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AFA Board of Directors Resolution for Strike Preparations

Page updated: November 16, 2004

Date: November 16, 2004
Action: Unanimously Adopted
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Resolution for Strike Preparations

Resolution for Strike Preparations

WHEREAS the 31st Annual AFA Board of Directors recognizes that abrogation of the collective bargaining agreement of one AFA flight attendant group is a threat to all of our contracts, and a threat to our very careers; and,

WHEREAS the current assault by airline management has evolved from seeking to cut costs on the basis of proven economic need to a destructive 'race to the bottom' that threatens to cause the collapse of wages, benefits and working conditions across the industry; and,

WHEREAS the bankruptcy process has emboldened airline management to use the court process to achieve cost reductions that are unfair and unnecessary,

THEREFORE BE IT RESOLVED that the Board of Directors declares that an attack on one of our contracts is an attack on all of our contracts; and,

BE IT FURTHER RESOLVED that AFA calls upon management at all airlines in bankruptcy to withdraw any pending motion pursuant to Sec. 1113 of the Bankruptcy Code, or to refrain from filing such motion, and to instead engage in good faith bargaining with AFA representatives; and,

BE IT FURTHER RESOLVED that when any company, with or without the approval of a bankruptcy court, abrogates an AFA contract AFA will initiate a CHAOS tm strike, subject to a strike vote by the AFA members at that airline; and

BE IT FURTHER RESOLVED that, in the event of such strike, the Board of Directors calls on all AFA members, and all flight attendants across the globe, to support that effort with an industry-wide secondary strike properly authorized by the Union at each of those carriers; and

BE IT FURTHER RESOLVED that this Board of Directors call on all non-AFA flight attendants, and all airline employees, regardless of job category and airline, to join us in solidarity with our strike to prevent the destruction of our careers and our industry.

Unanimously Adopted
November 16, 2004

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