An authorization card is a card or document signed by the employee which states that the employee desires to be represented or not be represented by an organization or individual for collective bargaining purposes. Authorization cards must have the name of the organization or individual currently representing or seeking to represent the craft or class, and must be signed and dated by the employee. Typically, authorization cards also include the following information: employee address, telephone number, job title, employee number, and social security number. The National Mediation Board (NMB) compares the signed authorization cards to the List of Potential Eligible Voters supplied by the carrier to determine the percentage of employees signing authorization cards (generally referred to as the “showing of interest”). The employee signature on every authorization card is checked against the signature sample provided by the carrier, and the NMB also checks that the date is valid.

Employees can decertify their current representative by signing authorization cards stating that they no longer wish to be represented by their current organization and filing an application seeking an election.  If a majority of the valid votes cast in that election are for no representative, the current representative will be decertified.

We, Avelo4Us, will be educating and circulating cards to all flight attendants throughout the Avelo family. Once we collect cards from one-third of all flight attendants seeking to eliminate the AFA from our airline, we will file an election application with the NMB. The NMB will review all of the submissions and subsequently order an election, date is TBD. We encourage you to visit the National Mediation Board’s website for an Overview and FAQ’s on the process.

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