NEWS: AMFA Cries Foul
AMFA Asks Mac to Probe Violation of Strikebreaker Ordinance by Northwest Replacement Workers: Financial News - Yahoo! Finance...
The attempt by the AMFA represented mechanics to force Northwest Airlines management into a bargaining corner by going on strike was largely ineffective. Northwest was prepared for the move and reacted by having qualified management and replacement workers ready to go. Now AMFA thinks they have some dirt. AMFA has asked the Metropolitan Airports Commission (MAC) to investigate "flagrant violations" of strikebreaker laws allegedly occurring during the massive re-hire process by Northwest. Click Read More!
Per an AMFA press release a strikebreaker ""any person who repeatedly secures or seeks to secure employment by offering to...replace any employee absent from his position because of a labor dispute."
Now all of this could be true...Northwest may have brought on some folks that fit this rule. But what does pursuing this accomplish for the remaining AMFA members from Northwest who are watching the airline carry on without them. How is this a means to an end...is it worth the effort? Northwest has replaced all of them and now has bankruptcy to leverage its power to set the terms of any future labor agreement. Its just seems like the last act of a desperate organization.
The attempt by the AMFA represented mechanics to force Northwest Airlines management into a bargaining corner by going on strike was largely ineffective. Northwest was prepared for the move and reacted by having qualified management and replacement workers ready to go. Now AMFA thinks they have some dirt. AMFA has asked the Metropolitan Airports Commission (MAC) to investigate "flagrant violations" of strikebreaker laws allegedly occurring during the massive re-hire process by Northwest. Click Read More!
Per an AMFA press release a strikebreaker ""any person who repeatedly secures or seeks to secure employment by offering to...replace any employee absent from his position because of a labor dispute."
Now all of this could be true...Northwest may have brought on some folks that fit this rule. But what does pursuing this accomplish for the remaining AMFA members from Northwest who are watching the airline carry on without them. How is this a means to an end...is it worth the effort? Northwest has replaced all of them and now has bankruptcy to leverage its power to set the terms of any future labor agreement. Its just seems like the last act of a desperate organization.
posted by The ACK at
08:48
