate on our behalf. Every time I see a rep I always thank them for their service. It's a thankless job. Some people get into the leadership of SWAPA for the wrong reasons. Most do it because they want to make a difference in our career's. Most of the time bad actors are called out when they are in it for themselves. For an independent union, SWAPA is better than the alternative. This is my fourth union(three independent and ALPA). The services that we get for our dues, I'll happily pay every time. SWA management is at war with a hedge fund. Employees will most certainly suffer on the other side. Leadership and money are needed to get to the other side of this debacle called SWA.
They announced yesterday that the regular plan is going away in 2026 for non contract and some contract employees that negotiated it away for "enhanced" 401k match (10 percent). They have to fund those stock buybacks somewhere.
You had better believe they are going to start finding ways to operate around the margins of our contract. Having a good team in place is 100 percent in all our self interests. Dwelling on things like covid is counterproductive at this point.
10-17-2024, 10:13 AM
#29
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Yep. All this.
They announced yesterday that the regular plan is going away in 2026 for non contract and some contract employees that negotiated it away for "enhanced" 401k match (10 percent). They have to fund those stock buybacks somewhere.
You had better believe they are going to start finding ways to operate around the margins of our contract. Having a good team in place is 100 percent in all our self interests. Dwelling on things like covid is counterproductive at this point.
They announced yesterday that the regular plan is going away in 2026 for non contract and some contract employees that negotiated it away for "enhanced" 401k match (10 percent). They have to fund those stock buybacks somewhere.
You had better believe they are going to start finding ways to operate around the margins of our contract. Having a good team in place is 100 percent in all our self interests. Dwelling on things like covid is counterproductive at this point.
10-17-2024, 10:24 AM
#30
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Joined APC: Jun 2022
Posts: 34
Totally agree. You give SWAPA 1% of your money. Participate. Most guys or gals don't want to be involved in the day to day of running a union. What's nice about this job is you set the parking brake and leave. Go and live life. Unfortunately the rest of our comrades are coming to work to do rinse and repeat. This job attracts A personality people. We question everything. This whole message board helps us with A personality syndrome. Having said that, SWAPA is well funded. I rather have a union that has money in the bank for when the time comes(which will) when management will challenge everything they agreed to. It's just business. Their are some great guys that advocate on our behalf. Every time I see a rep I always thank them for their service. It's a thankless job. Some people get into the leadership of SWAPA for the wrong reasons. Most do it because they want to make a difference in our career's. Most of the time bad actors are called out when they are in it for themselves. For an independent union, SWAPA is better than the alternative. This is my fourth union(three independent and ALPA). The services that we get for our dues, I'll happily pay every time. SWA management is at war with a hedge fund. Employees will most certainly suffer on the other side. Leadership and money are needed to get to the other side of this debacle called SWA.
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