Tag: AMFA

NMB Deny AMFA’s Request for Waiver of the One Year Application Bar

R-7365-AMFA-Determination Letter- American Airlines This letter addresses the Aircraft Mechanics Fraternal Association’s (AMFA) August 21, 2013 letter requesting that the National Mediation Board (NMB or Board) not apply the 29 C.F.R. § 1206.4 (b) (3) one-year bar to applications following the dismissal of the International Brotherhood of Teamsters (IBT) application in the above-referenced case.1 For…

Scope Clause Language – TWU Versus The Other Unions

The TWU scope clause (Article I) has changed in the newly ratified September 12, 2012 M&R agreement. While the TWU negotiating committee pushed for maintaining the previous language that kept approximately 90% of maintenance spend in-house (includes TAESL as insourced work), the bankruptcy (BK) process made that an impossibility. Every airline that has gone through…

25,000 Members to 2,800 Members, You Do the Math.

Every mechanic has purchased a shiny new tool that looked great when it was first put in the tool box and performed just fine when conditions were perfect, but couldn’t be relied on in bitter cold or the heat of the summer. The normal reaction is to put the tool back in the box for good or ask…

Déjà vu All Over Again

In September of 2003 the Tulsa AMFA Organizing Committee sponsored a full day of  organizing meetings at the Sheraton Hotel. At those meetings TWU AA members were told that AMFA never gave concessions, and provided full democracy and accountability. TWU members were also informed that AMFA had negotiated the best outsourcing and job protections in…