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Northwest mechanics to vote on whether to strike.(Knight Ridder Newspapers)
ST. PAUL, Minn. _ It's a strike vote with a twist in an ongoing saga with a lot of twists.
Northwest Airlines mechanics will vote today whether to approve a strike if talks with the Eagan, Minn.-based company fail. They also will decide just how their union would strike if they get the chance to walk off the job.
All this is against more uncertainty: just when a strike would be possible, or even if a strike would be possible.
Confused? Welcome to yet another strange chapter in a more than four-year old tale.
You may remember that federal mediators released the airline and the Aircraft Mechanics Fraternal Association from talks Feb. 9, starting a 30-day countdown to a strike that ends on March 11 at 11:01 p.m. in the Twin Cities.
But wait, there was more. Mediators urged President Bush to intervene, and he has pledged to do so by appointing a Presidential Emergency Board to step in and suggest a solution. That board would take up to 30 days to do that, and no strike could occur until at least 30 days after that. That means no walkout until at least May 10, the eve of peak summer travel period. But wait, there was even more. Congress could jump in and order a resolution.
Undaunted by all this, AMFA has been busy readying itself for a strike, touting the possibility that Bush might reconsider and that a walk out could come by the middle of the month.
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