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Say No to AMFA’s Sellout Representation
In 2005, the Northwest Airlines mechanic workforce had been gutted because of bad contract language negotiated by AMFA. As negotiations for a new contract stalled, AMFA put the mechanics out on strike with no preparation. The result? It was an absolute disaster for the mechanics.
Click here to read a full report written in 2008 about AMFA’s suicide strike at Northwest.
As the report points out, AMFA consistently misled its members throughout negotiations and the subsequent strike. AMFA told mechanics it would have the upper hand in a strike against the company. In fact, the union was in a strategically weak position. NWA was well-prepared with scabs ready to move in prior to the strike. AMFA knew this and still decided to put hundreds of mechanic and related workers’ jobs on the line.
When the dust settled, the mechanics ended up with a contract that was worse than what the company was proposing before the strike. At the time, there were 2,500 mechanics at NWA. Three years later, that number was down to 950 – 95 percent of whom were scabs who joined AMFA but refused to pay dues.
The report is damning indictment of AMFA’s record. We’ve been through enough at AA. The last thing we need is a small scab association like AMFA selling us out like they did to mechanics at Northwest! We need a REAL union, not the sellout representation we’ve been getting under the TWU and not AMFA’s fake scab representation.
Read the report here and talk to your coworkers. Sign a Teamster card and get more of your coworkers to sign cards!
With the TEAMSTERS We Will WIN!
For more information, visit the AA Mechanics for Teamsters campaign website or call the campaign hotline at 877-589-4951.