Fri, Oct 13, 2006
Statement Says Wage Cuts Will Not Be Tolerated
Jim Hoffa lashed out at
Comair on Tuesday. Hoffa, president of the International
Brotherhood of Teamsters, says Comair's unilateral plans to cut
wages and change work rules won't be tolerated.
He accuses the company of using a Delta airlines-imposed
deadline to bid for routes as an excuse to slash pay and
benefits.
According to Hoffa, flight attendants maintain, “We care
about our company, and we will work to reach a fair
settlement.”
Comair says it needs concessions from its employees if it's to
make a competitive bid to keep the routes it currently flies for
Delta.
As ANN reported, Delta has
already slipped the bid deadline following the crash of flight 5191
in Lexington, KY this summer, but it says it can wait no
longer. If Comair can't make an acceptable bid, the planes and
routes it flies will go to another carrier.
Comair's labor disputes have dragged on since the carrier
declared bankruptcy almost concurrently with it's parent Delta. The
court gave Comair the option of claiming some $8 dollars from its
flight attendants, which up to now it has not done.
Comair says since it wasn't able to get the necessary
concessions from its pilots, it has no choice but to exercise the
court's order and take the money from its flight attendants.
There's no word in Hoffa's statement on what exactly he and the
union plan to do about the situation -- especially since the court
has already sanctioned the pay cuts.
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