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| AMFA-SCA AMT Survey Notice - 2022 |
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September 7, 2022 -- AMFA National has called for a survey of the Sun Country Airlines (SCA) Aircraft Maintenance Technician and Related Employees. This survey is designed to help identify the group’s collective bargaining goals, direct the negotiating committee for the upcoming talks regarding your new collective bargaining agreement, and determine the best method of communications for your group.
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| AMFA-SCA Negotiations Update #1 |
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July 22, 2022 -- AMFA and SCA held their first meeting on Thursday, July 21, 2022, at Company headquarters in Minneapolis to discuss entry into formal collective bargaining negotiations and working together in collaborative fashion. The meeting started with each party introducing their respective negotiating committee. AMFA then explained its organizational structure to the Company, including identification of the interim AMFA-SCA Airline Representative, Area Representatives, and Shop Representatives. AMFA followed by explaining the need for cooperation in scheduling of union representatives in order to conduct union business as well as the information needed for AMFA to facilitate representation of its members at Sun Country.
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| AMFA-SCA Negotiations Update and Timeline |
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July 7, 2022 -- AMFA will soon be starting the process of collecting contract proposal ideas from the AMFA represented Sun Country Airlines (SCA) employees in July. AMFA plans to serve a Section 6 notice to commence collective bargaining negotiations in late July and set dates to meet in the late summer/fall of 2022.
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| Sun Country Airlines Transition Update #1 |
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June 22, 2022 -- AMFA is honored to represent you at Sun Country Airlines (SCA). We are aware that SCA has been suffering a loss in tenured, skilled individuals having trouble attracting the next generation of skilled and talented professionals to fill the void and prepare for the future.
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| Press Release: AMFA Welcomes Sun Country Technician and Related Employees |
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June 9, 2022 -- The National Mediation Board (NMB) officially announced today that the Aircraft Maintenance Mechanics and Related (M&R) employees voted overwhelmingly to elect the Aircraft Mechanics Fraternal Association (AMFA) as their collective bargaining agent. Earlier this winter, M&R at Sun Country Airlines submitted signed authorization for representation cards from nearly 75% of its workgroup to AMFA, requesting that they file for a representation election with the NMB on behalf of their workgroup.
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| Anonymous Letter Riddled with Falsehoods - Let's Examine the Truth |
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April 26, 2022 -- It has come to our attention that an anonymous letter has been circulating from a purported former AMFA member dubious claims about our Association's track record. Since it is unsigned, we don't know if they were truly an AMFA member or not. It doesn't matter, really. What matters is that the letter is riddled with falsehoods. So, let's look at the truth.
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| Sun Country Airlines Smoked Out |
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April 20, 2022 -- As you will recall, Sun Country sent a mailer to your home insinuating that the scheduled union election was the reason the carrier was not implementing a wage increase. AMFA immediately responded that, if Sun Country had genuine plans in the pipeline to increase pay and benefits, the union had no objection. Indeed, we told Sun Country: "Pay it! Pay it now."
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| Your Union RERUN Election |
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April, 12, 2022 -- On April 11, 2022, the National Mediation Board (“NMB”) Ordered the first scheduled election for the Mechanics and Related Employees cancelled and also Ordered a Rerun Election due to printing errors with the mailing labels and the ballots.
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| NMB to Rerun Representation Election Due to Mailing and Printing Errors |
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April 11, 2022 -- This is to advise that the National Mediation Board (“NMB”) will be rerunning the election for the Mechanics and Related Employees at Sun Country Airlines due to errors in the initial mailing of the ballots. First, the initial ballot mailing lacked the square boxes on the ballots that were mailed.
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| NMB Notice of Election and Sample Instructions and Ballot |
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March 30, 2022 -- Enclosed are copies of the Notice of Election, Sample Instructions and Sample Ballot. Upon receipt, the Notice, Sample Instructions and Sample Ballot must be promptly posted by the Carrier on Carrier bulletin boards and at other appropriate locations, including all locations where other notices to employees are usually posted. At least one Notice, Sample Instructions and Sample Ballot must be posted at each Carrier location. The Notice, Sample Instructions and Sample Ballot must be completely visible and remain posted until the Board advises the Carrier that this case has been closed.
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| Sun Country Airlines Update #1 - NMB Authorizes Election |
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March 22, 2022 -- We are pleased to inform you that on March 22, 2022, National Mediation Board (“NMB”) Investigator Josie G.M. Bautista notified all parties that the NMB has authorized an election by mail in NMB Case No. R-7578 for the Mechanics and Related Employees at Sun Country Airlines, Inc. to have AMFA elected as your representative.
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| National President Letter to Sun Country AMTs re: NMB Filing and Investigation |
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February 28, 2022 -- The Aircraft Mechanics Fraternal Association (AMFA) is honored to have filed an Application for Investigation of Representation Dispute on your behalf with the National Mediation Board (NMB) on Friday, February 25, 2022. Now that the cards have been filed, we wanted to give you a snapshot of what an NMB investigation process consists of and what to expect next.
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| Press Release: AMFA Files Authorization for Representation Cards with NMB on Behalf of Sun Country Airlines Mechanics |
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February 25, 2022 – The Aircraft Mechanics Fraternal Association (AMFA) is proud to announce that it has filed with the National Mediation Board (NMB) to be the union representative of the aircraft maintenance technicians (AMTs) at Sun Country Airlines. “We are extremely honored that this workgroup has placed its utmost confidence in AMFA to help Sun Country Airlines recognize the importance our skilled, professional craft is to the airline,” said Bret Oestreich, AMFA’s National President.
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Page Last Updated: Sep 06, 2022 (14:58:00)
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