REPUBLIC TEAMSTERS MECHANICS UNITED FOR CHANGE A NEWSLETTER PREPARED BY AND FOR RAH MECHANICS Pay and Compensation: Who Is Ford & Harrison? The TEAMSTER Difference Often when workers start an effort to form a union the company will hire a As we move forward with forming our cense premiums. consultant, often attorneys, to try to push union with the Teamsters, a comparison The bottom line: we are not getting back the effort. In our case, RAH has of our pay and compensation with that of compensated what we should at Republic. hired Ford & Harrison, a large and ex - Teamsters at ExpressJet, Frontier and Net - We are undervalued by management pensive law firm to do their dirty work. Jets is helpful to understand how our pay while CEO Bryan Bedford received com - So, when you read a letter from one of has not kept up with industry standards. pensation worth $1.2 million in 2011. our managers or see an anti-worker flier In addition to getting paid much less Why should he be lining his pockets while posted you should be aware that it is in the eighth year of employment (see we get short-changed? It is not fair and we probably written by a Ford & Harrison first chart), it takes us 15 years to top out, should do something about it. What’s the lawyer and is specially designed to distort while it takes eight years at ExpressJet, 10 main difference between our situation the truth and influence our opinion to - years at Frontier and eight years at NetJets and the situation at these other carriers? ward unions in a negative way. (see third chart). Also, see the second The answer: They have a union. This is Recognize this material for what it is: chart showing big top-out compensation just one more reason why we are forming propaganda—with little regard for the difference between us and other airline our union with the most powerful labor truth. Be skeptical and ask questions. mechanics when taking into account lead union in North America—the 1.4 million Consider this question: why is manage - pay, night-shift differential and two li - member Teamsters. ment spending all this money to defeat our effort to form a union? Could it be Pay and Compensation Comparison because they want to continue to have us Start Year 2 Year 3 Year 4 Year 5 Year 6 Year 7 Year 8 Year15 pay a lot for our health care, have sub - standard pay in the industry and have lit - ExpressJet 16.46 17.74 18.72 20.91 22.50 24.25 26.22 28.95 tle say in our working lives? Republic 15.25 16.75 17.75 18.75 19.75 20.75 21.75 22.75 26.75 Frontier 17 19.88 20.91 22.1 23.23 25.14 26.22 27.45 NetJets 21.64 22.77 23.97 25.22 26.54 27.95 29.41 32.04

Note: For us, it takes until Year 15 to top out. Our pay and compensation in Year 9 is 23.5; Year 10, 24.25; Year 11, 24.75; Year 12, 25.25; Year 13, 25.75; Year 14, 26.25, and Year 15, 26.75. Learn More About Our Teamster Campaign Pay Comparison We have set up a Web page 40 for our campaign to form our union. r 35 u

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18,000 mechanics and related at 11 dif - a e Y ferent airlines, including , 5 ExpressJet, Frontier, , NetJets, ASA and Piedmont. It is the largest and most potent force serving the collective Republic ExpressJet Frontier NetJets interests of airline mechanics. Note: Pay lost over years for Republic mechanics to reach Republic top-out vs. other carrier’s top out: The Coalition was formed in 2007 as ExpressJet: $67,912 Frontier: $90,560 NetJets: $143,270 a collective voice for Teamster-repre - sented airline mechanics within the Air - line division. TAMC works to promote Airline Mechanics Discuss TEAMSTER Difference safety and expose outsourcing risk by en - gaging the media and key stakeholders in The following Teamster airline mechanics talk about how becoming Teamsters has improved their lives: Washington (FAA & Congress) and pro - vide combined experience for contract “As a Teamster, I have my rights spelled out in black and negotiations. white in a Teamsters contract. That means I have job security in this weak economy. My wages and benefits are also safer. The Coalition organized the first Being a Teamster means having job protections in these un - Aircraft MX outsourcing summit, and certain times.” –John Vasquez, mechanic, ExpressJets successfully lobbied Congress to include language in the FAA Reauthorization Bill “The Teamsters mean strength in numbers, a powerful voice in to include single standard of safety with the workplace. Having the Teamsters lobbying on behalf of me - chanics around the country is also important. The Teamsters more frequent FAA visits of Foreign Re - are fighting to retain mechanics work domestically instead of pair Stations as well as criminal back - outsourcing abroad.” – Geoff Maloney, mechanic, ASA ground checks at those Repair Stations and drug abatement requirements. “Since becoming a Teamster the one benefit which stands out against most others is how this union fights for ALL of its The Coalition also launched the Li - members. No matter if you are a member from the largest cense Protection Program which pro - airline, or from one of the smallest carriers, the Teamsters do vides free legal counsel for all Airline everything possible to make sure you are treated fairly and Division mechanics being investigated by with respect. When you become a Teamster you become part of a larger family. ” – David Saucedo, mechanic, United the FAA or NTSB, and created the Team - ster Outsourcing Defect Report, “With all the uncertainty in the economy, our industry and (TODR), to capture substandard work our company, the Teamsters has given us a certain peace of being performed by the MRO’s. mind that a lot of workers just don’t have.” –John Wolfe, mechanic, Netjets