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AFA US Airways MEC E-Line
for September 17, 2003
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PERMANENT DEFENSE FUND
The following letter will be mailed to each member in good standing this week. Please remember to VOTE!
RE: US AIRWAYS FLIGHT ATTENDANT PERMANENT DEFENSE FUND
POLLS OPEN: 10:00 AM, EDT, THURSDAY, SEPTEMBER 25, 2003
POLLS CLOSE: 12:30 PM, EDT, FRIDAY, OCTOBER 17, 2003
Dear Flight Attendant
Your MEC has passed a resolution mandating that the US Airways Flight Attendants be balloted on the question of whether to adopt a $10 per member annual assessment to fund a Permanent Defense Fund (PDF) for the purpose of providing financial assistance to US Airways Flight Attendants who may in the future be involved in legal, authorized strikes or other work actions, including CHAOS work actions. Money from the PDF may be used to defray expenses related to engaging in such work
actions including, but not limited to, flight pay loss for flight attendants working a flight targeted for a CHAOS work action, hotel expenses and transportation costs associated with helping flight attendants return to their home domicile when stranded because of a strike. The PDF will also pay for the costs of its own administration, future fund raising to build the PDF, and the cost of this ballot.
If passed, the commencement of this PDF assessment will be March 15, 2004 meaning along with the monthly dues charge an additional annual assessment of $10 will be levied, with only that portion to go into the PDF. This PDF assessment will occur every subsequent year on that date.
All active (meaning dues paying) Members in good standing on the count date who have cast their ballot will have their vote counted. In order to be eligible to vote, a Member who is on a leave of absence or Voluntary Furlough, and the count date of the ballot is beyond the first ninety days of their leave or furlough, must have paid their 90-day dues obligation and all subsequent months leading up to and including the month in which the count will be held. You must pay any outstanding
delinquent dues before the count date or your vote will not be counted.
Approval by a simple majority of valid ballots cast by members eligible to vote on the count date will determine if the agreement is ratified.
Voting instructions will be included with the ballot.
REMINDERS:
2004 Vacation Bids Close September 28
Voluntary Separation (VSIP) Must Be Postmarked By September 25
November Bidding Timeline:
Primary Blocks Open September 16, close September 22
SAP Opens September 23, close September 29 in PIT/PIW/BOS/PHL/PHW, close September 30 in LGA/CLT/CLW/DCA
Secondary Lines Open October 7, close October 12
Secondary Over Projection drops open October 14, close October 31
Reserve Lines Open October 17, close October 23
Accessing The Hub: http://thehub.usairways.com
Logging in the first time your user name is u0(zero) and your five digit employee number. Your initial password is the first five digits of your social security number. Questions about the Hub? Call 800-327-0117 and listen for the catcrew help desk prompts.
AFA Local Numbers
Council 40 PIT 724-695-3329
Council 41 DCA 703-690-6859
Council 69 BOS 978-352-7401
Council 70 PHL 215-492-0840
Council 82 LGA 201-803-6141
Council 89 CLT 704-527-0325
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