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ALLEGHENY-MOHAWK was put in place to decide fair and equitable seniority integration.Piedmont1984 said:Don't need two unions and there won't be two unions. But until the pilots are integrated, there won't be any staplers either. That's why McCaskill-Bond was passed in the first place and APA behavior was the precisely the reason. Two distinct and separate pilot groups represented by two different unions existed prior to this merger. The M-B law fully applies to this transaction. If one union is subsequently decertified, the employee group is still entitled by law to separate representation which is independent and autonomous. Those representational duties would continue to be discharged by the USAirways Merger Committee (formerly USAPA Merger Committee).
Nothing in the MOU relinquishes these rights and the timeline for single carrier status is clearly stipulated as 6-8 months after petitioning the NMB. APA and AAG are hoping it will happen much sooner. But in a contest between federal law and MOU loophole, the law wields the larger gavel.
Otherwise, Senators McCaskill and Bond wasted their efforts.
But all of a sudden it was no longer considered FAIR and EQUITABLE by the TWA people because KASHER did not give them 100% in the TWU vs IAM case..
KASHER ruled fair and equitable based on AA's size compared to TWA's size.
Having said that, I do have to say in the case of AA vs US,,,,we will see dovetails of all employee groups. The TWU and IAM already agreed to it.
I would imagine that if any union decides to take it to the arbitration process, they might have a valid argument and refer the the Kasher ruling which set a precedent.