Court: Flight Attendants at NWA May Not Strike, Yet offered an option

[FA Mikey]

A federal appeals court on Thursday upheld an injunction barring a strike by flight attendants at bankrupt Northwest Airlines Corp.

The flight attendants had sought the right to strike after Northwest, with a bankruptcy judge's permission, imposed pay cuts and other work rule changes as it reorganized. Its other unions made pay-cut deals, but flight attendants rejected a negotiated agreement. The case put the union and the airline in a gray area where bankruptcy law and airline labor law intersect.

All three judges on the appeals panel agreed with the result, although Chief Judge Dennis Jacobs wrote a separate concurring opinion.

There's another way flight attendants could still win the right to strike. They have asked to be released from mediated talks with Northwest. A release by the National Mediation Board would start a potential strike process under airline labor law, outside of the bankruptcy issues at the heart of the case decided Thursday.

 

[jenny@nw]

A federal appeals court on Thursday upheld an injunction barring a strike by flight attendants at bankrupt Northwest Airlines Corp.

The flight attendants had sought the right to strike after Northwest, with a bankruptcy judge's permission, imposed pay cuts and other work rule changes as it reorganized. Its other unions made pay-cut deals, but flight attendants rejected a negotiated agreement. The case put the union and the airline in a gray area where bankruptcy law and airline labor law intersect.

All three judges on the appeals panel agreed with the result, although Chief Judge Dennis Jacobs wrote a separate concurring opinion.

There's another way flight attendants could still win the right to strike. They have asked to be released from mediated talks with Northwest. A release by the National Mediation Board would start a potential strike process under airline labor law, outside of the bankruptcy issues at the heart of the case decided Thursday.

Yeah yeah yeah, here comes the IBT card drive. :down:

 

[Boomer]

Financial Capital has now been Judicially elevated above Human Capital: Dredd Scott has returned.

http://www.ca2.uscourts.gov:8080/isysnativ...4371-cv_opn.pdf

I sincerely hope the APFA appeals this decision to the Supreme Court, and failing such an appeal; the AFL-CIO and every Airline Union bends the appendage most likely to produce results in the Majority Party for both the House and Senate.

All that needs be amended is a simple insertion of wording into Section 1113 of the Bankruptcy Code that specifically states that any imposition of a Contract, not ratified by the Union Membership, by an Air Carrier subject to the RLA is a violation of the status quo and is subject to self-help by the Union without ANY governmental restriction or delay.

 

[finman]

Real smart union leader you got there. From Patricial Friend:

“This business-friendly environment within our judicial system has run rampant and, in the process, has stripped millions of workers of their right to stand up for themselves in the face of corporate greed,"

Generally, insulting the court that you're appealling your case to is not a good way to get you're point across. Naturally, this desperate attempt to undo the huge mistake they made by bringing this to court in the first place will result in another humiliating loss for AFA.

 

[jenny@nw]

I think of it as a good game of chess. Wanna play?

 

[tech2101]

Real smart union leader you got there. From Patricial Friend:

Generally, insulting the court that you're appealling your case to is not a good way to get you're point across. Naturally, this desperate attempt to undo the huge mistake they made by bringing this to court in the first place will result in another humiliating loss for AFA.

Spoken like the the true practicing lawyer you are finny. In what state did you pass the bar?

 

[finman]

Spoken like the the true practicing lawyer you are finny. In what state did you pass the bar?

Common sense. If you've read any transcripts of legal proceedings, you'll realize that baseless rhetoric does not fly in a court of law. I've read every legal transcript related to the NWA bankruptcy, and the tone interjected comes accross very clear. Judges don't like to have their integrity questioned, which is exactly what this hack lawyer did.

You don't have to be a lawyer to figure that out, just like you don't have to be doctor to know that you shouldn't shove sharp objects up your arse.

 

[jenny@nw]

You don't have to be a lawyer to figure that out, just like you don't have to be doctor to know that you shouldn't shove sharp objects up your arse.

What made you refer to things going up the arse? :huh: fantastic analogy, finny.

 

[700UW]

Finny,

Who is Patricial Friend?

You really need to learn to read and comprehend, why don't you try to look up and see who Patricia Friend is.