AMFA Local 5 Will Move to Disrupt Detroit-Bound CSX Railroad Traffic at Toledo Yard in Legal Secondary Strike.As Labor Day Labor Day, holiday celebrated in the United States and Canada on the first Monday in September to honor the laborer. It was inaugurated by the Knights of Labor in 1882 and made a national holiday by the U.S. Congress in 1894. Weekend Ends, 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) Extends Protest Against Northwest For names and places containing the slightly longer word 'northwestern' (or variants), see . Northwest or north west is the ordinal direction halfway between north and west on a compass. It is the opposite of southeast. Airline's Callous cal·lous adj. Of, relating to, or characteristic of a callus or callosity. callous of the nature of a callus; hard. Treatment of Loyal Employees
WHAT: Aircraft Mechanics Fraternal Association (AMFA) Local 5,
Detroit, and supporters will attempt to disrupt Detroit-bound CSX
railroad traffic at the Stanley Yard in Toledo, Ohio, which
funnels a large volume of traffic bound for Southeast Michigan and
especially for the Conrail Detroit Shared Asset Area now co-owned
by the CSX and Norfolk Southern railroads. AMFA officials will
hold a press conference at the Toledo yard. A secondary strike of
this kind is legal under the Railway Labor Act that governs labor
relations in both the airline and railroad industries.
WHERE: CSX Union Street and Stanley Yard.
WHEN: Tuesday, September 6, 2005. At noon Eastern time, AMFA members
and supporters will depart for the Toledo yard from Romulus, MI.
At 3:00 p.m. ET, AMFA will hold a press conference at the Toledo
yard.
WHO: The press conference will feature AMFA Local 5 President Bob Rose
and other speakers.
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