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MEC RESOLUTION

• US Airways Flight Attendants and America West Flight Attendants both work for the same Company-US Airways.
   
• US Airways Flight Attendants and America West Flight Attendants work under the same policies and procedures and attend the same training.
   
• US Airways Flight Attendants and America West Flight Attendants work for an airline that has one operating certificate and is considered a “single transportation system” in the eyes of the National Mediation Board (NMB) and the Federal Aviation Administration.
   
• US Airways Flight Attendants and America West Flight Attendants wear the same uniform and work on aircraft that bear the name “US AIRWAYS” on the fuselage.

To passengers there is no difference between a US Airways Flight Attendant and an America West Flight Attendant. Yet, to the management, of US Airways there is a difference between the two Flight Attendant groups.  The difference is two different collective bargaining agreements - and management uses that difference to their advantage.

US Airways Flight Attendants work under a bankruptcy ravaged contract conceived during a time of financial crisis and designed to help the airline survive.  Not only did the airline survive, but it has prospered and now leads the industry in performance standards. 

America West Flight Attendants work under a contract that became amendable in 2004 and were in Section 6 (under the Railway Labor Act) negotiations at the time of the US Airways/ America West merger in 2005. After the merger was announced, the NMB forced the America West Flight Attendants out of those negotiations and into negotiations for a merged contract with US Airways Flight Attendants. 

For almost four years the two Flight Attendant groups have been locked in protracted negotiations toward a single agreement and have yet to reach an agreement with the Company- all while the America West Section 6 negotiations have sat on the back burner. 

Recently the America West Flight Attendants have sought to reengage the Company in their own negotiations.  The Company has done everything they can to avoid returning to the bargaining table with the America West Flight Attendants purely for economic reasons.  The Company enjoys the advantage of two relatively low cost contracts and wants that advantage for as long as possible.

The US Airways East Master Executive Council adopted the following resolution on September 22, 2009 at their fall meeting in Charlotte, North Carolina in support of economic relief for the America West Flight Attendants and a conclusion to negotiations for an industry leading merged contract for both East and West Flight Attendants:

MEC RESOLUTION

Whereas, the America West flight attendants were in Section 6 contract negotiations since 2004 and had almost completed those negotiations prior to the merger of US Airways and America West in September 2005.

Whereas, America West flight attendants have had their pay rates frozen since 2002, and

Whereas, the National Mediation Board put the America West Section 6 negotiations in recess based upon the premise of  US Airways’ commitment to a merged contract for both US Airways East and the America West Flight attendants as a combined workforce, and

Whereas, the US Airways flight attendants have been working under three concessionary contracts since 2002, and

Whereas, America West  and US Airways flight attendants have been actively engaged in merged contract negotiations for more than three and a half years with no remedy provided under the Railway Labor Act, and

Whereas, The US Airways  Master Executive Council supports the collective membership of America West flight attendants and will encourage and support the activities and future events that may be planned to pressure US Airways management to provide for their economic relief,

Therefore, be it resolved that the US Airways Master Executive Council stands in solidarity behind the America West flight attendants in their efforts to seek economic relief through Section 6 negotiations, and,

Therefore, be it finally resolved, the US Airways flight attendants and the America West flight attendants will join together in solidarity regarding any negotiation efforts to attain the resolution of an industry leading merged contract.

The US Airways Master Executive Council (East)

Mike Flores, MEC President
Buddy Brannon, MEC Vice President
Deb McCormick, MEC Secretary/Treasurer

Alin Boswell, LEC President Council 41 (DCA)
Lynne Caramello, LEC President Council 69 (BOS)
John McCorkle, LEC President Council 70 (PHL)
Rob Wessinger, LEC President Council 82 (LGA)
Ann Crowley, LEC President Council 89 (CLT)

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