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AMFA vs. IBT
Link to AMFA National Info
Content below is from AMFA Local 9
AMFA Vs IBT Election Results
3/31/2008 - Member Communication
The National Mediation Board's Representational Election has concluded at United Airlines (UAL). The result is that the International Brotherhood of Teamsters (IBT) received the most votes and will be certified as the bargaining agent for the Class and Craft of Mechanic and Related at UAL.
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Common Sense Issue #25 available for download
3/26/2008 - Member Communication
We’ve reached the final countdown. The vote closes at 11:00 a.m. PT on Monday, March 31. If you’ve voted—Thank You! If you haven’t voted, find that envelope, pick up the phone or go on the internet and – cast your vote.
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Common Sense Issue #24 available for download
3/24/2008 - Member Communication
AMFA Local 9 issues a press release about faulty outsourced UAL 747 maintenance provided by a Busan, South Korea vendor.
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Common Sense Issue #23 available for download
3/21/2008 - Member Communication
Is the threat of decertification real? Yes. Here is why everyone needs to vote.
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Common Sense Issue #22 available for download
3/17/2008 - Member Communication
In Common Sense 22 Local 9 Grievance Secretary Jeff Brown examines several contractual issues that expose IBT rhetoric intended to mislead the members.
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Common Sense Issue #21 available for download
3/12/2008 - Member Communication
Teamster Local remains a mystery and Part-time mechanic slippery slope
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If You Do Not Receive Your UAL NMB Voting Instructions…
3/11/2008 - Member Communication
The following information in the Board's Representation Manual in the event a member does not receive their Telephone and Internet Voting Instructions after they are mailed by the NMB on Tuesday, February 26th:
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Latest from around the system
3/11/2008 - Member Communication
Local 9 will post publications from other AMFA Locals which pertain to the IBT representational election at United Airlines.
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Legal Misrepresentations
3/10/2008 - Member Communication
Attached is a letter from Lee Seham regarding the continued insistence of the IBT that they can open the contract if they win this election.
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Legal Reply: Petrovsky Comments
3/8/2008 - Member Communication
AMFA legal reply to IBT threats regarding posting of video and audio of comments made by a member of their organizing committee
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AMFA Reply: IBT Demand to retract and correct
3/8/2008 - Member Communication
Reply to the IBT regarding their demand to correct and retract certain information about their pension plans
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Common Sense Issue #20 Hoffa’s dog and pony show
3/6/2008 - Member Communication
About 250 to 300 people showed up to listen to the Hoffa-Newsom outsourcing press event on Wednesday at SF City Hall. Of this total, about only 35 were mechanics employed at UAL.
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Common Sense Issue #19 Local 9 Responds to Hoffa-Newsom Press Event
3/4/2008 - Member Communication
Joseph Prisco, Local 9 President, issues a press release that exposes the event for what it really is: grandstanding. One Local 9 member wrote an email to San Francisco Mayor Newsom objecting to his interference in a union election.
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Common Sense Issue #18 available for download
3/4/2008 - Member Communication
AMFA’s accomplishments and plans for the future. NMB voting instructions and details.
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Committee for Change Chairman Rich Petrovsky videos
3/1/2008 - Member Communication
Several IBT organizers, including the Committee for Change Chairman Rich Petrovsky, attended a recent meeting conducted by AMFA Local 39 for mechanics at Newark. Some IBT members from Continental attended. Petrovsky made surpising comments during that session.
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Common Sense Issue #17 available for download
2/29/2008 - Member Communication
IBT refuses AMFA debate. While the Teamsters refuse a genuine debate, they guarantee us three things: much higher dues, secret negotiations and bureaucratic control.
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AMFA Legal reply to IBT on Section Six
2/28/2008 - Member Communication
Recently the IBT supporters have resurrected a 2006 letter from their legal team explaining how they can just open the contract if there is a change in Representation. AMFA Legal replies and the answer is clear...IBT is misleading you about what they can do at UAL with our contract.
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Video: Teamster mechanics tell their story
2/25/2008 - Member Communication
Mechanics from Continental and Southwest describe what life is like under IBT representation.
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WayPoints Special Election Issue #18
2/24/2008 - Member Communication
The representational election at United Airlines for mechanic and related employees begins this Tuesday, February 26. The outcome of this election will dramatically affect your work life for many years to come. Please take the time to carefully consider your decision.
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AMFA National's Response to IBT's Informational Meeting
2/23/2008 - Steve MacFarlane
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Jimmy Hoffa Teamster Videos
2/22/2008 - Member Communication
Jimmy Hoffa Jr. once promised that he would never raise dues without a direct vote of the members. He also promised that he would end government control of the Teamsters union. Check out these two videos, they're highly entertaining.
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Ten year vs. five year pension proof
2/22/2008 - Member Communication
This May 11, 2005 court ruling exposes deliberate IBT attempt to mislead.
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National Director's Letter to UAL Membership
2/22/2008 - Steve MacFarlane
As we draw closer to the date that voting will begin for union representation at United Airlines, be
prepared for the Teamsters to step-up their campaign of misinformation. Our formidable challenge is that the Teamsters can lie faster than we can respond.
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Common Sense Issue #16 available for download
2/22/2008 - Member Communication
Teamsters’ dues deception continues. David Quinn, AMFA Region III Director responds to the latest Teamster dues claim.
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Life under the IBT
2/22/2008 - Member Communication
These links provide insight to what we face if represented by the IBT.
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WayPoints timelines 1994 – 2005
2/21/2008 - Member Communication
These timelines cover the history of the mechanic and related group at UAL from the start of the ESOP through the end of the bankruptcy negotiations.
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Common Sense Issue #14 available for download
2/20/2008 - Member Communication
Recalled mechanic regrets signing Teamster card
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Common Sense Issue #15 available for download
2/20/2008 - Member Communication
The truth about the 2007 layoffs in the Machine Shop
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AMFA National's Response to AMFA and IBT Cosponsored Question and Answer Meeting
2/18/2008 - Steve MacFarlane
Proposed meeting providing AMFA’s members the opportunity to see and hear from the Union that currently represents them as well as those who seek to represent them.
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Ten year vs. five year pension proof
2/15/2008 - Member Communication
This May 11, 2005 court ruling exposes deliberate IBT attempt to mislead.
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Common Sense Issue #13 available for download
2/13/2008 - Member Communication
Pension debate-Part 3. The truth about pensions and retirement versus IBT half-truths, lies and distortions.
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Common Sense Issue #12 available for download
2/6/2008 - Member Communication
Teamsters recklessly expose UAL mechanics to union decertification
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President's Report: January 2008
2/5/2008 - Joseph Prisco
Representational Election, Information Postings, Local 9 nominations for National Officers
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Common Sense Issue #11 available for download
1/31/2008 - Member Communication
Pension debate-Part 2
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Teamsters' Plan to Deny Right to Vote
1/24/2008 - Member Communication
It has come to the attention of AMFA National there are many AMFA-UAL members and furloughees that may have an incorrect address on file with AMFA as well as with United Airlines.
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Letter from National Director on election
1/24/2008 - Steve MacFarlane
The National Mediation Board (NMB) announced today that an election will be conducted to determine our union representation at United Airlines. This means you will be given the opportunity to vote for the union of your choice or to choose not to have a union at all.
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Common Sense Issue #9 available for download
1/21/2008 - Member Communication
Why I’m voting for AMFA and not the Teamsters
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Common Sense Issue #10 available for download
1/21/2008 - Member Communication
AMFA defends GQ & PV jobs
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Teamster retirees sue IBT pension plan
1/17/2008 - Member Communication
Teamster retirees with vested benefits in the IBT’s Central States pension plan filed a class action lawsuit over the plan’s increasingly contradictive, capricious and restrictive rules against working during retirement.
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Common Sense Issue #8 available for download
1/16/2008 - Member Communication
Pension debate-Part 1
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Common Sense Issue #7 available for download
1/9/2008 - Member Communication
AMFA vs. IBT Part 2
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Common Sense Issue #6 available for download
1/8/2008 - Member Communication
Six reasons why you wouldn't want to be in a union run by the U.S. government
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The history of Teamster corruption & government oversight
1/7/2008 - Jennifer Salazar Biddle
The President’s Commission on Organized Crime said at the time, “The leaders of the nation’s largest union, the International Brotherhood of Teamsters (IBT), have been firmly under the influence of organized crime since the 1950s.”
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Viewpoint: Looking Back on the Northwest Strike
1/4/2008 - Malik Miah and Terry O’Rourke
Striking mechanics and cleaners at Northwest Airlines (NWA) voted November 6, 2006 to end their 15-month strike. This marks a new stage in airline employees’ fight to turn back an orchestrated assault on wages, benefits, and working conditions.
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Common Sense Issue #5 available for download
12/31/2007 - Member Communication
A graphical representation showing the size and influence that our membership would have with the IBT.
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Common Sense Issue #4 available for download
12/27/2007 - Member Communication
AMFA vs. IBT Part 1
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Common Sense #3 now ready for download
12/22/2007 - Member Communication
Dues will go up 25% minimum. As members face the choice between AMFA and the Teamsters they need to know the facts about dues.
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Common Sense #2 now ready for download
12/20/2007 - Member Communication
The truth about AMFA at Northwest Airlines
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AMFA Local 9 launches Common Sense
12/13/2007 - Member Communication
Local 9 adopts the historic and honored name Common Sense for a series of informational pamphlets to clarify important distinctions between the two unions. We selected this name because it embodies the critical values of independence and democratic function that AMFA embraces.
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The Grinch of Givebacks
12/13/2007 - Member Communication
UPS management is sure to have a very happy holiday, having won all three of the major givebacks they wanted: withdrawal from the Central States Pension Fund, no new full-time jobs, and an early deal.
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Teamsters give back gains of 1997 UPS Strike
12/11/2007 - Terry O'Rourke
“In 2002 we got very little information about negotiations,” noted Dianne Bolton, a UPS driver from Local 174 in Seattle. “We called it a ‘brown-out.’”
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Truth about the Teamsters at UAL: A Horse of a Different Color
12/5/2007 - Jim Seitz
Over the past six months there has been information passed out by the Teamsters (i.e., Committee for Change). This group of individuals has made many claims concerning the Teamsters, our contract and AMFA.
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National Director's Response to IBT-UAL NMB Filing
12/4/2007 - O.V.Delle-Femine
Recently, an announcement was made by the International Brotherhood of Teamsters (IBT) that they have filed an application for an "Investigation of Representation Dispute" that may exist over the Mechanic and Related craft and class at United Airlines
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Viewpoint: Looking Back on the Northwest Strike
3/8/2007 - Malik Miah and Terry O’Rourke
Striking mechanics and cleaners at Northwest Airlines (NWA) voted November 6 to end their 15-month strike. This marks a new stage in airline employees’ fight to turn back an orchestrated assault on wages, benefits, and working conditions.
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Prisco Response Letter
7/5/2006 - Member Communication
Response from Lee Seeham to some of the misinformation put out by the IBT.
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| Legal Response to Teamster Misinformation | |
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Dec 14, 2007 |
| Common Sense #1 | |
50 KB | |
Dec 20, 2007 |
| Teamsters Give Back Gains of 1997 UPS Strike | |
46 KB | |
Dec 20, 2007 |
| A Horse of a Different Color | |
93 KB | |
Dec 20, 2007 |
| AMFA Reply: IBT Demand to Correct and Retract | |
140 KB | |
Mar 8, 2008 |
| AMFA Legal Reply to IBT RE:Petrovsky comments | |
88 KB | |
Mar 8, 2008 |
| National Director Phone Message | |
1,024 KB | |
Mar 27, 2008 |
| AMFA Our Union Our Profession | |
191 KB | |
Jan 31, 2008 |
| Teamster retirees sue IBT pension plan | |
179 KB | |
Jan 17, 2008 |
| Common Sense #10 | |
28 KB | |
Jan 21, 2008 |
| Common Sense #12 | |
39 KB | |
Feb 6, 2008 |
| Common Sense #14 | |
34 KB | |
Feb 20, 2008 |
| Common Sense #15 | |
30 KB | |
Feb 20, 2008 |
| Common Sense #16 | |
34 KB | |
Feb 22, 2008 |
| Common Sense #17 | |
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Feb 29, 2008 |
| Common Sense #18 | |
52 KB | |
Mar 4, 2008 |
| Common Sense #19 | |
47 KB | |
Mar 4, 2008 |
| Common Sense #2 | |
46 KB | |
Dec 20, 2007 |
| Common Sense #20 | |
197 KB | |
Mar 6, 2008 |
| Common Sense #21 | |
50 KB | |
Mar 12, 2008 |
| Common Sense #22 | |
46 KB | |
Mar 17, 2008 |
| Common Sense #23 | |
41 KB | |
Mar 21, 2008 |
| Common Sense #24 | |
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Mar 24, 2008 |
| Common Sense #25 | |
32 KB | |
Mar 26, 2008 |
| Common Sense #3 | |
36 KB | |
Dec 27, 2007 |
| Common Sense #4 | |
26 KB | |
Dec 27, 2007 |
| Common Sense #5 | |
154 KB | |
Dec 31, 2007 |
| Common Sense #6 | |
44 KB | |
Jan 8, 2008 |
| Common Sense #7 | |
30 KB | |
Jan 9, 2008 |
| Common Sense #8 | |
49 KB | |
Jan 16, 2008 |
| Common Sense #9 | |
24 KB | |
Jan 21, 2008 |
| Continental Teamster Negotiated Concessions | |
215 KB | |
Feb 5, 2008 |
| Common Sense #11 | |
43 KB | |
Feb 18, 2008 |
| Common Sense #13 | |
39 KB | |
Feb 18, 2008 |
| Letter from National Director on election | |
67 KB | |
Jan 24, 2008 |
| Ten year vs five year pension proof | |
642 KB | |
Feb 15, 2008 |
| The TRUTH is out there volume 1 | |
196 KB | |
Feb 12, 2008 |
| The TRUTH is out there volume 2 | |
106 KB | |
Dec 28, 2007 |
| The TRUTH is out there volume 3 | |
85 KB | |
Dec 28, 2007 |
| The TRUTH is out there volume 4 | |
74 KB | |
Jan 9, 2008 |
| Think about it #3 | |
210 KB | |
Jan 9, 2008 |
| Think about it #4 | |
50 KB | |
Jan 10, 2008 |
| UAL ALR Letter to Furloughed Mechanics | |
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