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- Apr 3, 2003
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NLRB Rejects AMFA Cessna Bid
The National Labor Relations Board dismissed an attempt by the Aircraft Mechanics Fraternal Association (AMFA) to establish a separate bargaining unit for nearly 400 Cessna workers at the company’s main manufacturing site in Wichita, KS. The board’s decision confirms the integrity of the established IAM bargaining unit at Cessna and slams the door on efforts by the non-AFL-CIO raider group to conduct a disruptive organizing campaign in the midst of contract negotiations. “The members of Local 774 at Cessna have a long history of unity and solidarity". “The board’s decision will allow members and representatives to focus exclusively on their upcoming contract negotiations with Cessna.†The latest bid by AMFA to disrupt an existing bargaining unit comes despite earlier rulings by the NLRB. In 1990, the NLRB rejected a similar effort to redraw craft and class lines that have long defined the workplace at Cessna. “AMFA routinely creates a destructive distraction wherever they appear,†declared IAM IP Tom Buffenbarger. “Their divisive organizing tactics are well known. Less well known is how AMFA's main man — Kevin McCormack— gets paid $650,000 a year for a reason: so the company can pocket even more.â€
( Kevin McCormick MAG makes over 800,000 a year from Amfa and is expected to to pocket 650,000 more from AA members if Amfa is successful to ever win an election.)
The National Labor Relations Board dismissed an attempt by the Aircraft Mechanics Fraternal Association (AMFA) to establish a separate bargaining unit for nearly 400 Cessna workers at the company’s main manufacturing site in Wichita, KS. The board’s decision confirms the integrity of the established IAM bargaining unit at Cessna and slams the door on efforts by the non-AFL-CIO raider group to conduct a disruptive organizing campaign in the midst of contract negotiations. “The members of Local 774 at Cessna have a long history of unity and solidarity". “The board’s decision will allow members and representatives to focus exclusively on their upcoming contract negotiations with Cessna.†The latest bid by AMFA to disrupt an existing bargaining unit comes despite earlier rulings by the NLRB. In 1990, the NLRB rejected a similar effort to redraw craft and class lines that have long defined the workplace at Cessna. “AMFA routinely creates a destructive distraction wherever they appear,†declared IAM IP Tom Buffenbarger. “Their divisive organizing tactics are well known. Less well known is how AMFA's main man — Kevin McCormack— gets paid $650,000 a year for a reason: so the company can pocket even more.â€
( Kevin McCormick MAG makes over 800,000 a year from Amfa and is expected to to pocket 650,000 more from AA members if Amfa is successful to ever win an election.)
