ARTICLE 3. 1
STATUS OF AGREEMENT 2
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(A) It is expressly understood and agreed that when this Agreement is accepted by the 5
parties and signed by their authorized representatives, it will supersede any and all 6
agreements existing or previously executed between the Company and any Union or 7
individual affecting the crafts or classes of employees covered by this Agreement. 8
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(B) It is understood and agreed that this Agreement will be binding upon any 10
successors to the present Corporation insofar as it is legally possible. In the event this is 11
not legally possible, the Company and the Union will meet prior to any change and 12
negotiate all possible protection for the employees. 13
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© It is understood and agreed that the Company will not lock out any employees 15
covered hereby, and the Union will not authorize or take part in any strikes, sit downs, 16
slowdowns, or picketing of Company premises during the life of this Agreement until the 17
procedures for settling disputes as provided herein and provided by the Railway Labor 18
Act, as amended, have been exhausted. The Company will not require the employees to 19
cross picket lines of the Company's employees legally established under contractual 20
provisions and the Railway Labor Act on or in front of the premises. The individual or 21
concerted refusal to pass such picket lines shall not constitute grounds for discipline, 22
discharge, lay-off, or be considered a violation of this Agreement. 23
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(D) The Company shall not perform “Struck Work†of Wholly Owned Carriers and of 25
MDA. “Struck work†is mechanic and related work traditionally and regularly performed 26
by a Wholly Owned Carrier or MDA where and during the period the mechanic and 27
related employees of that Wholly Owned Carrier or MDA are engaged in a lawful strike, 28
and where the Company has not previously performed the work in question. There shall 29
be no prohibition against a concerted refusal of employees of the Company to perform 30
Struck Work. Moreover, the Company will not hire employees of Wholly Owned 31
Carriers or MDA to perform Mechanic and Related work at the Company during a period 32
when the Company’s Mechanic and Related employees are engaged in a lawful strike. 33
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(E) The Agreement shall be binding upon the Company and any Successor, defined as 35
a purchaser, assignee or transferee of all or substantially all of the assets or stock of the 36
Company or US Airways Group. Neither the Company nor US Airways Group shall 37
enter into an agreement with a Successor which creates a Successor Transaction unless 38
the Successor agrees, in writing, as a prior condition of the Successorship Transaction, to 39
cause the Company and US Airways Group to continue to be bound by the Agreement, as 40
it may be amended pursuant to the provisions of applicable law, and to cause any 41
operating airline which obtains the assets of the Company to honor and be bound by the 42
Agreement as it may be amended pursuant to the provisions of applicable law. 43
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If a Successor is an air carrier, and the Successor conducts an operational merger 45
between the Company and the Successor or another air carrier, then the Successor will 46
