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105TH CONGRESS

1ST SESSION H. RES. 67

To express the sense of the House of Representatives concerning actions

that the President of the United States should take to resolve the

dispute between the Allied Pilots Association and American Airlines.

IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES

FEBRUARY 13, 1997

Ms. GRANGER (for herself, Mr. ARMEY, Mr. FROST, Mr. DELAY, Mr. SAM

JOHNSON of Texas, Ms. EDDIE BERNICE JOHNSON of Texas, Mr. SESSIONS, and Mr. BRADY) submitted the following resolution; which was referred to the Committee on Transportation and Infrastructure

RESOLUTION

To express the sense of the House of Representatives concerning actions that the President of the United States

should take to resolve the dispute between the Allied

Pilots Association and American Airlines.

Whereas a strike by the Allied Pilots Association, the union

of the pilots of American Airlines, could lead to a severe

disruption in air service;

Whereas such a strike could result in the loss of employment

by tens of thousands of individuals in the United States;

Whereas such a strike would affect approximately 20 percent

of the domestic airline traffic in the United States;
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Whereas such a strike would cause more than 75,000 American Airlines employees to be idle;

Whereas such a strike would affect—

(1) the livelihood of thousands of other workers employed in airline and airport supply industries; and

(2) commerce relating to tourism, logistics, and business requiring travel;

Whereas such a strike would cause substantial adverse economic effects in communities of the United States;

Whereas such a strike could jeopardize the largest order

made in history for the production of civilian aircraft;

and

Whereas because 1⁄4 of the air traffic of American Airlines is

in foreign air commerce (as that term is defined in section 40102 of title 49, United States Code), a strike

would have an adverse effect with respect to—

(1) the expansion of the market of United States

goods and services in foreign countries; and

(2) the trading partners of the United States: Now,

therefore, be it

1 Resolved, That it is the sense of the House of Rep2 resentatives that—

3 (1) the President should monitor the National

4 Mediation Board’s attempt to facilitate a resolution

5 of the labor dispute between the Allied Pilots Asso6 ciation and AMR, the parent company of American

7 Airlines; and

8 (2) the President should—

9 (A) encourage—
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1 (i) the settlement of the issues that

2 are the subject of the labor dispute

3 through the use of the services of the Na4 tional Mediation Board established under

5 section 4 of the Railway Labor Act (45

6 U.S.C. 154) before midnight on February

7 15, 1997 (which is the date specified by

8 the Allied Pilots Association as the dead9 line for averting a strike); or

10 (ii) the achievement, by the date spec11 ified in clause (i), of an agreement by the

12 parties to the dispute to arbitrate the is13 sues that are the subject of the labor dis14 pute through the National Mediation

15 Board; and

16 (B) if recommended by the National Medi17 ation Board, promptly establish a board under

18 section 10 of the Railway Labor Act (45 U.S.C.

19 160) to serve as an emergency board to inves20 tigate the matter relating to the labor dispute

21 and to make a report to the President in the

22 manner prescribed in that section.

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