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ARTICLE IN FOCUS:  ARTICLE 1 - RECOGNITION AND SCOPE 1

(a) Pursuant to the certification from the National Mediation Board dated July 22, 1946, the Company recognizes the Union as the exclusive and sole collective bargaining agency, with respect to rates of pay, rules and working conditions, for all employees within the United States covered under this Agreement in the classifications set forth in Article 4, and as described in the classification descriptions, Article 11, who perform work as follows:
The loading and unloading of cargo (mail, baggage, freight and Company material) on and off aircraft; the transporting of cargo between terminals and aircraft; the ramp transfers of cargo where required; the receiving, delivering, and physical handling of freight and Company material in the Cargo Warehouse, or equivalent area (including docks), mail at the designated Post Office, and baggage in the outbound baggage room; the completion of forms, and when directed, initiation and action on messages related to and necessary for the performance in the designated locations of the functions described; the cleaning and servicing of cabin interiors, including cockpit and lavatories; draining lavatories; checking, handling, assembling, removing and installing of passenger service cabin furnishings and supplies, transporting such furnishings and supplies to and from aircraft, air conditioning of aircraft from outside source; the fueling, oiling, replenishing hydraulic and other fluids.
It is understood and agreed that the work to be performed by employees covered by this Agreement does not include related indirect work performed by employees such as supervisors (e.g., foremen, chiefs and superintendents), management specialists (e.g., instructors and analysts), professional employees (e.g., engineers and draftsmen), operating employees (e.g., flight crews and dispatchers), plant protection employees (e.g., guards), office and clerical employees (e.g., agents and staff assistants), and skycaps.
(b) It is understood that in an emergency, supervisors, flight crews and other employees may perform or assist in performing any work that may be necessary to complete a particular operation. Where employees are reasonably available in point of time adequately to handle a situation on a regular, overtime or field work basis, the situation will not be deemed to be an emergency within the meaning of this paragraph.
(c) The Company will continue to assign American Airlines TWU represented employees in classifications designated by the Company to all stations wherein such TWU represented Fleet Service employees are assigned currently with 2555 and above annual departures or 1460 for Ground Service employees and will staff new cities (those not currently staffed by the TWU) at or above 5475 annual departures for Fleet Service employees and 3650 for Ground Service employees. The Company will also restaff former TWU staffed cities that have been de-staffed once those cities reach 2555 and above annual departures for Fleet Service employees and 1460 for Ground Service employees.
 

ARTICLE 1 – RECOGNITION AND SCOPE
Notwithstanding the above, the Company will be obligated to continue staffing in those stations subject to Article 42 (b) even though those stations fall below 2555 (for Fleet Service) and (1460 for Ground Service) annual departures. Provided however, once those employees with station protection under Article 42 (b) have left the station, or the Company through retirement or otherwise, those stations will be subject to the 2555 (for Fleet Service) and (1460 for Ground Service) annual departure provisions.
The determination of the scheduled departures will be made each January 1 and July 1 and will consider the prior twelve (12) month period.
It is further agreed that as other stations are established during the term of this Agreement, the Union will be notified prior to the opening and conferences will be held between the parties regarding the staffing of these stations. The Company retains the right to staff such stations at its discretion.
(d) Contracting Out of Work.
In the interest of providing stable employment but nevertheless to permit the Company to maintain and continue the development of air transportation under applicable laws, the Company will perform work, as its present employees, covered by this Agreement have the normal time and the skills to perform, and for which the Company can reasonably make available the necessary facilities.
Additionally, it is agreed that the Company may continue to contract out work not exceeding the scope of its present contracting out practices.
It is understood that nothing in this Article above requires the maintenance of the present volume of work.
The time limit for grievances filed under Article 29(d) involving contracting out will be six (6) months from the date on which the contracting out commenced or, in the case of a substantial expansion of prior contracting out, six (6) months from the date of the substantial expansion.
It is the intent of the parties that the above language represents an attempt in contract language to express the meaning of the letter by Mr. C. R. Smith, dated March 9, 1950.
(e) Merger, Purchase, or Acquisition of Another Company.
In the event of a merger, purchase, or acquisition of another company, involving that entire company or a substantial portion of that company, by the Company, the TWU and the Company will meet to discuss the merger, purchase, or acquisition. The Company will provide the TWU with information concerning the proposed merger, purchase, or acquisition at the earliest feasible time to allow for the Union to prepare for
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those discussions. Those discussions will include the impact of the merger, purchase, or acquisition upon the TWU represented employees.

(1) The integration of the seniority lists of the respective employee groups will be governed by the provisions of Sections 3 & 13 of Allegheny-Mohawk, 59CAB22 (1972), provided that no employee on the master seniority list will be adversely impacted in rates of pay, hours, or working conditions by the integration.
(2) The rates of pay, rules, and working conditions contained in the Basic Agreement, as amended, will not be open for collective bargaining in the event of a merger nor will the TWU or the Company have any obligation to bargain upon changes thereto, except as provided in Article 47 – Duration of the Basic Agreement.
(3) The parties agree to submit to final and binding arbitration by an arbitrator approved by the National Mediation Board all disputes between the TWU and the Company, which are not settled in the meetings provided above within six (6) months of the effective date of the merger. The costs of the arbitration will be shared equally by the parties and there will be only one such arbitration proceeding, which will be the sole and exclusive remedy for all such disputes.
(4) It is understood that the provisions of Article 1(h)(1), (2), and (3) will not apply to the Company’s purchase of assets of another airline, which does not result in the integration of employees.
(f) Merger, Purchase, or Acquisition by Another Company
In the event of a merger, purchase, or acquisition of the Company by another company, the TWU and the Company will meet to discuss the merger, purchase, or acquisition. The Company will provide the TWU with information concerning the proposed merger, purchase, or acquisition at the earliest feasible time to allow for the Union to prepare for those discussions. Those discussions will include the impact of the merger, purchase, or acquisition upon the TWU represented employees.
(g) Labor Protection Provisions:
In the event of a merger, purchase, or acquisition of the Company by another company, the integration of the seniority lists of the respective employee groups will be governed by the provisions of Sections 3 & 13 of Allegheny-Mohawk, 59CAB22 (1972). The employee groups of each carrier will remain separated until such time as the seniority lists are integrated in accordance with this paragraph.
(h) Successorship
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(1) The Agreement will be binding upon any Successor. The Company will not bring a single step or multi-step Successorship transaction to final conclusion unless the Successor agrees, in writing, to:

(a) recognize the TWU as the representative of employees on the TWU System Seniority lists consistent with the Railway Labor Act, as amended;
(b) employ the employees on the TWU System Seniority list in accordance with the provisions of this Agreement;
(c) assume and be bound by this Agreement.
(2) If the Successor is an Air Carrier or an affiliate of an Air Carrier, the Company will, at the option of the TWU, require the Successor to agree to integrate the pre-transaction System Seniority list of the Company and the Successor in a fair and equitable manner within twelve (12) months of the Successorship transaction pursuant to Sections 3 and 13 of the Allegheny-Mohawk LPPs. The requirement of this provision does not apply to the Company’s acquisition of all or part of another Air Carrier in a transaction, which includes the acquisition of aircraft and employees.