News Jet Blue Maintenance Outsourced to El Salvador

[loseyourname]

That's because they are both -
http://www.bls.gov/news.release/union2.nr0.htm

Believe me, I know. They take your dues and send them to God knows what cause that you may or may not know about, and then they even tell you how to vote. The difference with the government workers, though, is that their union-induced inefficiency doesn't bankrupt anyone. The government either raises taxes or diverts funds from something else.

 

[MaxS]

Get rid of the unions.

ROFL Go read a history book.

 

[Yonoz]

There was one instance here in which the Histadrut, the largest Labour organisation, agreed to a 5-year tax increase at a time of market-wide financial crisis proposed by the Ministry of Finance. IMO it's a display of proper foresight by the workers' leadership.

 

[Art]

There was one instance here in which the Histadrut, the largest Labour organisation, agreed to a 5-year tax increase at a time of market-wide financial crisis proposed by the Ministry of Finance. IMO it's a display of proper foresight by the workers' leadership.

In Ireland there have been national pay and conditions agreements between the unions, employers orgs and the gov't for the past 10 years resulting in record economic growth and the practical elimination of workplace confrontations. For example in the last financial quarter only a total of 300 days were lost nationwide through strike action.

When unions adopt this type of higher level interaction taking a broader national perspective they still have a valuable role to play; those that don't have far out-lived their usefulness.

 

[edward]

When unions adopt this type of higher level interaction taking a broader national perspective they still have a valuable role to play; those that don't have far out-lived their usefulness.

Why that higher level of interaction has not happened in the U.S. is a mystery to me. Most of the Unions are willing, and most have given huge concessions to corporations.

Some here keep saying that the striking Northwest Airlines mechanics are causing the companies financial problems, but in fact the mechanics union agreed three years ago to allow Northwest to outsource 60% of maintenance to El Salvador. The problems with the airlines began with 9/11 and nothing the unions could have done would have changed anything significantly.

There are many non union companies that are outsourcing jobs. I am inclined to believe that the profit motive is more involved here than the, "we must outsource to survive" stories being peddled by big corporations.

One thing other than the loss of jobs that bothers me about outsourcing aircraft maintenance to countries like El Salvador, is the security factor.
Few of the workers in foreign maintenance facilities are licensed By the FAA to do maintenance work. I can only imagine what the security situation is like.

In this country a person without a security back ground check is not allowed to get close to the major components of an aircraft. They also must pass drug screening here. Not so in El Salvador, Jose could be high as a kite and paid by terrorists and still work on American aircraft.

After spending multiple millions on airport security the U.S. govenment allows the planes to go into an unsecure environment for maintenance.