Re: nader goes southwest

[Michael Hoover]

>>> [EMAIL PROTECTED] 08/10/04 10:01 PM >>>
Nader Presidential Campaign Announces Southwest Airlines as its
Unofficial Campaign Airline
Nader had a good word for Southwest Airlines founder, Herb Kelleher.
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wonder what nader thinks of kelleher's $47,500 to rep national committee
this year and $2000 to bush campaign...

wonder what nader thinks of southwest helping ins detain 'illegal'
immigrants at various airports...

wonder why nader didn't mention that about 90% of southwest employees
are unionized (seems that would be good reason for selection), of
course, company began with no unions and implemented 'cooperative
culture' environment (via esop) and 'cross-utilization' (allowing
management to take workers from one area and use them temporarily
elsewhere) of employees prior to collective bargaining, these features
have remained prominent parts of southwest's management-labor relations,
both of which serve to increase labor productivity and hold down labor
costs...   michael hoover




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nader goes southwest

[Dan Scanlan]

Title: nader goes southwest


Nader
Presidential Campaign Announces Southwest Airlines as its Unofficial
Campaign Airline

Based on several years of experience with an upstart airline from
Texas, the Nader Presidential campaign announces Southwest Airlines
as its unofficial campaign airline.

"George W. Bush has his Air Force One to under-reimburse for
campaign trips. John Kerry has his leased Boeing 757 to tour the
country. But we have Southwest Airlines and its entire fleet of
aircraft at our disposal," declared independent Presidential
candidate, Ralph Nader.

"Frugal tickets, pleasant, responsive people, with humor and a
desire to say yes, and very interesting passengers to converse with
combined, for us, to make this selection," he added. All passengers
fly coach on Southwest, as befits a Presidential campaign for the
people. No one at Southwest Airlines was contacted about this
announcement.

Nader had a good word for Southwest Airlines founder, Herb Kelleher.
"Mr. Kelleher has demonstrated that the lowest paid chief
executive, now chairman of the Board, of any major domestic airline,
has produced better service, lower fares, and more profits, in
dollars, than the top largest three airlines combined over the past
three years. This record comes because he cares about his employees
and passengers far more than the kind of compensation packages,
contingent stock options, and golden parachutes demanded by his
counterparts," said Nader. "'Pay less, get more' is the
reverse of so many big corporate CEOs in recent years, who paid
themselves more and gave less, if they did not collapse their company
(Enron, WorldCom, etc.) outright," Nader declared.

In return, the Nader campaign asks nothing more than the ear of
management for any signs of airline deterioration that should be
reversed. Oh, one more request - keep the roasted peanuts coming.
Pretzels just don't do it.

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