Magic Carpet Airlines Diane Lutzow MGT 445 July 28th, 2010 Sabrina Thomas Magic Carpet Airlines Everyone would like to work for a company that’s fair, pays competitively and looks out for their employees. Magic Carpet Airlines is not a company who are practicing those three aspects. They are trying to pay their flight attendants minimal, but still requiring long hours. The flight attendants and the League of Flight Attendants are fighting back and saying they work hard and are worth
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Case 4 MAGIC CARPET AIRLINES: CLIMATE OF THE AIRLINE INDUSTRY Appendix A Prior to the Deregulation Act of 1978, the airline industry was federally regulated in regards to the routes airlines flew and the fares they charged. Typically, when carriers negotiated labor contracts they gave a specific percentage increase in wages and then petitioned the government for a similar percentage increase in their fares. With full deregulation, airlines were free to fly any routes, pay any wages, and to
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you’ll definitely want to use one to discover how the musical’s creative genies pull off the magic-carpet ride in the second act. Seriously, it’s amazing. Hands down one of the best Broadway shows I've seen. The theater itself is majestic and as soon as the show starts, you are whisked away to another world. All the costumes, light displays, scene props were of beautiful colors and saying that the magic carpet ride scene blew me away would be an understatement. The theater itself is absolutely gorgeous
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Transcript of Copy of Bargaining @ Magic Carpet Airlines: A Union's Perspective Back to the Bargaining Table Davida Jackson, Sandy Saburn, Renata Sims Dixie Lee - National Bargaining Representative (NBR) Ruth Boaz – LFA MEC president at Magic Carpet Air Peggy Hardy – LFA union president Marie Phillips – LFA union president Jody Rogers – LFA union president League of Flight Attendants (LFA) Negotiating Team Bill Orleans – director of labor relations Ross Irving – director of
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Discussion Questions for Collective Bargaining at Magic Carpet Airlines: A Union Perspective What were the union’s primary objectives and strategies? LFA (League of Flight Attendants) negotiating team was very well prepared for the negotiations. They did their research into identifying their bargaining objectives. They looked at wage, unemployment, and cost-of-living data from government sources such as the Monthly Labor Review. They knew the financial history of MCA and kept their proposals
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-Magic Carpet trip around the world in 40 minutes. -SECURITY -Europe -> Security Challenges; airlines served Europe, they put less money into their air security. -Saudi Arabia -> concerned about oil out of control. Could hurt badly. Instability is there in general. Iran and Saudi Arabia= enemies . Nuclear weapons. -Persian Gulf-> -Iran sponsors terrorism, better than Alkada. Doesn’t believe in the state of Israel and they pursue nuclear weapons. Iranian Sheia endure pain Conflict
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THE MAGIC TICKETS We want to introduce you to a very unique ant. Not your typical black ant, but this one was born a unique purple color. When they saw her for the first time, her mother Yvonna Mae and Father Jimmy James stood proud. Mom exclaims, “We love her no matter
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Negotiation Closing Deals, Settling Disputes, and Making Team Decisions David S. Hames University of Nevada, Las Vegas @>SAGE Los Angeles | London | New Delhi Singapore | Washington DC • •-*» •• • i ' w ' t * • * 5s" i- . •> - • • y . » " •• is • Acknowledgments Preface PART I: THE FUNDAMENTALS 1 The Nature of Negotiation: What It Is and Why It Matters Intended Benefits of This Chapter The Essence of Negotiation What Is Negotiation? 5 6 6 When Do People Negotiate?
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The Work of Leadership by Ronald A. Heifetz and Donald L. Laurie Reprint r0111k December 2001 Required Reading Barbara Kellerman r0111a r0111b HBR Survey Personal Histories: Leaders Remember the Moments and People That Shaped Them Primal Leadership: The Hidden Driver of Great Performance Daniel Goleman, Richard Boyatzis, and Annie McKee r0111c HBR Roundtable All in a Day’s Work A roundtable with Raymond Gilmartin, Frances Hesselbein, Frederick Smith, Lionel Tiger, Cynthia
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www.hbr.org BEST OF HBR Followers want comfort, stability, and solutions from their leaders. But that’s babysitting. Real leaders ask hard questions and knock people out of their comfort zones. Then they manage the resulting distress. The Work of Leadership by Ronald A. Heifetz and Donald L. Laurie Included with this full-text Harvard Business Review article: 2 Article Summary The Idea in Brief—the core idea The Idea in Practice—putting the idea to work 3 The Work of Leadership
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