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The 20 year anniversary of the strike is soon. Like many others I moved on from the airline world, went back to school for computers and have been a programmer since 2008. Wikipedia has a list of strikes, but the AMFA/NWA strike isn't mentioned. There is one paragraph on the NWA page about it. I think it would be appropriate to have our strike listed, but to do that there would need to be a separate page about the strike itself, along with credible references about the significance of the AMFA strike. At the time I remember people in the newspapers and web saying how the strike was a major blow to labor relations. Does anybody know of any sources, books, websites that could be used to validate the importance of the AMFA strike? There are many pages on Wikipedia about much smaller strikes, I think ex-NWA mechanics deserve recognition.

Scrudato

pretty impressive who actually looks at this site; you have commieboy and the other guy. and now trump and musk copycatting them who would have thought they read exnwa

Of course the managers were directed to encourage us to quit. The company's goal all along was to replace everyone except for a presence in MSP and DTW for mostly overnight line work. We, the union, obliged the company and went on strike, thereby forfeiting our right to severance and unemployment. Thank goodness the state of MN. eventually ruled this a lockout and released unemployment checks months later. I do believe this action made it necessary for the company to offer severance at the final settlement, if you did not place your name on the recall list.

Commie Boy: let's not talk about how Slo-Joe never served a day but did get us into 2 wars as well he had 47 years to vote to send people to other wars and die

Try not to get any additional scabs on your SCAB KNEES, while kneeling down to kiss draft dodger trumps ass. Much love and respect commie boy

Commie Boy: let's not talk about how Slo-Joe never served a day but did get us into 2 wars as well he had 47 years to vote to send people to other wars and die

good gukamuka weve got the whole website bouncing!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

It’s all history…. Although I am writing, with some facts, of a recent encounter, or conversation with an Ex Northwest Manager face to face, about how he was directed to “make it hard” on the guys…(mechanics) with the internet of “pushing them out”… TO QUIT…!!
And many mechanics did…. quit Northwest & moving on to other airlines and organizations such as Timco (MRO) , Delta, South West and World Airways. Many other guys retired after enough BS and started their own businesses.
I personally had 18 years and was a Lead, not ready to throw in the towel, although my mindset was why would professional Airline upper management treat the number one resource in any organization, badly or disrespectful. Well, anytime you are dealing with people, there’s a possibility of controversy. Then new people come along and they try to make a power play using some tactics which they learned from a book, or another associate who directs them in mismanagement to advance their position. Fortunately we had a contract (blue book) to hold off their idiotic actions. Grievances was a common discussion at NWA. And without that contract, we’d be out of our retirement pension.
Again, it’s all history and as we continue striving throughout our lives, looking back occasionally or sharing conversations with ex coworkers, reminiscing on the good times and memories as a professional airline aircraft mechanic at Northwest. Best wishes to you all, military Veterans too, to your health, wealth and happiness always.

who left early? 8 divided 4 equals 2. I did 2 enlistments. you yukapuk

Why don't you two self-proclaimed war heroes just shut the f&#k up?

I was no war hero, I took an oath and did my job.
Why don't you go f**k yourself

Folks , beware of scabs. To the so called “commie”, welcome home brother, I was there with you. To the 8 year guy, why’d they asked you to leave early. Scabs will say anything to stir things up. Don’t fall for it.

Why don't you two self-proclaimed war heroes just shut the f&#k up?

padding your stats hey commieboy. just like your favorite governor fairy hands aka tampon tim

commieboy here. I meant 1year 10 months 21 days.

commie boy here. At least that's a name someone likes to call me. If you did indeed serv for 8 years, thank you for your service. However, you are incorrect on the qualifications for a Vietnam Service Medal and a Republic of Vietnam Campaign Medal. You claim to be smart so look it up. You were correct on 1 item though, I did spend 3 days on the rock, Guam in 1970, for a typhoon evac. That was 3 days out of 1 year, 22 months, and 21 days on my Southeast Asian Sabbatical that included many wonderful garden spots including Vietnam and some places the press denies we were ever in.

Preputnik worked with a lot of scabs. Not a surprise

"donald j trump mugshot tee shirt". You need a life.

Roy Hendrix made scab o the day photo. This guy was born to become a scab, why he didn't scab right away is beyond many of us. Look his picture up under rat, snitch, suckass, stoolie, brown noser, gossip. I am less of a human being after making this guy's acquittance...

I did not know JP was a scab. Not a surprise tho. His kid is

commie boy its a vietnam service medal you were probably stationed in guam. i did 8 years got you by 1.5. you didnt have to be in country just served in the vietnam time frame. remember injun boy, he was the one who was beating his drum in the face of a little boy at the washington monument and claimed the little boy was intimidating him. your commie news caster sang to the sheet music and lied about what really happened. that little boy nick sandman is now a multimillionair because he sued the fake news outlets and they settled out of court cause there fake news. injun boy has that same medal on his dd214 and he never left the usa

thanks commie boy i will keep pushing your bottons. how many do you have? never enough for me!

This commie boy has 2 DD214s both Honorable, for 6&1/2 years of service. In awards and decorations section I have a VSM AFM 900-3 and a RVCM AFM 900-3.I don't think you're smart enough to figure out what any of this means. So, if you even know what a DD214 is, you will know that your hero djt doesn't have one because draft dodgers don't have one.

rvcm

room i dont need a room i can bend him over here anytime i wantx

thanks commie boy i will keep pushing your bottons. how many do you have? never enough for me!

Hey trump worshiper, you can't even spell. What are bottons and how do you push them? Ignorance is bliss and you must be a happy man.

You two should get a room...

thanks commie boy i will keep pushing your bottons. how many do you have? never enough for me!

good morning i am starting my memorial day early. today i shall celebrate the holiday by wearing my donald j trump mugshot tee shirt. it is a magnet. people who are patriots give a thumbs up or salute, while the dems give the stink eye.

You should be so proud on this Memorial Day wearing your king djt t shirt. After all this self-serving draft dodger and his unelected crony musk are screwing over the VA and veterans with disabilities. Go f**k yourself Stink Eye

Carl Jones? Marine scab

Happy Memorial Day to all the Honorable men and women. Hope you enjoy time with family and friends. To all the scabs may your picnic be overrun with ants, yellow jackets and rain!

commie boy
if ever there was living proof of TDS you are the poster child!

We should make a real American the boss .. the boss

please name one thing bruce has done. has he ever created jobs other than those of his bandmates. trump has built hotels all over the world. i call that creating jobs and yes lots of them were union jobs. commie

Commie-thats rich. Brilliant even. The trump organization has built 3 hotels. Others world-wide were existing hotels that paid to have his name on them, or were purchased. trump Tower, he was sued for illegal Polish immigrant labor for refusing to pay overtime and a long list of labor violations. Look up Kaszycki and Sons. And lets not forget that he is well known for screwing labor. Springsteen on the other hand is not a Real Estate Developer. You rally behind a man child that lies like he breathes. Oval Office clown show where he blatantly lies about the S.African Genocide by holding up pics from unrest in the Congo. Lets no even begin with his crimes of fraud against citizens. Fake Charities, Fake University, the list is long of the people he has screwed over.

Governor Walz is a fake, liar, socialist. Any union member in good standing would know this. Minnesota elected a fraud

Ronnie "the fat rat" Cannon scab of the day photo. What amazed most Honorable mechs was that he wasn't a scab the first day. One of Cannon's friends (at least Cannon thought he was a friend) once told an Honorable that Cannon was like a spoiled brat that never grew up.

Coming up on 20 years, some good memories some bad. I still remember richard Anderson after we got 1 good contract. I will pay you that much, but not very many of you. To force a strike was planned for years. Don't forget pawlenty helping them out like a true politician. As I look back I don't miss the chemicals, dinol degreasers and paint. Probably would have died of cancer by now. Those who scabbed and those who complained about the unions have no idea, it's still about dues and power, ie politics.

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