Thu, Oct 14, 2010
ASA Workers First To File For Union Representation Under NMB
Rule Change
Nearly 600 mechanics and related workers at Atlantic Southeast
Airlines voted to join the Teamsters by a 2-to-1 margin, Teamsters
General President James P. Hoffa announced Tuesday. "Mechanics and
related workers at Atlantic Southeast Airlines have shown great
courage throughout the entirety of their organizing campaign,"
Hoffa said. "I applaud them for their historic victory and for
moving forward to join our Teamster ExpressJet mechanics once the
two carriers merge."
"This is the start to a whole new beginning at Atlantic
Southeast Airlines," said Alfredo Manzano, a mechanic based in
Baton Rouge. "I'm looking forward to more respect in the workplace
and negotiating our first contract."
The election took place just weeks after Atlantic Southeast
Airlines and ExpressJet announced a merger.
Atlantic Southeast Airlines mechanics and related workers were
the first to file for union representation under the National
Mediation Board's new rules and are the first to approve union
representation under the new rules.
Prior to the NMB voting to change the rule earlier this year,
workers who didn't vote in union elections were counted as "no"
votes and for victories to occur, 50 percent plus one of the
workers had to vote for representation. Under the new rules,
election outcomes are based upon the majority approval of voting
workers rather than the majority of the unit as a whole. The
Teamsters Union supported this change as part of the important
fight for a fair, democratic process for workers to form a union in
the airline and rail industry.
"We welcome these workers to the Teamsters and look forward to
negotiating a strong contract with them," said Capt. David Bourne,
Director of the Teamsters Airline Division. The Teamsters Aviation
Mechanics Coalition (TAMC) says it now represents more than 16,800
aviation mechanics and related workers at 12 different
airlines.
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