DOES AMFA HAVE A LARGE STRIKE FUND LIKE THE TEAMSTERS?
No. In fact, AMFA has no strike fund at all. Consider this: it would cost over $160,000 a week just to pay a $100 strike benefit. The Teamsters now have in place a stand-alone Strike Fund that will have upwards of $50 million by the time our next contract comes up for negotiations. This fund will pay striking mechanics four times our dues rate in strike benefits. And, even though the Bush administration has made it clear that they would generally intervene in strike situations they might not. And, the next President may certainly provide airline workers with improved strike options.
