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Have you ever called the national office and asked to speak with President Cleary?
Go ahead and try it.
If you are one of the lucky few to actually connect with him, make sure you get all your questions answered as you will not be so lucky the next time you call. There exists much mystery as to the happenings behind the combination locked door at our national headquarters. What isn’t a mystery, however, is the infinitesimally small amount of work that is actually accomplished there. Instead of a work ethic commensurate with the highest paid non-management narrow body captain on property, we have a president who spends less time in his office than a census worker spends in his.
A call to the office will more likely lead to a conversation with EVP Hummel or Secretary-Treasurer Streble. They are hands down the two hardest working officers we have elected. In spite of constant harassment and petty assignments from the top, they soldier on for the betterment of the entire group.
This week they accepted an invitation by the Phoenix Chairman to attend their local domicile meeting. One would think that attendance by a national officer at a local meeting would be a non-event. Officers attend our Philadelphia and Charlotte meetings on a regular basis. But without explanation or notice, they were barred from attending the meeting by President Cleary. Yup, you heard it correctly. Two independently elected national officers were forbidden to attend a meeting of USAPA’s largest domicile. So much for unity building!
Speaking of unity building; mark September 8th on your calendar for the Philadelphia Leadership Walk. That’s right folks, the Company must be shaking in their boots. In an attempt to provoke rage, Mr. Theuer’s advertisement proclaims
“It’s time to stand up, and to let the Company know that you’re not going to take it anymore. Enough is enough!”
(bold emphasis added by Mr. Theuer)
Which begs the question Mr. Theuer, enough of what?
Enough of Mr. Cleary’s concerted contract delay tactics?
Enough of Mr. Seham spending millions of dollars with little to show but a win on ripeness?
Enough of a select few living high off flight pay loss?
Enough of contract proposals concessionary to what even ALPA TA’d?
Enough of a union president and vice-president harboring a known union buster?
Enough of proclamations that a strike is near when we are tied to a west pilot group dedicated to their own cause?
Shall we go on Mr. Theuer?
A more appropriate location for the picket would be the national office in Charlotte.
The problem with picketing our own union office....
Mr. Cleary wouldn’t even be around to witness the event.
And on and on it goes...and where it stops nobody knows...
Does anybody out East give a s*%t about what goes on with USAPA? Because you out East are the only ones that can change the situation.
I'll bet nobody West of Phoenix even knows this happened. But then again, who gives a s*%t about Phoenix within USAPA but the West reps. Appearently nobody in CLT USAPA HQD does...
I wonder though, would be any different under ALPA, Teamsters, ABC, WD40 - what ever union you want to call it?
It is so disheartening that dysfunctionality seems to be the only strong suit around here. That I fear will take a generation to correct. However, we do not have a generation in time to correct it.
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...meant to say; nobody EAST of PHX knows that our national reps were told not to attend our council meeting.
To say I was pretty disgusted when I wrote this would be an understatement. Especially in light of the fact that: “USAPA is now free to negotiate on behalf of all pilots; East and West “ Right....
I really do wonder what it will take to wake up the majority. Even then the CBL's were written (on purpose) so that making any changes will be very difficult.
So much for a more "democratic and transparent, union of the pilots, by the pilots, for the pilots".
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My question is- why did Mr. Streble and Mr. Hummel have to listen to Mr. Cleary? If they truly wanted to come to PHX they could have done so on their own - aren't they elected officers with independent responsibilties? Mr. Cleary must be removed from office before he totally destroys the future for US Airways families. It's time the pilots take action to stop the excessive, wasteful union spending by Cleary and poor decision making on his part. It's our money - we pay him and he's not doing a thing to help the pilots, the company or our futures. ALPA was not perfect, but a far cry better than what we have currently. Submitted by a very concerned wife of an East Coast pilot!
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Didn't the east throw Alpa out for stuff like this. Lack of national support.
Oh yeah, its not about the Nic. We just had to replace Alpa with something better.
bradford told us otherwise, didn't he.
what a Joke of a union!!
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WTF! Do the east guys not see any of this that's going on it will be four more years till we can get anywhere.
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The apathy on the east is unbelievable. Wake up East pilots... Take control of your future! Cleary is driving us ALL into the ditch!
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