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So why isn't this posted on the US Air site yet?
Is it more important here?
Whatever!
Did anybody else notice that the highest paid mechs are represented by AMFA. I hear from the old timers that AMFA isn't a union, but an association, and then they scuff. I don't car if it's an association, they get results, and not just for the very senior mechs.
Could be legit, or it could be strategic.
Lets say they really dont have enough cards at US, does it really matter? The AA group in the end will determine what Union prevails over both.
So lets say you are the IBT, you believe that AMFA is to file the end of May, you have just two weeks from when AMFA files if you want to jump on the ballott, you need something to push the cards. So you file at US and hope that the news drives more mechanics at AA to sign cards. Even if they dont have enough cards at US, by the time anyone finds out they didnt have enough it would likely be past that two week window to file. If this gets them to to 50% +1 at AA then they lose nothing by filing too early at US because they have a shot at getting on the AA ballott, then if they won at AA they would get a free shot at US again, if it doesnt they still lose nothing because if they cant get on the AA ballott and they have to go head to head with AMFA (if they waited to file at US and won there) they would likely lose. If they dont do something and AMFA has the cards AMFA will likely win at AA, and then they would likley beat the IAM as well and the IBT will have lost both with no shot for at least a year. An AMFA win at AA could destabilize the IBT at UAL. For the IBT they had to do something (they could have pushed at UAL a little harder but nah, why fight the company? I havent seen anything from the IBT that would lead me to believe that they think we are grossly underpaid, all they talk about is overseas outsourcing, thats why they never talk about UPS to passenger airline mechanics.)
So whether they have enough cards or not really doesnt matter because nobody would find that out until late June or July, after the two week window for filing.
And AMFA supporters are signing teamsters cards, anything to get rid of the TWU.I wonder which rocket scientist within the twu brain trust came up with this laughable idea.
The teamsters claim they have a majority of signed teamster authorization cards at AA and will file for an election. Not once but twice! Still no filing at AA. So, the twu's plan for the teamsters to prevent an AMFA filing at AA has fallen down hard. Panic sets in within the appointed halls of the industrial unions with each unaccountable "officer" looking at each other thinking of another idea for preventing AMFA from getting in at AA.
Suddenly someone comes up with the idea of having the teamsters "file" at USAir. "Brilliant!" shout the unaccountable sellouts! "We're saved!" shout out the self serving appointed ones!
I'm laughing so hard I'm crying! teamster card signers at AA are signing AMFA cards. The farce created by the twu/teamsters has run its course and the final result is a filing at USAir? So the twu and teamsters are both going to be the laughing stock within commercial aviation.
Go AMFA!
And AMFA supporters are signing teamsters cards, anything to get rid of the TWU.
What the teamsters did with their filing at USAirways was the worst thing that could have happened. The IAM was in talks for a new contract. That was put on hold until a representational vote at US takes place. This is exactly what Dougie and the gang in Tempe want... mechanics fighting amongst themselves.