This is Scott Sherrin with a special MEC
Hotline on Sunday, December 22.
On December 21, 2002, your MEC met in special
session to receive a briefing from the Negotiating Team. In essence, the
negotiators reported that since each party stood firm on several remaining
open items, the Mediator offered a final closeout offer, formally known
as a Mediator’s Proposal, to resolve the disputed items. After carefully
reviewing the details of the Mediator’s Proposal and those items that
had previously been agreed upon, the MEC accepted the Mediator’s Proposal.
After deciding to accept the Mediator’s
Proposal, conditioned upon the MEC coming out in support of the Tentative
Agreement, the MEC adopted the following resolution:
MEC RESOLUTION 02-10-01 21 December 2002
ACCEPTANCE OF MEDIATORS FINAL OFFER
WHEREAS the AWA MEC in special session
has carefully reviewed the status of contract negotiations, including
the proposal from the NMB mediator addressing the remaining open items
and,
WHEREAS the MEC has considered the proposal
in light of all the pertinent circumstances, including the ATSB loan covenants
and the current airline industry financial environment,
THEREFORE BE IT RESOLVED that the MEC hereby
accepts the mediator’s proposal in settlement of the remaining contract
issues and,
BE IT FURTHER RESOLVED that the MEC endorses,
recommends and will support membership ratification of the comprehensive
collective bargaining agreement resulting from the mediator’s proposal
and,
BE IT FURTHER RESOLVED that the MEC thanks
the negotiating committee for their tireless efforts on behalf of the
AWA pilot group under the most difficult and challenging circumstances.
Final contract language will be drafted
and approved by the MEC, followed by a complete tentative agreement being
presented to the membership in early January. Those sections already TA’d
are available on the MEC website and as additional sections are completed,
those too will be posted. A minimum of 21 days will be allocated for pilots
to review the fully completed agreement, attend road shows, and vote on
the final agreement in accordance with the MEC’s policies on membership
ratification.
The next regular Hotline update is scheduled
for Thursday, December 26. Thanks for listening.
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