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<blockquote data-quote="tellitstraight" data-source="post: 434110" data-attributes="member: 19159"><p>Unfortunately for the mechanics their contract is under the Railway Labor Act which severely limits their ability to strike. It does not mean they cannot strike - if I remember correctly (college labor class was a long time ago) they will have to be released by an National Mediator into a 30 day cooling off period. At the end of the cooling off period they could then strike. Generally the mediator will not release the sides until all options have been exhausted. Even in a worse case scenario I believe any type of work stoppage would be several months away. Also contracts under the RLA do not expire - they become amendable so the mechanics do have a valid contract in place however it does need to be renegotiated and cannot remain in this state forever. </p><p></p><p>The RLA is also the reason it is so difficult to unionize FEDEX - they are considered an airline with trucks while at UPS we are a trucking company with planes.</p><p></p><p>More info</p><p><a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Adamson_Railway_Labor_Act" target="_blank">http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Adamson_Railway_Labor_Act</a></p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="tellitstraight, post: 434110, member: 19159"] Unfortunately for the mechanics their contract is under the Railway Labor Act which severely limits their ability to strike. It does not mean they cannot strike - if I remember correctly (college labor class was a long time ago) they will have to be released by an National Mediator into a 30 day cooling off period. At the end of the cooling off period they could then strike. Generally the mediator will not release the sides until all options have been exhausted. Even in a worse case scenario I believe any type of work stoppage would be several months away. Also contracts under the RLA do not expire - they become amendable so the mechanics do have a valid contract in place however it does need to be renegotiated and cannot remain in this state forever. The RLA is also the reason it is so difficult to unionize FEDEX - they are considered an airline with trucks while at UPS we are a trucking company with planes. More info [url]http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Adamson_Railway_Labor_Act[/url] [/QUOTE]
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