BRIEFCASE.Byline: - Staff and Wire Services Mechanics strike looms at airline MINNEAPOLIS - Mechanics at Northwest Airlines Corp. said Tuesday that they had voted overwhelmingly to authorize a strike, a day after the airline, which is struggling to slash costs, declined arbitration. Whether the mechanics will walk off the job depends on the next move by 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 , which must first release the two sides from talks. Both the union and airline management have requested the move. 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 National Director O.V. Delle-Femine said he expected the release soon. It would trigger a 30-day cooling-off period An interval of time during which no action of a specific type can be taken by either side in a dispute. An automatic delay in certain jurisdictions, apart from ordinary court delays, between the time when Divorce papers are filed and the divorce hearing takes place. . After that, the mechanics could strike. In response to the vote, Northwest released a statement that said it still hoped to reach a consensual CONSENSUAL, civil law. This word is applied to designate one species of contract known in the civil laws; these contracts derive their name from the consent of the parties which is required in their formation, as they cannot exist without such consent. 2. agreement with the mechanics union, but was prepared to fly a full schedule if there was a strike. Microsoft suing Google over hire SEATTLE - Microsoft Corp. sued Google Inc. on Tuesday, accusing it of poaching poaching: see cooking. a top executive the search-engine company had wooed away to head a new research lab in China. The Redmond-based software power also sued the executive, Kai-Fu Lee Kai-Fu Lee (Traditional Chinese: 李開復 Simplified Chinese: 李开复; pinyin: Lǐ Kāifù; b. December 3, 1961) is an information technology executive and a computer science researcher. , whose appointment Google trumpeted in a news release announcing the lab's establishment. In a complaint filed in King County Superior Court King County Superior Court, the largest trial court in Washington state, is based at the King County Courthouse, 516 Third Avenue, in downtown Seattle, Washington. It also operates a juvenile facility and a Regional Justice Center in Kent, southeast of Seattle. in Seattle, Microsoft accused Lee of breaking his 2000 employment contract, in part by taking a job with a direct competitor within a year of leaving the company. Microsoft also accused Google of ``intentionally assisting Lee.'' Google shot back with a statement saying in part: ``We have reviewed Microsoft's claims and they are completely without merit.'' Ford's Q2 profits drop 19 percent DEARBORN, Mich. - Ford Motor Co.'s profits fell 19 percent in the second quarter, hurt by lower production and harsh competition in North America North America, third largest continent (1990 est. pop. 365,000,000), c.9,400,000 sq mi (24,346,000 sq km), the northern of the two continents of the Western Hemisphere. , where it lost more than $900 million. And the company's overall automotive outlook isn't much rosier for the rest of the year. The nation's second-largest automaker said Tuesday that it earned $946 million, or 47 cents a share, in the April-June period versus a profit of $1.2 billion, or 57 cents a share, a year earlier. Revenue in the second quarter rose to $44.5 billion from $42.9 billion a year ago. Automotive sales rose to $38.7 billion from $36.7 billion last year. Excluding special items, Ford earned $936 million, or 47 cents a share, in the latest quarter, compared with $1.2 billion, or 61 cents a share, in the same period last year. The Wall Street consensus, which excluded special items, was for earnings of 33 cents a share. |
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