by Mike Jones | Dec 23, 2017 | President's Report
12/23/17 2017 is almost behind us. As I look back at this past year, I realized that there is much to be thankful for and proud of at Local Lodge 1725. This year saw us continue to make improvements at our local lodge. We continued with both exterior and interior...
by Mike Jones | Nov 8, 2017 | President's Report
11/08/2017 Saturday November 11th 2017 is Veterans Day. It is a day that we deservingly acknowledge and honor the men and women that have served in our country’s military. Many of the issues facing veterans are the same ones facing working families, lack of good jobs,...
by Mike Jones | Oct 17, 2017 | President's Report
10/17/2017 This President’s report does not bring good news with it. Judgement day is on the horizon for public sector unions in this country as the U.S. Supreme Court has agreed to hear a case that could deal a serious blow to American organized labor. The Supreme...
by Mike Jones | Aug 15, 2017 | President's Report
President’s Report Currently Victory Lodge 1725 members at both PSA and American Airlines (AA) have negotiating committees that are deep into the difficult process of securing new collective bargaining agreements on behalf of our members. After many frustrating and...
by Mike Jones | Jul 12, 2017 | President's Report
President’s Report “The Union.” I hear that phrase used a lot by our members. ”The Union did this.” “Why hasn’t the Union hasn’t done that.” “The Union said this…” etcetera, etcetera. It makes it sound as if The Union is comprised by anonymous...
by Mike Jones | May 16, 2017 | President's Report
Presidents Report I recently watched an excellent documentary by Ken Burns titled “The National Parks; America’s Greatest Idea.” While the cinematography was incredible, one of the things that stood out to me was the parallels between the creation...
