TheRealSaabmeister
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NWA/AMFA Talks scheduled for August 15th
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jenny@nw
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hmmmmmmmmmm....a little financing trouble?
robbedagain
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sounds like Scab Air cant get their labor costs down until ALL labor contracts are in place and with AMFA on strike it aint gonna happen.. Good luck to all you AMFA Striking MEMBERS
Sounds like AMFA contacted Northwest.
"A Northwest spokesman said the union had asked it to resume negotiations and the airline agreed, consistent with its legal obligations"
negotiations resume
jenny@nw
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found a newsstory that said:
"We have been asked by AMFA to conduct a bargaining session with their negotiating committee and will do so consistent with our obligations under the Railway Labor Act," Northwest said in a prepared statement.
"We have been asked by AMFA to conduct a bargaining session with their negotiating committee and will do so consistent with our obligations under the Railway Labor Act," Northwest said in a prepared statement.
Don Smith
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I'm going to go out on a limb here but I would think that the AMFA had an open invitation to the company to resume talks.
CSAR GYRENE
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Just heard from contacts at MSP....scuttlebutt has it that AMFA wants to work a deal to end the strike so the strikers can finally get benifits. There also is some question regarding 500,000 dollars AMFA owes NWA that may be dropped in return for a settlement, but this is PURELY scuttlebutt.
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What would the AMFA owe NWA 500,000 for. If that is so can the AMFA afford to pay it and still stay on strike. Or will they have to agree to NWA demands and make it the costliest tube of lube on the planet.
Well Don you are the AMFA expert. Does the AMFA owe NWA any money
If they did it would be on the LM-2.
If an AMFA mechanic went back to work at NWA before the end of this year, at AA pay rates, he would still be financially ahead of a mechanic at AA.
From the period of May of 2003 till the fall of 2005 an AMFA NWA mechanic earned around $70,000 more than an AA mechanic, based upon a 40 hour week on nights and all holidays worked.
So his earnings from the period of May of 2003 till present are still more than that of his counterpart at AA, even with the improbable assumtion that his income went to Zero, no unemployment and no other work.
Don Smith
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I haven't read anything on the website about it. Its probably company spin. Its my understanding that there are always issues on the table in negotiations that are eliminated in the agreements. Things like employee greivences seem to be used as trading cards on the negotiating table. The IAM has always used them that way. The AMFA is in a legal strike so there isn't any "loss" incurred by the company that the union is responsible for.
As far as being an expert my definition is this:
Ex...a mathematical unknown
Spurt...is a drip under pressure.
Kev3188
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Okay, I know most of you on here would never go back, but hypothetically, what do you guys think it would take to get a ratified T/A?
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Kev, I would say that the biggest issue is whether or not the scabs would stay on the property. As long as they are allowed to stay, my vote will be no. For starters, the union would also have to go back to the company's proposal from Aug. 18 and negotiate from there. Anything close to that proposal, coupled with bringing back as many strikers willing to fill the current existing positions (and letting the scabs go) would have a chance at passing.
I have not been on strike for nearly one year hoping for a contract settlement with a measly four weeks of severance pay and the promise of unemployment benefits just so this whole thing will be over. :down: I would hope that the union leadership feels the same way too.
Just my two cents worth... 🙂
Don Smith
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Kev at one time they were offering 26 weeks for a severance to laid off workers. I'd say that would probably in itself get the thing passed. If they just come up with the same 4 weeks then it is doubtful for passage. I'm with Pete on the SCAB issue. We stuck it out for a year...the SCABS have got to go :angry:
