First blog, first post

Welcome to my first blog. Naming it was one of the most difficult things I could imagine. I finally turned to social networking and asked for help amongst my friends. Thankfully, I have friends that are limited on their social life as much as I am. I had a couple of ideas but my first two choices were denied because someone else was already creative. Friends to the rescue! After I'd already selected the one you see above, someone suggested Melissa's Manifesto. Hmmm, interesting - but no. Sounds a bit too, well - stuck up?

I'm hoping to use this blog to focus on different issues within the airline industry, with a distinct Union perspective. I'm an educator at my Local Lodge and would love to create a "go to" place for information within my Union. While I don't claim to know it all, I do have a desire to learn more and want to share that information with others. Some items will be of a political nature (because every aspect of our day involves politics in some way). Feel free to comment and share with other likeminded folks - even some folks that do not think as I do. I welcome all discussions. Any rude or flaming posts will be deleted. If you have an opposing viewpoint, that's fine - it's still a free country, don't just spew rhetoric.

Finally, I want it to be made perfectly clear that while I work for an airline and I'm active within my Union, please know that the views, opinions, and postings are my own (or attributed to someone else) and they do not necessarily represent any company or organization. I hope you'll come back often. 

One of my favorite Union songs is "Union Maid," by Woody Guthrie. Enjoy. 

Union MaidWords and Music by Woody Guthrie There once was a union maid, she never was afraid Of goons and ginks and company finks and the deputy sheriffs who made the raid. She went to the union hall when a meeting it was called, And when the Legion boys come 'round She always stood her ground. Oh, you can't scare me, I'm sticking to the union, I'm sticking to the union, I'm sticking to the union. Oh, you can't scare me, I'm sticking to the union, I'm sticking to the union 'til the day I die. This union maid was wise to the tricks of company spies, She couldn't be fooled by a company stool, she'd always organize the guys. She always got her way when she struck for better pay. She'd show her card to the National Guard And this is what she'd say You gals who want to be free, just take a tip from me; Get you a man who's a union man and join the ladies' auxiliary. Married life ain't hard when you got a union card, A union man has a happy life when he's got a union wife. Full disclosure: This is for an Instructional Technology class I'm taking online through the National Labor  College. My goal is that the blog will continue beyond the summer semester.