Rock Salomon for APFA President

Willingness to Serve Statement

We all understood the need to help our ailing company; the loss of three aircrafts in a single year was incomprehensible. We were willing to contribute in an effort to save our airline.

Rock Salomon

AMR has become a poster child for the expression "corporate welfare." Employees have given AMR $15 billion since 2003 and yet executives still crave more.

But as we soon learned, the "Turn-Around Plan" wasn't about turning the airline around but rather the employees. When that slogan grew annoying, AMR reimaged it with "FlightPlan 2020." Once again corporate eyes were focused on pillaging the employees, again using threats concocted in the media with the aid of AMR's advertizing dollars.

AMR has become a poster child for the expression "corporate welfare." Employees have given AMR $15 billion since 2003 and yet executives still crave more. Honestly, I know of no job where you can show ZERO progress in eight years and still remain employed - somehow Arpey does.

We work for 1995 wages and per diem the same. Our only increase: a dues increase. We've given APFA $70 million since 2003 and have little to show for it but bag-tags and buttons.

Change is happening all around us, and I want in!!!

The Occupy Wall Street movement's targeting six banks, five of which have a presence on AMR's Board: JP Morgan Chase, Morgan Stanley, Citigroup, Bank of America and Goldman Sachs.

It's time for flight attendants to stand up and fight the corporate freeloading happening at American. We're the only workgroup ever to truly stand up to this company. Let's not forget that.

Please know that I have a team of seasoned professionals (strategy, legal, financial, media) ready to get to get to work, and three running mates who are chompin' at the bit to take on these greedy executives and the banks and politicians that support them.

All we need now is YOU. Are you in?

APFA is OUR union. Let's take it back.

Salomon-Baust-Todd-Gillard

www.WeWantOurMoneyBack.net

CANIDATE INFORMATION:

YEARS OF SERVICE: 21
BASE: BOS
PREVIOUS BASES: LGA

SLATE INFORMATION:

Rock Salomon - President
Mike Baust - Vice-President
Tim Todd - Secretary
Jamie Gillard - Treasurer

SLATE SLOGAN: We Want Our Money Back!!!

CAMPAIGN WEBSITE: www.WeWantOurMoneyBack.net

LABOR RELATIONS BACKGROUND:

  • • Challenged the 2003 AAL/APFA Restructuring Agreement in Federal Court
  • • Candidate for APFA President - 2008
  • • Candidate for APFA President - 2004
  • • Webmaster - www.CorporateCampaign.org - Nationally Renowned Labor Strategy Firm Helping Unions
  • • Webmaster - www.KillerCoke.org - International Campaign Exposing Coca-Cola's Gross Human Rights Abuses
  • • Webmaster - www.StopBiotechLooting.org - Fighting to Protect Union Jobs in Massachusetts
  • • Internet Marketing - www.LaborEducator.org - Marketing Pro-Labor Publications to Unions Nationwide

FLIGHT ATTENDANT CREDENTIALS:

  • • Assisted with Flight Attendant Safety Professional Day 1991
  • • BOS Domestic Flight Attendant 2000 - Present
  • • LGA Domestic Flight Attendant 1990 - 2000
  • • Class of 90-18

EDUCATIONAL BACKGROUND:

  • • McIntosh College - Accounting
  • • University of New Hampshire - English
  • • Stratham Technical Institute - Computer Science
  • • Great Bay Community College - Web Development

PREVIOUS BUSINESS/JOB EXPERIENCE:

  • • Literary Agent: Negotiated Animated Property with Fox Network
  • • Artist Management: Negotiated Artist/Label Contracts and Working in Artist Development
  • • Radio Promotion: Promoted Recording Artists to Commercial Radio for Airplay
  • • Inside Sales: Negotiated Terms and Conditions on Financed Sales