Agenda Item #14

ASSOCIATION OF FLIGHT ATTENDANTS-CWA, AFL-CIO

FORTY SIXTH BOARD OF DIRECTORS MEETING

APRIL 9 – APRIL 11, 2018

ATLANTIC CITY, NEW JERSEY

SUBJECT:    Election Category Assignment at time of Council establishment by Executive Board (Article III.A.3.)

STATEMENT OF QUESTION:

Should the assignment to Election Categories be assigned later than at the time of establishing the Council?

SOURCE AND DATE SUBMITTED:       Strategic Planning Committee – March 9, 2018

BACKGROUND INFORMATION:

The assignment of election categories at the time a council is established at newly organized airlines has triggered Local Officer elections that are not necessary.

At a newly organized carrier, the new council will experience its first Local Officer elections fairly soon after the Council is established and the Department of Labor (DOL) allows the term to be three years.  The ratification of the first agreement causes a mid-cycle requirement for elections, which results in a second shortened term.

The length of subsequent term is then shortened due to the earlier decision concerning the election category.

To prevent a needless shortening of a term of office, the decision to assign an election category for newly established councils, especially at newly organized airlines, should be made at the time of the election subsequent to the ratification of the first agreement.

This would likely reduce the number of unnecessary Local Officer elections, so has the potential of reducing costs.

At airlines that have a collective agreement at the time the council is established, the election category could still be assigned at the time the council is established.

PROPOSED RESOLUTION:

THEREFORE BE IT RESOLVED, that Article III.A.3.a. be amended as follows:

3. Authority to Establish Councils

a. The Executive Board shall have the authority to establish Local Councils and to create new Councils for the purpose of representation, and make assignments to election categories. For new Transitional Councils, the International Secretary-Treasurer will assign the election category at the time of the Local Officer election, subsequent to the ratification of the first agreement. 

b. The number and location of Local Councils shall be recommended by the Master Executive Council and final determination shall be made by the Executive Board.

2018 COMMITTEE RECOMMENDATION FORM

Agenda Item              14

Committee                 5

Subject:  Election Category Assigned by EB at Time of Establishment (Article III.A.3.a.)

The Committee recommends the resolution be adopted as proposed.

Signature:      Melissa Osborne, Committee Chairperson

Action Taken by the Board:            

Voice   X__  Division of the House   __  Roll Call   __

__X_ __Adopted Unanimously         Date: 4/10/18        Time: 9:29 pm

_______Adopted as Amended

_______Not Adopted

_______Tabled

_______Recommitted to Agenda Committee

_______Withdrawn