320tech
Senior
when a new union wins representation they "maintain" the previous contract until it expires then they negotiate their own.thats the way its been done....would have gone that way when AMFA tried to get in at U.you even pay dues to the "winning" union even though they have limited power other than maintenance of the existing agreement until expiration.
and your present negotiations can drag on forever under RLA...thats a given.
your IAM contract is with the old us airways, the new us airways has no contracts with our work groups thats why the nmb decides whitch union will rep the workers not the company. all the examples that 700 use are not the same situation we have here those companys still are around thats why they have to honor those contracts.