President's Report Archives - Victory Local 1725 https://vl1725.org/category/presidents-report/ 3727 Rose Lake Drive Charlotte, NC 28217 Fri, 15 Feb 2019 16:40:38 +0000 en-US hourly 1 https://vl1725.org/wp-content/uploads/2016/05/cropped-iam-large-white-logo-e1463922602209-60x60.jpg President's Report Archives - Victory Local 1725 https://vl1725.org/category/presidents-report/ 32 32 President’s Report – February 2019 https://vl1725.org/presidents-report-february-2019/ Fri, 15 Feb 2019 16:40:35 +0000 https://vl1725.org/?p=3753 “AS ONE” When you walked in today you may have noticed a different seating arrangement and thought, what the hell is he up to?  You thought right, the Executive board and I have noticed just like many of you have noticed that a division of the house is in front of us.  One way we […]

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]]> President’s Report – January 2019 https://vl1725.org/presidents-report-january-2019/ Thu, 17 Jan 2019 14:29:20 +0000 http://vl1725.org/?p=3697 The day I found out I was going to be the next President of the Local a good friend sent me a quote, ” If you build an army of 100 lions and their leader is a dog, in any fight, the lions will die like a dog. But If you build an army of […]

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]]> President’s Report – December 2018 https://vl1725.org/presidents-report-december-2018/ Tue, 18 Dec 2018 17:56:18 +0000 http://vl1725.org/?p=3626 President’s Report On Thursday, December 13th, 2018, Local Lodge 1725 held elections for the next Executive Board and its officers. I would like to thank everyone that took the time to come out and vote in this election. For personal and family reasons I decided not to seek a second term as President of your […]

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]]> President’s Report – October 2018 https://vl1725.org/presidents-report-october-2018/ Wed, 17 Oct 2018 10:06:43 +0000 http://vl1725.org/?p=3443 President’s Report We have all heard a tremendous amount recently about the elections that will be taking place in November. The stakes are high not only for the candidates but also for the voters and this country. It’s possible that there will be a record turnout in this election. Much of that can be attributed […]

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]]> President’s Report – September 2018 https://vl1725.org/presidents-report-september-2018/ Mon, 17 Sep 2018 11:15:54 +0000 http://vl1725.org/?p=3383 09/13/2018 I would like to take a minute and review what was a remarkable couple of weeks for your local back in August. On August 21stthings got kicked off things when the Young Worker Committee held its first annual “Poker Night” fundraiser for GDA. They had a good turn out and, in the process, raised […]

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]]> President’s Report – August 2018 https://vl1725.org/presidents-report-august-2018/ Wed, 15 Aug 2018 11:42:11 +0000 http://vl1725.org/?p=3279 08/14/2018 In the past few weeks I have had meetings and phone conversations with members of the leadership teams from the Charlotte chapters of both the APA (Allied Pilots Association) and APFA (Association of Professional Flight Attendants). These meetings were very productive and illuminated many of the common issues our respective unions face in our […]

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]]> President’s Report – July 2018 https://vl1725.org/presidents-report-july-2018/ Wed, 18 Jul 2018 12:45:27 +0000 http://vl1725.org/?p=3220 07/18/2018 This President’s Report brings with it very news bad news and with that bad news comes a call to action. As most of you know by now the Supreme Court ruled against unions in Janus vs AFSCME dealing a huge blow to public-sector unions and the labor movement in general. This now means that public-sector employees around the nation […]

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]]> President’s Report – May 2018 https://vl1725.org/presidents-report-may-2018/ Wed, 16 May 2018 17:18:18 +0000 http://vl1725.org/?p=2801 05/16/2018 Work Safe.  Those two words are more important than ever right now for the American Airlines members of Victory Lodge 1725. Aviation is a very unforgiving industry when it comes to mistakes. With all the different distractions that we deal with at work, the state of our current contract negotiations for example, it is […]

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]]> President’s Report – April 2018 https://vl1725.org/presidents-report-april-2018/ Tue, 24 Apr 2018 23:54:15 +0000 http://vl1725.org/?p=2610 04/24/2018 The phrase “Know Your Enemy” is a saying derived from Sun Tzu’s “Art of War.” As a union we often mistake the company as our enemy. The company may be our adversary, but it is not our enemy. The two however are interconnected. As a Union our enemy is membership apathy. Apathy is defined as […]

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]]> President’s Report – March, 2018 https://vl1725.org/presidents-report-march-2018/ Fri, 09 Mar 2018 23:03:40 +0000 http://vl1725.org/?p=2343 03/09/2018 Your lodge, your meeting In a recent conversation with several of our members, it became clear to me that when they were attending our monthly business meeting that they did not fully understand the process that we use to bring issues before the membership requiring their approval. This process typically takes place under the […]

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