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| Airport Workers Caught Abusing Security Badges |
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An exclusive NBC 5 investigation uncovered police reports showing workers at Dallas-Fort Worth International Airport abusing their security badges, even using them to help family and friends skip the checkpoints to board flights. Government officials and a top airline executive were among those caught.
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| AMFA Local 4 Charter is Presented |
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February 5, 2013 -- AMFA conducted a Joint Advisory Council (JAC) meeting in Atlanta, GA on February 5, 2013. At that meeting, National Director Louie Key presented the Local 4 Transition Committee Chairman Mr. Jim Kinnerk with a framed copy of the Local 4 Charter. Mr. Key informed the JAC attendees that Local 4 had been re-established in Chicago, IL and will represent Southwest Airlines members in ATL, BNA, BWI, MCI, MDW, MKE, PHL, RDU, and STL.
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| National Officer Rerun Election Results - 2012 |
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December 20, 2012 -- The votes for the AMFA National Officer Rerun Election were tallied on December 20, 2012. TrueBallot Inc. conducted the vote and tally by use of the TeleVote® and WebVote® systems. The results of the election are as follows...
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| National Officer Rerun Election Notice & Candidate Profiles |
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November 13, 2012 -- After a thorough investigation, and with legal consultation, the National Executive Council has determined that a rerun of the National Officer Election is warranted. AMFA National is conducting this rerun election in accordance with Article VII of the AMFA Constitution to fill the following positions: Assistant National Director, National Secretary/Treasurer, National Safety and Standards Director, and Region II Director. The term of office for all of these positions will commence on January 8, 2013, and the duties for these positions may be found in Article VI of the AMFA Constitution.
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| National Officer Rerun Election Candidate Profiles |
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In an effort to provide AMFA members with basic information about candidates for union office, AMFA National has offered all candidates in this election an opportunity to submit a Candidate Profile along with their picture. Profiles were limited to 400 words and are unedited except for inappropriate content. AMFA National does not endorse any candidate for union office nor was any candidate given special treatment.
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| National Officer Election to be Rerun |
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As stated in our letter to the members on September 21, 2012, Article VII, Section 10 of the AMFA Constitution provides our members’ the right to protest any election in which the member believes AMFA election rules or Department of Labor regulations were violated, and that eight protests were filed for the National Officer Election.
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| Re-Establishment of AMFA Local 4 - Chicago, IL |
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October 22, 2012 -- On October 18, 2012, the National Mediation Board (NMB) certified the Aircraft Mechanics Fraternal Association (AMFA) as the collective bargaining agent of the Mechanics and Related Employees at Southwest Airlines.
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| National Officer Election Protests |
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September 21, 2012 -- This past week, the National Officers met in Chicago for the Joint Advisory Council (JAC) Meeting and the National Executive Council (NEC) Meeting where we had planned to prepare for the transition of newly elected National Officers. Per the AMFA Constitution, officers are to be sworn in on the first Monday in October of the election year; however, the National Director has received eight (8) protests requesting an investigation to verify that all facets of the election adhered to dictates of the AMFA Constitution and the Labor Management Reporting Disclosure Act (LMRDA).
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| National Officer Election Results - 2012 |
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The votes for the AMFA National Officer Election were tallied on September 10, 2012. TrueBallot Inc. conducted the vote and tally by use of the TeleVote® and WebVote® systems. The results of the election are as follows...
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| Why Flying Is No Fun (And may Be More Dangerous) |
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Author William J. McGee's new book, Attention All Passengers details how airlines are cutting costs through regional carriers, outsourcing maintenance, mishandling baggahe and overbooking airplanes. William McGee was the opening Keynote Speaker at the 2012 AMFA National Convention.
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| Wall of Honor Donations |
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When powered, controlled flight became a reality the world gave praise to two brothers named Orville and Wilbur Wright. But these two men in turn gave praise to their “mechanician” Charles E. Taylor who not only worked in the brother’s bicycle shop but also built by hand the first aircraft engines that enabled the Wright Glider to become the Wright Flyer.
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| Testimony of Lee Seham, Esq., AMFA General Counsel Before the NMB |
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June 19, 2012 -- Good morning, my name is Lee Seham, General Counsel, of the Aircraft Mechanics Fraternal Association. We thank you for the opportunity to address you this morning. More specifically, we thank the Board for its invitation to the public to address “any other matters they consider relevant to the changes wrought by the amended statutory language.” [77 Fed. Reg. 28536]
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| Aviation Safety Suffers Further Setback Following Helios Conviction |
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A Licensed Aircraft Maintenance Engineer has received a 10 year prison sentence by an Athens court for allegedly not resetting a cockpit switch following maintenance on the Helios Airways Boeing 737-300 which crashed into a mountain near Athens in 2005 after its oxygen supply failed and the pilots and most of the passengers fell unconscious.
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| National Director's Letter to Horizon Mechanics |
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On February 9, 2012, the National Mediation Board (NMB) announced that the representation election for the Mechanic and Related Employees of Horizon Air will commence on February 23, and will conclude on March 15, 2012. AMFA would like to thank all of you for deciding it was time to take back control of your union by signing cards to demand a representation election to once again become members of the best craft-specific union for Aircraft Mechanics! It is understandable that you desire to return to a union of open democratic principles, where members: are encouraged to attend negotiations; have direct access to the union leadership; and have absolute accountability, including election and recall, of their union leadership.
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| How U.S. Airlines Got a Whole Lot Safer |
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Efforts by the FAA, airlines, and others have reduced the chances of a plane crashing and killing someone by 93 percent
By Alan Levin
Since the Jet Age began in the 1950s, air travel in the U.S. has never been safer.
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| 2012 National Convention Notice |
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July 28, 2011 -- In accordance with Article XII, Section 1 of the AMFA Constitution, this letter shall serve as the official notice of the 2012 AMFA National Convention.
The delegates to the 2008 National Convention voted to convene the 2012 National Convention in San Diego, California. The Convention will commence on Monday, May 7, 2012.
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| Association of Flight Attendants wins vote at combined United Continental |
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Flight attendants from the merged United and Continental airlines picked the union from United to represent their combined group on Tuesday.
The Association of Flight Attendants-CWA won the election, ousting the International Association of Machinists and Aerospace Workers. The AFA said it got 55.1 percent of the vote.
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| United Mechanics Turn Down Concessionary Teamster TA |
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June 6, 2011 -- AMFA supports the United Airlines (UAL) mechanics’ rejection of the weak and concessionary Tentative Agreement (TA) brought out by the International Brotherhood of Teamsters (IBT). We believe the UAL mechanics deserve to have their union representatives consider all of the sacrifices they have made over the years in turning United into the company it is today. This failed TA clearly falls short of the mark.
AMFA also supports the members’ right to choose a union that listens to their concerns and fights for their rights at the bargaining table.
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| AMFA Meets with the National Mediation Board |
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On Monday May 16, 2011, Lee Seham, AMFA Legal and AMFA Assistant National Director Floyd Looney met with the National Mediation Board (NMB) in Washington, DC concerning the Southwest Airlines/AirTran Airlines merger/purchase.
The meeting took place at 2pm at the NMB building on “K” Street in downtown Washington, DC.
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| AMFA Donates Bust of Charles Taylor |
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On behalf of our members, the Aircraft Mechanics Fraternal Association (AMFA donated a bust of Charles E. Taylor to the Museum of Flight in Seattle, WA on August 11, 2010. The bust, which will be on display in the museum’s Red Barn exhibit, is intended to increase the awareness of Charles E. Taylor
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| Charles E Taylor Award Ceremony for Don Hammer |
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AMFA National Director, Louie Key, and retired National Director, O.V. Delle-Femine, participated in a ceremony in Dallas, Texas on April 15, 2010 in the Southwest Airlines hangar honoring AMFA member and Southwest employee Don Hammer for receiving the FAA’s Charles Taylor Master Mechanic award.
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| AMFA Victorious in the US Supreme Court |
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On May 4, 2009, the US Supreme Court denied the petition for review brought by former Alaska Airlines mechanic Bernard Mackay, ending eight years of litigation against AMFA, and finally putting to rest the claims that were made on Mackay’s behalf by his attorneys at the National Right to Work Legal Defense Foundation, that he was “conscripted” into union membership, an argument that was never accepted by any of the courts that heard the case.
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| Letter to Lee Seham from Captain Chesley "Sully" Sullenberger |
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I received a copy of a letter that I thought worthy of sharing with you. Lee Seham has been AMFA’s Legal Counsel for the past 20 years. His father Martin Seham goes back to the very beginning when he and Dell worked together to establish AMFA, a mechanics union that focused on our profession.
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