SFLC Supports AMFA Strikers
The following resolution was passed on 9/12/05 by the San Francisco Labor
Council
Whereas, as a result of outsourcing and deregulation, airline workers have
faced continued attacks on their wages and conditions and,
Whereas, the danger of outsourcing has led to a growing health and safety
problem in the airline industry and,
Whereas, the employers in collusion with the government have also used the
bankruptcy laws to eliminate pensions and have caused airline workers to be
whipsawed against one another and,
Whereas, the future of organized labor and our youth is threatened by
massive outsourcing of more and more skilled jobs and,
Whereas, the North West Airlines has spent over $100 million and worked over
18 months to prepare to fire and replace the unionized mechanics represented
by AMFA and,
Whereas, this airline has refused to bargain in good faith and has sought to
cover-up a growing safety danger and,
Whereas, the defeat of this union could be similar to the PATCO defeat
during the Reagan administration,
Therefore be it resolved this council supports the efforts of the NWA-AMFA
workers to win a decent contract and calls on our members not to fly NWA, to
help support the picket line and to support in any way we can their strike
including a donation to their strike fund.
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