[Marxism] AMFA leadership agrees to $96 million giveback at United Airlines

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Note the rationales for the surrender:
"This is a sad day for our membership at United, and it was perpetrated because 
of mismanagement," said O.V. Delle-Femine, national director of the Aircraft 
Mechanics Fraternal Association. Mr. Delle-Femine said the union accepted the 
agreement because it feared that if the dispute went to court, the union would 
lose even more.
http://nytimes.com/2005/05/17/business/17air.html
and
"It's not something to celebrate," [AMFA official Terry] O'Rourke said of the 
agreement. "We are under the coercion of the bankruptcy court process, and we 
made the best of bad choices."
http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2005/05/17/AR2005051700014.html

After all the blaster about a possible strike they give in pretty damned 
quickly. Not surprising, after they let the court impose "temporary" wage and 
benefit cuts for the last four months. The members could still reject the deal 
of course.

The blame on "mismanagement" and the "bankruptcy court process" shows why AMFA 
leadership is no better than that of the other unions. "Our" company can 
thrive, they believe, if only we get rid of unique obstacles like a rotten CEO 
or judge. No conception of the industrywide nature of the problem, or how the 
latter is just a symptom of the classwide attacks we've faced for the last 30 
years.

And THIS is the union whose record Malik Miah and Caroline Lund believe proves 
the need for all workers to leave the AFL-CIO!

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