AMFA Members Authorize Mesaba Strike by 92 Percent.LACONIA, N.H. -- 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 AlegrÃa (Association for Activities of Faith and Joy; Guatemala) ) today reported that its members at Mesaba Airlines voted by 92 percent to authorize a strike against the airline. A 30-day strike countdown will begin once the National Mediation Board The National Mediation Board is a three-person board created in 1934 by an act amending the Railway Labor Act (45 U.S.C.A. §§ 151–158, 160–162, 1181–1188) to resolve disputes in the railroad and airline industries that could disrupt travel or imperil the (NMB NMB new methylene blue. ) releases both parties from negotiations. "This overwhelming support for a strike reflects years of pent-up frustration over the company's refusal to negotiate in good faith, and the NMB's willingness to acquiesce to Mesaba's stalling tactics instead of ordering the parties to get together and talk," said AMFA National Director O.V. Delle-Femine. "The NMB's bias in favor of Mesaba went so far that we recently had to ask the NMB to recuse To disqualify or remove oneself as a judge over a particular proceeding because of one's conflict of interest. Recusal, or the judge's act of disqualifying himself or herself from presiding over a proceeding, is based on the Maxim one of its board members due to her previous six years of employment with Northwest Airlines. We believe it is a clear conflict of interest for a board member to have decision-making authority over a pending case when that board member once worked for an airline involved in the case," he said. Mesaba Airlines operates as a Northwest Airlink affiliate under code-sharing agreements with Northwest Airlines. About AMFA AMFA's craft union represents aircraft maintenance technicians and related support personnel at Alaska Airlines, ATA (1) (AT Attachment) The specification for IDE drives. See IDE. (2) See analog telephone adapter. ATA - Advanced Technology Attachment , Horizon Airlines, Independence Airlines, Mesaba Airlines, Northwest Airlines, Southwest Airlines and United Airlines. AMFA's credo is "Safety in the air begins with quality maintenance on the ground." To learn more about AMFA, visit www.amfanatl.org. |
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