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...publishing this advertisement, we are complicitous. We are forced to acknowledge that for every $29 fare that Eastern sells to our readership, we are contributing $29 to Frank Lorenzo's attempts to bust Eastern's machinist union--which for two grueling months has been on strike, on the picket lines, and off the pay roll...
EASTERN Airlines has made a name for itself for its oppressive management and union-busting. In recent weeks, as the machinists' union strikes and pilots and flight attendants honor the picket, the company has run full-page and smaller ads in The Crimson urging students to take cut-rate shuttle flights. In essence, the ads tout strike-breaking...
Many readers of The Crimson, and most of the paper's editorial staff, oppose the company. We oppose buying cheap tickets at the expense of striking workers and crossing the picket lines to fly. In effect, we oppose everything the ad is trying to sell...
Myth number one: crossing the picket line and riding Eastern Airlines is not a political act. The fact is that when you fly Eastern Shuttle to New York, you are making a $29 donation to Frank Lorenzo's fund to bust the machinists. The strike is extremely expensive for Lorenzo, and for Texas Air, of which Lorenzo is chair. Eastern, before the strike, was losing $1 million per day. Now its losses are enormous...
...anything, Ueberroth, 51, understated the task. To begin with, he must negotiate a new contract with Eastern's hard-bargaining machinists. They walked out last month and the carrier was forced into bankruptcy when the airline's pilots refused to cross picket lines. Even if Ueberroth wins labor peace, the Eastern sale must be approved by the federal bankruptcy court and Eastern's creditors, a process that could take months. Once he is firmly at the controls, Ueberroth must struggle to fill his planes with consumers who have switched to other airlines while most Eastern flights have been grounded...