[Congressional Bills 105th Congress]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]
[S. Res. 53 Introduced in Senate (IS)]







105th CONGRESS
  1st Session
S. RES. 53

    To express the sense of the Senate concerning actions that the 
   President of the United States should take to resolve the dispute 
      between the Allied Pilots Association and American Airlines.


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                   IN THE SENATE OF THE UNITED STATES

                           February 11, 1997

Mrs. Hutchison (for herself, Mr. Gramm, and Mr. D'Amato) submitted the 
following resolution; which was referred to the Committee on Labor and 
                            Human Resources

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                               RESOLUTION


 
    To express the sense of the Senate 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;
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 one-quarter 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
    Resolved, That it is the sense of the Senate that--
            (1) the President should work in conjunction with the 
        National Mediation Board to facilitate a resolution of the 
        labor dispute between the Allied Pilots Association and AMR, 
        the parent company of American Airlines; and
            (2) the President should--
                    (A) encourage--
                            (i) the settlement of the issues that are 
                        the subject of the labor dispute through the 
                        use of the services of the National Mediation 
                        Board established under section 4 of the 
                        Railway Labor Act (45 U.S.C. 154) before 
                        midnight on February 15, 1997 (which is the 
                        date specified by the Allied Pilots Association 
                        as the deadline for averting a strike); or
                            (ii) the achievement, by the date specified 
                        in clause (i), of an agreement by the parties 
                        to the dispute to arbitrate the issues that are 
                        the subject of the labor dispute through the 
                        National Mediation Board; and
            (B) if necessary, establish a board under section 10 of the 
        Railway Labor Act (45 U.S.C. 160) to serve as an emergency 
        board to investigate the matter relating to the labor dispute 
        and to make a report to the President in the manner prescribed 
        in that section.
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