IAM Local Lodge 731 consist of members from British Airways (Flytele/BA), Southwest Airlines, United Airlines and U.S. Airways and is part of Districts 141 and 142 of the Transportation Territory of the IAM and is a member in good-standing of the North Florida Central Labor Council and the Florida AFL-CIO.
Sunday, March 6, 2011
NFL Exec: We Are Committed to Collective Bargaining
by Tula Connell, Mar 4, 2011
This afternoon, the National Football League Players Association and managers extended the contract deadline for another seven days while negotiations continue.
After the extension was announced, Jeff Pash, executive vice president of labor for the National Football League and the chief negotiator for a $9 billion business said he backed the collective bargaining process.
…we are committed to collective bargaining. All over this country, collective bargaining is being challenged. We’re committed to it. We believe it can work. It has worked. We believe it will work across the country is being challenged and he supports the collectivel bargaining process.
Someone get Wisconsin Gov. Scott Walker on the phone. Oh, the Koch brothers already did.…