YET ANOTHER AFA CIRCUS SIDESHOW....

The AFA Clown Antics Continue..

"Introducing in the center ring, your AFA-NWA merger committee leaders."

They've Gotta Be Clowning, Right??

Nope! Seriously, our future is in jeopardy with these Bozo's running the show!

Your Northwest Airlines MEC just announced the appointment of the new Merger Integration Committee and what a cast of clowns have we been dealt.

EVERY Northwest flight attendant should be outraged!!!

First up. Barbara Bozo Schlosser (MSP). No clowning, this Bozo was on the merger committee for Republic East/Hughes Airwest Merger when Republic Airlines "bought out" Hughes Airwest in 1980. You see, Bozo Schlosser was on the larger Republic East side and her proposal that "only my seniority counts" cost the Hughes Airwest flight attendants years of seniority on the combined list. Her proposal for rank and ratio cheated other of our colleagues out of their date-of-hire seniority. To this very day, there are flight attendants on the Northwest seniority list who lost their date of hire seniority, as a result of Bozo Barbara Schlosser's proposals!! And now your AFA MEC selected this Bozo to represent YOU on the Delta/Northwest merger committee. How could any reasonable AFA union official, who claims to endorse "date of hire", appoint a person who has previously proposed rank and ratio to represent the membership?? Now that Northwest Airlines is the "smaller" of the merging carriers, do we await the same fate Barbara Bozo Schlosser once endorsed......rank and ratio?? Does not this appointment of Bozo Schlosser strengthen the Delta Airlines case to rank and ratio the Northwest flight attendants?

What was good for Barbara Schlosser 30 years ago when Republic "bought out" Hughes Airwest; Delta Airlines can now say, that is what is good for the (larger) Delta group today when they "bought out" Northwest??

Shame on those elected AFA leaders for endorsing the Schlosser appointment; awarding the Bozo for "getting" rank and ratio for the Republic East flight attendants!! (at the expense of others, I might add)

Write your lecmec@nwaafa.org

Bring in the clowns. Next we have Ann Marie Mastalerz (BOS) aka Anna Banana Bandana. This is the same clueless piece of work who negotiated under the auspices of the IBT (Teamsters) and Billie Davenport. Remember the outrage, when these IBT negotiators sold the membership down the drain?? When Anna Banana Bandana was "booed" by the membership for attempting to sell a crappy contract to the membership? "This is the best we can do!" A contract that was overwhelmingly defeated 6,108 to 2,727!!

Was not this horrible representation the downfall of the IBT??....The loss of the NWA flight attendants and the largest one day membership loss in Teamster history.....over 10,000 members! AFA had attempted earlier to "raid" the Teamsters and lost-

And one for the labor movement history books:

a grassroots organization of NWA flight attendants had done the impossible: they had created their own union, PFAA, and defeated the Teamsters! This single feat will probably go down in the history books as the greatest accomplishment of any airline labor group! PFAA did, what AFA could'nt!!

Hey DELTA, maybe it's time to create your own union before the merger!! Then collectively we can oust AFA! Now that would be history making...........

Back to the two Bozos....

Now this "well respected" (according to Bruce Retrum, yeah take that one to the bank) IBT clown is going to represent you at the merger table??

According to the Associated Press article of August 30, 1999

"Ann MarieMastalerz, a flight attendant for 23 years, was in favor of the agreement".

Look at the seniority list, Anna Banana Bandana Mastalerz was hired January 2, 1990!!

How does that equate to 23 years way back in 1999? Jeesh, she can't even get her own seniority correct and she is appointed to our merger integration committee??? I guess she is hoping to count her years at Eastern Airlines, too.

Anna Bandana Mastalerz, will all my previous years as a server at the Airport Dippity Dew Drive-Thru count towards seniority too??? Afterall, I did serve Pepsi and I did work at the airport!!

Clearly, neither of these "political" appointments represent the interests of the membership. Let your lecmec@nwaafa.org know of your outrage!

These two appointments DO NOT represent the Northwest Flight Attendants!!