usairways_vote_NO said:
But is he wrong about the furloughs and that they are part of the 50%+ that needed to sign cards in invoke an election?
Makes you wonder why utility were left on property
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usairways_vote_NO.... This information, put out by AMFA, give the numbers of eligible voters active and furloughed in 2003.
July 31, 2003
U.S. Airways Representational Campaign Update
An in-depth analysis of the U.S. Airways representational campaign was completed this week at the AMFA Administration Office in Laconia, New Hampshire. The following are the results of that analysis.
Mech active 5728 furloughed 3225 = 44%
Utility active 1900 fuloughed 1110 = 42%
Planners act. 147 furloughed 120 = 9%
MOC active 70 furloughed 40 = 43%
TOTALS active 7845 Furloughed 4505
We were able to determine that approximately 367 had retired, quit, resigned, or were terminated. This reduced the total eligible voters to 7478 U.S. Air employees in the Mechanic & Related Craft or Class.
AMFA's policy requires that 60% or 4487 of the eligible US Air employees sign an authorization card requesting AMFA representation. As you can see, nearly 100% of all active employees would have to sign before we could petition the National Mediation Board to hold an election.
NMB rules state that furloughed employees are eligible and retain the right to vote in representational disputes. Because of the deep cuts suffered by the Mechanic & Related work force, the U.S. Air campaign will be an extremely hard task to complete.
Currently U.S. Air has 47% signed authorizations on file at AMFA National. However, a very large percentage of these authorizations will expire in August and September of this year.
Sincerely,
Terry Harvey
Assistant National Director