The Ready Reserve Program

The following was posted on a pro-management website for the purpose of union busting. "What will happen to the Ready Reserves if the IAM wins? It sounds like they will become the sacrificial lambs in this battle. For all the IAM's talk of job security, they will probably cause a lot of folks to lose their jobs. Think twice, Ready Reserves, before you sign those union cards. Stick with Delta and you will have a chance to go full time if you so desire. The IAM has referred to Ready Reserves as a cancer. Delta considers you a valuable asset, as they do all employees."

Pro-union workers are not against Ready Reserve workers. We are against the program. Ready Reserve workers are exactly the same as Full and Part Time Permanent workers. They want a career job with good pay and benefits. There are no second class citizens in the IAM.

Is it wrong to believe that all Delta workers should be accruing vacation time, sick time, OJI time, pension credits and Long Term Disability? Shouldn't Ready Reserves be allowed to trade with any other worker in their classification? Should they be sent home if they reach 999 hours worked in a year? The Ready Reserve Program is all about lowering labor costs at the employees expense.

Make no Mistake. The Ready Reserve Program creates a revolving door that impacts every employee and destabilizes all our jobs. Reports from ATL confirm that large numbers of Ready Reserve workers have quit in the past few weeks. Delta new hire training rooms will fill up so more can be brought in.

With a union, permanent employment with full benefits and job security will be guaranteed by a union contract. Every union member will get to vote on that contract. That is the future union workers have in mind for those who are Ready Reserve. That is how we can stop the revolving door.