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Blog: No Love - Southwest Airlines Refuses To Stop Fighting Its Expert Mechanics In Court Even After Contract September 17, 2019 -- Earlier this year in March 2019, Southwest Airlines and the Aircraft Mechanics Fraternal Association (AMFA), the union representing Southwest’s mechanics, came to a deal on a contract which was overwhelmingly approved by AMFA’s members a couple months later. This was the culmination of nearly seven years of negotiations, which sometimes got quite contentious. Or at least it was supposed to be the culmination. Read More... National Director's August 2019 Update September 5, 2019 -- August was another busy month for AMFA. I want to celebrate the representation election that concluded on August 21, 2019, where the craft and class of mechanics and related employees of Horizon Air Industries, Inc. voted in AMFA as their collective bargaining agent. We wish to congratulate and welcome Horizon Air Aircraft Maintenance Technicians (AMTs) to AMFA membership. AMFA National and Local 14 officers have hit the ground running during this transition period, visiting Horizon Air stations at Portland and Seattle last week. Thank you for your patience while we continue informational station visits to the remaining Horizon stations. Read More... Press Release: AMFA Welcomes Horizon Air Mechanics and Related Employees August 22, 2019 -The National Mediation Board (NMB) officially announced today that the Aircraft Maintenance Technicians (AMTs) at Horizon Air voted to elect the Aircraft Mechanics Fraternal Association (AMFA), to be their exclusive collective bargaining agent. Read More... Download: 20190822_NMB_AMFA_Certification_Letter_Horizon_Air.pdf Memo: New Web Page For AMFA Members Only About Legal Affairs August 20, 2019 -- Many of you know from my August 8 update about the failure to reach agreement with Southwest Airlines in mediation that we hoped would have ended all of the federal litigation between AMFA, some of its current and former officers, and the company. AMFA must now defend itself from two separate federal lawsuits by Southwest against its own Mechanics and Inspectors filed before we reached agreement on the new contract. Read More... Blog: Corporate Bullying and American Airlines August 15, 2019 -- American Airlines, with the help of the U.S. federal court, made the skies more dangerous with their latest lawsuit and subsequent ruling. The airline sued its own mechanics and made it more difficult for them to report safety issues, creating fear of punishment and retaliation — having a chilling effect that hurts the airline and flying public. Read More... Memo: Mediation with Southwest Airlines August 8, 2019 -- Yesterday, Wednesday August 7, 2019, AMFA representatives met in Dallas, TX to participate in a pre-scheduled settlement mediation conference with representatives of Southwest Airlines. Read More... 2020 National Convention Notice July 31, 2019 -- In accordance with Article XII, Section 1 of the AMFA Constitution, this letter shall serve as the official notice of the 2020 AMFA National Convention. The delegates to the 2016 National Convention voted to convene the 2020 National Convention in Las Vegas, NV. The Convention will commence on Monday, May 4, 2020. Further information regarding the Convention location will be sent separately. Read More... Download: 2020 Const Amend Form.dotx AMFA-AS and Legacy VX Transition and Seniority Integration Agreements Referendum Results July 18, 2019 -- The votes for the AMFA – Alaska Airlines (AS) and Legacy Virgin America (VX) Referendum were tallied on December 17, 2018. Votes for this referendum were counted and certified by ElectionBuddy, and the results are as follows... Read More... Boeing 737 MAX Update July 16, 2019 -- The Boeing 737 MAX was grounded by the FAA on March 13, 2019, and based on current information, will continue to be out of service until at least October. The Aircraft Mechanics Fraternal Association (AMFA) has been monitoring the situation very carefully, and a very important question remains regarding to what degree we will be involved in the process of introducing the aircraft back into the Southwest Airlines fleet and into the Alaska Airlines fleet. Read More... Letter to Horizon Air AMTs July 15, 2019 -- First, I would like to thank you for placing your confidence in the Aircraft Mechanics Fraternal Association (AMFA). Your grassroots organizing efforts and collection of Authorization Cards from your workgroup in favor of AMFA was a wonderful surprise. Read More... Press Release: Aircraft Maintenance Technicians Union Citing Safety Concerns Asks Members Not to Fly on American Airlines June 15, 2019 -- Reacting to a temporary restraining order issued on June 14, 2019, at the request of American Airlines, the National Director of the Aircraft Mechanics Fraternal Association (AMFA), Bret Oestreich, called on the Association’s members to avoid American Airlines operations. Read More... Download: 20190615_PR_AMT_Union_Citing_Safety_Concerns_Asks_Members_Not_to_Fly_on_American_Airlines.pdf AMFA–AS Boeing and Airbus Transition and Seniority Integration Agreements Meeting Notice June 10, 2019 -- On June 3, 2019, AMFA and Alaska Airlines (AS) announced an Agreement in Principle (AIP) on another Transition Agreement to integrate the Legacy Virgin America (Airbus) Technicians into our current collective bargaining agreement with Alaska Airlines. The AMFA Committee is working with the Company to finalize the documents and we should have them ready to send to you in the coming week. The full Transition Agreement with an updated Article 26 Schedule A Pay Scale, which will reflect what is in the Transition Agreement along with Seniority Agreement, will be emailed to each member’s Alaska email for review. It will also be posted on the Alaska Maintenance & Engineering website under the AMFA tab. Read More... AMFA-Alaska Transition Reach Agreement in Principle June 5, 2019 -- We started off the year with a goal for our Maintenance and Engineering division to work as one team — on both the Boeing and Airbus fleets. On Monday, June 3rd, we moved closer to that goal when AMFA and Alaska Airlines reached a Transition Agreement (TA) in Principle. Read More... Blog: American Airlines’ Fraudulent Accusations Against TWU-IAM Are Right Out of Airlines’ Playbook May 30, 2019 -- Contract negotiations between TWU-IAM and American Airlines have been stagnant for years as a result of American Airlines management’s “must haves” — ending protected work in favor of outsourcing to less skilled foreign international maintenance vendors and demanding headcount reductions. Read More... Press Release: AMFA Leads Effort to Encourage the White House Recognize the Importance of Aircraft Maintenance Technicians May 24, 2019 -- The Aircraft Mechanics Fraternal Association (AMFA) joined several labor and industry groups to encourage President Trump to officially recognize Aviation Maintenance Technician (AMT) Day, May 24. AMFA also galvanized support from members of Congress to formally recognize AMT Day on floor of the U.S. Senate and U.S. House of Representatives. Read More... Ralph Nader to Address Airline Passenger Safety at June 4 Summit May 22, 2019 -- AMFA National Director Bret Oestreich and Legislative Affairs Director Justin Madden have been invited to participate in the Aircraft Maintenance Outsourcing Summit­ to be held on June 4, 2019. Read More... AMFA Support Transport Workers Union Locals’ “American Airlines Should Care” Educational Campaign March 19, 2019 -- The Aircraft Mechanics Fraternal Association (AMFA) National Executive Council (NEC) fully supports the Transport Workers Union’s “American Airlines Should Care” Educational Campaign. AMFA appreciates and encourages efforts to educate the public on a user-friendly platform that exposes flaws in business practices that compromise safety. Read More... Memo: AMFA Files Counter-Suit Against Southwest Airlines March 8, 2019 -- Today your Association filed its formal Answer in federal court to the lawsuit brought on February 28, 2019, by Southwest Airlines Co., against AMFA and your designated collective bargaining representatives. The Answer filed by AMFA attorneys today strongly denies the allegations by the Company that any of the Named Defendants violated the Railway Labor Act, and our attorneys are prepared for and are planning a vigorous defense in court. Read More... Memo: Southwest Airlines Files Suit Against AMFA March 3, 2019 -- On Thursday, February, 28, 2019, Southwest Airlines filed yet another federal lawsuit against AMFA, as well as your elected negotiating representatives individually. This is but one more step in a long-standing campaign aimed at your Union and at you and the very job that you do. his lawsuit comes on the heels of the Company’s self-styled “State of Operational Emergency” at several maintenance locations where it believes too many discrepancies were being generated and resulted in aircraft not being pushed back into service fast enough. Read More... Important Information on AIR 21-Whistleblower OSHA's Whistleblower Protection Program enforces the whistleblower provisions of more than twenty whistleblower statutes protecting employees who report violations of various workplace safety and health, airline, commercial motor carrier, consumer product, environmental, financial reform, food safety, health insurance reform, motor vehicle safety, nuclear, pipeline, public transportation agency, railroad, maritime, and securities laws. Rights afforded by these whistleblower protection laws include, but are not limited to, worker participation in safety and health activities, reporting a work-related injury, illness or fatality, or reporting a violation of the statutes herein. Read More... Download: SWA Supervisor.pdf , Its_Your_Call_12-6-17.pdf , FAA-SWA-LAX-Report.pdf , FAA-SWA-Dallas.pdf , FAA-LAS-Violation.pdf