This month, AMR, the parent company of American Airlines and American Eagle, will determine if top execs should get millions in extra pay, despite a losing performance and their workers taking reduced wages and facing layoffs.
In many ways, AMR is the poster child for poor management and corporate greed. CEO Gerard Arpey told workers in 2003 to pull together and that "we would share the pain and share in the gain." Since then, ground workers at American Airlines represented by the Transport Workers Union (TWU) have saved the company hundreds of millions of dollars by creating new efficiencies. AMR workers also brought in hundreds of millions more in new revenue from other airlines. Now foreign airlines are flying their planes to the U.S. for repairs at American facilities! Other workers at AMR have contributed to similar gains.
However, despite millions in new revenue and productivity gains, none of the workers at AMR have "shared the gains." AMR's executives, in contrast, have pocketed $300 million in bonus payments since 2003.
Do something about it! Tell American Airlines' Board of Directors to stop giving outrageous checks to their execs - and ask them to support a more equitable workplace!
We took action on “Stop Outrageous Pay and Bonus Checks to American Corporate Execs”!
# 12,266:
12:28 pm PST, Nov 22,Silvia Melo, Portugal
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12:10 pm PST, Nov 20,Susana Lax, Florida
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3:32 pm PST, Nov 18,Karisa Cotter, Arkansas
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6:04 pm PST, Nov 17,Mel Sinclair, Texas
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5:00 pm PST, Nov 17,Ellie Shain, California
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8:37 am PST, Nov 13,Theresia Cronan, California
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6:54 pm PST, Nov 10,Anita Powers, Oklahoma
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6:48 pm PDT, Oct 21,Caro Liu, Pennsylvania
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11:17 pm PDT, Oct 17,Emma Ward, Massachusetts
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9:44 am PDT, Oct 17,Elaine Alfaro, California
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4:17 pm PDT, Oct 14,Anne Kim, California
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12:57 pm PDT, Oct 11,Christina Anderson, Canada
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8:58 pm PDT, Sep 25,Terry Sell, Florida
How can you people possibly look at yourselves in the mirror? Stuffing your already bloated pockets with more money then you could legally spend in a lifetime, while those who actually make it happen are made to do with less. That is truly disgusting. And just what did you do to deserve it. Push some paper and have meetings? I truly do not believe that your expenses have rose nearly as much as your workers. As well did you really do any belt tightening to begin with? Do America a favor and give the money to your workers. They will at least spend it and help jump start this dead economy, as compared to management to like to keep it in the stock market where it does nobody any good except the brokers. You will probably find out that the money will come right back to you in the form of business.
# 12,253:
7:54 am PDT, Sep 19,Harriet Horton, Texas
Executives should not be paid huge salaries, bonuses, etc while employees and the businesses struggle to continue in financial "black". When businesses, companies and corporations "go under," the employees of these lose their jobs, income and some "go under" also.
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7:17 am PDT, Sep 18,Name not displayed, Florida
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1:13 am PDT, Sep 17,Name not displayed, Kentucky
# 12,250:
12:17 pm PDT, Sep 12,Amanda Nelms, Texas
HERE WAS YOUR CHANCE TO BECOME MODELS FOR EMPLOYEE RELATIONS AND BUILDING AA INTO A FORMIDABLE COMPANY.INSTEAD YOU FELL INTO THE DEEP ABYSS OF CORPORATE GREED AND SHOWED EVERYONE WHAT YOU ARE NOT MADE OF. AS A36YR AA EMPLOYEE,SINGLE MOTHER, I'M MAKING SURE MY CHILDREN LEARN WHAT NOT TO DO IF THEY WANT TO BECOME GREAT LEADERS SHAME ON ALL OF YOU!!!!
# 12,249:
11:21 am PDT, Sep 9,Donna Johnson, Ohio
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8:10 am PDT, Sep 7,Guy Blood, Texas
how does one get compensated for turning a #1 airline to a no oiled machine. customer service is not what we are about these days it's about executive service. the stock holders need to see that changes are needed
# 12,247:
8:05 am PDT, Sep 7,Greg Geralds, Indiana
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5:19 pm PDT, Sep 2,Nora Gilbertson, Minnesota
# 12,245:
8:47 am PDT, Sep 2,Michael Brennan, Texas
The morale is never been worse, upper management absolutly does not know how to manage people.. The are way behind the times with the current workforce and how to run a airline..They DO NOT DESERVE BONUS'S AT ALL....
8:48 pm PDT, Jul 3,D Brown, Missouri
At my company, nobody got a raise or a bonus this year except the top executives... they alll got a raise AND an enormous bonus. As IF they need any more money.
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6:27 pm PDT, Jun 30,Name not displayed, New York
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10:02 pm PDT, Jun 29,Noelle Cruz, California
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10:08 am PDT, Jun 25,Name not displayed, Colorado
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6:56 pm PDT, Jun 23,Daile O'Connor, New Jersey
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9:22 am PDT, Jun 23,Jennie Halen, Sweden
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11:34 am PDT, Jun 22,Wanda Gray, Texas
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7:33 am PDT, Jun 21,Nicole Riley, New Jersey
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9:34 pm PDT, Jun 20,DEbra Dunlap, Pennsylvania
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9:30 am PDT, Jun 11,Kira Desorcy, Canada
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10:06 pm PDT, Jun 10,Name not displayed, Argentina
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8:49 pm PDT, Jun 10,L Gols, Massachusetts
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1:26 pm PDT, Jun 10,Maria Rasmussen, Illinois
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12:02 am PDT, Jun 10,Alla Yartman, Russian Federation
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9:55 pm PDT, Jun 9,Amber D., West Virginia
# 12,207:
4:19 am PDT, Jun 9,Nimasha Fernando, Sri Lanka
A BIG YES, STOP IT, WE WORK HARD , THEY THE DAMN BIG GREENS
STOP IT ! STOP IT!
AT LEST PAY US WELL TOO
# 12,206:
10:59 am PDT, Jun 8,Gwen Hawtof, Florida
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8:42 pm PDT, Jun 7,Crystal Overland, Louisiana
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5:13 pm PDT, Jun 6,Jane Freidel, Pennsylvania
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5:12 pm PDT, Jun 6,David McHenry, Pennsylvania
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9:54 pm PDT, Jun 5,Name not displayed, Canada
How greedy some humans are. Stop the stupid bonus to humans who don't need it. They can also work for less money as well. That would be fair
# 12,201:
8:06 am PDT, Jun 4,Michelle Toomey, Missouri
It’s a disgrace that we even need to get a petition for this! Common sense, integrity and ethics dictate that the hard working people of America be compensated fairly.
