TIMELINE OF EVENTS and CURRENT STATUS
March 12th, 2004 = AMFA filed a request for services with the National Mediation Board indicating there is a representational dispute at American Airlines. This request also filed paperwork indicating that the Craft or Class size at American Airlines is 16,014 and sufficient authorization cards were filed.
March 15th, 2004 = National Mediation Board assigned R-6998 case number, and within hours American Airlines filed the required eligibility list and signature samples to the NMB. American’s list claimed 18,698 eligible voters in the Craft or Class at American Airlines. This is 2,684 greater than the AMFA filing of 16,014. The American Airlines filing of the eligibility list and signatures stopped further collection and addendums to the submitted authorization cards per the NMB Representation Manual. More signed cards continue to be received via Post Office Box, but cannot be added.
March 25th, 2004 = National Mediation Board sets forth schedule for filing objections and challenges to the AA provided eligibility list. Deadline for challenges or objections is set at Thursday April 8th, 2004. In addition, responses from all parties to those objections must be filed by Thursday April 22nd, 2004.
March 29th, 2004 = AMFA filed an opening position statement in case R-6998 claiming that American Airlines in mad dash to stop authorization card submittal, went to great lengths to file an inaccurate and inflated list to protect the incumbent union (TWU) on American’s property. AMFA also requested an electronic version of the list to assist in the investigation of the eligibility list. AMFA requested a six week extension to the deadline to file objections to the list submitted by American.
March 31st, 2004 = The National Mediation Board grants an extension of only two weeks to file objections and challenges to the AA eligibility list. Objections and challenges must now be filed by Thursday April 22nd, 2004 and responses to those objections must now be filed by Thursday May 6th, 2004.
April 22nd, 2004 = AMFA filed the challenges and objections to the AA eligibility list. Our total protest calls out for the removal of approximately 2400 ineligible voters, supported by over 22 lbs of documents, which included more than 30 AA employee declarations. The AA voter eligibility list contained the following ineligible voters: 269 Retirees, 140 Resigned, 72 Terminated, 118 Stores Clerks, 363 Fleet Service Clerks, 80 Management, 37 Employees working at other Airlines, and the list goes on and on. The most disturbing are the 16 deceased employees that we were able to identify.
The TWU also submitted their objection to the overly inflated AA voter eligibility list of 18,698. They did not even recognize the 97 duplicates identified by the Company. Apparently they now wish to inflate the list even further by adding 2,087 questionable individuals bringing the total very close to 21,000. We are still reviewing the TWU submitted list and will file our response to this list. The TWU submitted inflation of the list of nearly 21,000 is appx. 2,300 more than the AA inflated list. In addition, this list of the TWU is nearly 5000 higher than the AMFA initial position list.
April 26th, 2004 = Jim Little of the TWU sends out a letter to all TWU Local Officers claiming that AMFA has been given an “unfair†advantage. Little, claims he will ask the NMB to intervene and demand the company stop assisting AMFA, and begin assisting the TWU. Maybe Mr. Little should review the anti-AMFA material, including anti-AMFA videos that are allowed to be played on company computers during company time before making allegations of “unfair advantagesâ€. If any one has seen anti-TWU material coming through the company computers please inform your Local AMFA Organizer immediately.
April 27th, 2004 = Jim Little sends a letter to AA Vice-President of Employee Relations complaining that AMFA has been given access to information that the TWU does not have. He demands access to the same information that AMFA used in their objections and challenges submission.
April 29th, 2004 = American Airlines files for an extension of time to answer the AMFA and TWU objections and challenges to the eligibility list. Within hours of the request, the National Mediation Board grants AA’s request. This leaves May 20th, 2004 as the filing deadline for answering objections.
May 13th, 2004 = AMFA files for extension.
May 14th, 2004 = NMB granted extension of 4 Days to the 24th of May.
May 24th, 2004 = All final objection and challenge submissions sent to Investigator Hennessey. American Airlines and the TWU conceded on thousands of names that have been protested by AMFA, but then attempt to add more names of Fleet Service Clerks to the eligibility list. AA now claims the number is 18,708 which is a higher total than their original submission even after conceding that over 1,000 names from original list were invalid.
June 1st – 3rd , 2004 = AMFA Organizers stage a protest picket in front of the NMB Offices and meet with legislative representatives to inform them of what has taken place during this process.
Today June 10th, 2004 = We now await the decision of Ms. Hennessey. It has been reported that she is leaving the National Mediation Board Offices and going to the National Labor Relations Board Office on Monday June 14th, 2004. Thus we expect a decision very soon.
March 12th, 2004 = AMFA filed a request for services with the National Mediation Board indicating there is a representational dispute at American Airlines. This request also filed paperwork indicating that the Craft or Class size at American Airlines is 16,014 and sufficient authorization cards were filed.
March 15th, 2004 = National Mediation Board assigned R-6998 case number, and within hours American Airlines filed the required eligibility list and signature samples to the NMB. American’s list claimed 18,698 eligible voters in the Craft or Class at American Airlines. This is 2,684 greater than the AMFA filing of 16,014. The American Airlines filing of the eligibility list and signatures stopped further collection and addendums to the submitted authorization cards per the NMB Representation Manual. More signed cards continue to be received via Post Office Box, but cannot be added.
March 25th, 2004 = National Mediation Board sets forth schedule for filing objections and challenges to the AA provided eligibility list. Deadline for challenges or objections is set at Thursday April 8th, 2004. In addition, responses from all parties to those objections must be filed by Thursday April 22nd, 2004.
March 29th, 2004 = AMFA filed an opening position statement in case R-6998 claiming that American Airlines in mad dash to stop authorization card submittal, went to great lengths to file an inaccurate and inflated list to protect the incumbent union (TWU) on American’s property. AMFA also requested an electronic version of the list to assist in the investigation of the eligibility list. AMFA requested a six week extension to the deadline to file objections to the list submitted by American.
March 31st, 2004 = The National Mediation Board grants an extension of only two weeks to file objections and challenges to the AA eligibility list. Objections and challenges must now be filed by Thursday April 22nd, 2004 and responses to those objections must now be filed by Thursday May 6th, 2004.
April 22nd, 2004 = AMFA filed the challenges and objections to the AA eligibility list. Our total protest calls out for the removal of approximately 2400 ineligible voters, supported by over 22 lbs of documents, which included more than 30 AA employee declarations. The AA voter eligibility list contained the following ineligible voters: 269 Retirees, 140 Resigned, 72 Terminated, 118 Stores Clerks, 363 Fleet Service Clerks, 80 Management, 37 Employees working at other Airlines, and the list goes on and on. The most disturbing are the 16 deceased employees that we were able to identify.
The TWU also submitted their objection to the overly inflated AA voter eligibility list of 18,698. They did not even recognize the 97 duplicates identified by the Company. Apparently they now wish to inflate the list even further by adding 2,087 questionable individuals bringing the total very close to 21,000. We are still reviewing the TWU submitted list and will file our response to this list. The TWU submitted inflation of the list of nearly 21,000 is appx. 2,300 more than the AA inflated list. In addition, this list of the TWU is nearly 5000 higher than the AMFA initial position list.
April 26th, 2004 = Jim Little of the TWU sends out a letter to all TWU Local Officers claiming that AMFA has been given an “unfair†advantage. Little, claims he will ask the NMB to intervene and demand the company stop assisting AMFA, and begin assisting the TWU. Maybe Mr. Little should review the anti-AMFA material, including anti-AMFA videos that are allowed to be played on company computers during company time before making allegations of “unfair advantagesâ€. If any one has seen anti-TWU material coming through the company computers please inform your Local AMFA Organizer immediately.
April 27th, 2004 = Jim Little sends a letter to AA Vice-President of Employee Relations complaining that AMFA has been given access to information that the TWU does not have. He demands access to the same information that AMFA used in their objections and challenges submission.
April 29th, 2004 = American Airlines files for an extension of time to answer the AMFA and TWU objections and challenges to the eligibility list. Within hours of the request, the National Mediation Board grants AA’s request. This leaves May 20th, 2004 as the filing deadline for answering objections.
May 13th, 2004 = AMFA files for extension.
May 14th, 2004 = NMB granted extension of 4 Days to the 24th of May.
May 24th, 2004 = All final objection and challenge submissions sent to Investigator Hennessey. American Airlines and the TWU conceded on thousands of names that have been protested by AMFA, but then attempt to add more names of Fleet Service Clerks to the eligibility list. AA now claims the number is 18,708 which is a higher total than their original submission even after conceding that over 1,000 names from original list were invalid.
June 1st – 3rd , 2004 = AMFA Organizers stage a protest picket in front of the NMB Offices and meet with legislative representatives to inform them of what has taken place during this process.
Today June 10th, 2004 = We now await the decision of Ms. Hennessey. It has been reported that she is leaving the National Mediation Board Offices and going to the National Labor Relations Board Office on Monday June 14th, 2004. Thus we expect a decision very soon.
