AMFA Concludes Presentation to the PEB.Business Editors LACONIA, N.H.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--March 22, 2001 Presentations and closing statements concluded today between the Aircraft Mechanics Fraternal Association The Aircraft Mechanics Fraternal Association (AMFA) is an independent union that represents aircraft maintenance employees of commercial airlines in the United States. AMFA is committed to the principles of craft unionism, in that it seeks to represent only airline mechanics and (AMFA AMFA Aircraft Mechanics Fraternal Association AMFA Alternative Motor Fuels Act (PL 100-494) AMFA Asociación Movimiento Fe y Alegría (Association for Activities of Faith and Joy; Guatemala) ) and Northwest Airlines (NWA NWA Northwest Airlines (ICAO code) NWA Northwest Arkansas NWA National Wrestling Alliance NWA National Weather Association NWA National Works Agency (Jamaica) NWA Network Analyzer ) to the Presidential Emergency Board convening con·vene v. con·vened, con·ven·ing, con·venes v.intr. To come together usually for an official or public purpose; assemble formally. v.tr. 1. in Philadelphia. AMFA National Director, O.V. Delle-Femine issued the following the statement at the close of the sessions on behalf of AMFA's negotiating committee: "We want to thank the members of the Presidential Emergency Board for their professionalism this week. We appreciate the opportunity to present our position and anticipate hearing their recommendations in the coming weeks. "Our intent from the beginning has been to come to a fair & reasonable settlement with Northwest Airlines. We feel we were making real progress in our discussions with NWA earlier this month and had President Bush not prematurely intervened with the PEB PEB Physical Evaluation Board PEB Presidential Emergency Board PEB Post Exposure Bake PEB Professional Engineers Board (Singapore) PEB Pre-Engineered Building PEB Personal Electronic Ballot PEB Performance Evaluation Board -- thereby eliminating any pressure for NWA to negotiation in good faith -- we might already have arrived at such an agreement. Back pay, retirement and wages are utmost on our agenda and we are prepared to strike NWA, if necessary, to receive the compensation our members deserve. We remain open to coming back to the table for face-to-face negotiations with NWA anytime they are ready to talk should this be necessary. "We would also like to thank our AMFA members for their professionalism, dedication and patience during this process." AMFA's craft union represents over 9,600 NWA aircraft maintenance technicians The examples and perspective in this article or section may not represent a worldwide view of the subject. Please [ improve this article] or discuss the issue on the talk page. and related support personnel. Their credo is "safety in the air begins with quality maintenance on the ground." To learn more about AMFA, visit their website at www.amfanatl.org. |
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