Weekly Activity Report – August 2-6, 2004

WEEKLY ACTIVITY REPORT
August 2-6, 2004

MEDIATION AND ALTERNATIVE DISPUTE RESOLUTION:

New Dockets:  None.

Settlements:

Case No.	Carrier	Org.	Status	Mediator(s)
A-13276	Southwest Airlines	TWU	Ratified	Parmelee
A-13308	Hacor, Inc.	IBT	Tentative Agreement	Hedges
A-13294	Freedom Airlines	AFA/CWA	Tentative Agreement	Kane

Cooling-Off Periods / Strike Activity:

Case Nos.	Carrier	Org.	Class/Craft	Status
A-13256	Iowa Chicago & Eastern RR	IBT/IBLE	Train & Engine Service	Cooling off period ends 12:01 am on Fri., Sept. 3, 2004

REPRESENTATION:

New Applications:
Case No.	Carrier	Org.	Approx. No. of Emp. — Craft or Class	Investigator
CR-6860	Ogden Ground Services, Inc.	IBT	100 — Fleet Service	Mansfield
CR-6861	Allegheny Airlines/Piedmont Airlines	IBT-IAM	313 — Mechanics and Related; Stock Clerks; Flight Dispatchers	Dowling

Ballot Instructions Mailed:  None this week.
Case No.	Carrier	Org.	Approx. No. of Emp. — Craft or Class	Investigator

Elections Underway:
Case No.	Carrier	Org.	Approx. No. of Emp. — Craft or Class	Count Date	Investigator
R-7011	America West Airlines	IBT	3,398 — Passenger Service Employees	08/17/04	Bonaca
R-7013	Wheeling & Lake Erie Railway	UTU-Margaret Failor	14 — Clerks	08/10/04	Fisher
R-7014	CJ Systems Aviation Group, Inc.	OPEIU	360 — Flight Deck Crew Members	08/16/04	Graber

Cases Closed:
Case No.	Carrier	Org.	Craft or Class	Disposition
R-7012	Chicago Express Airlines	IBT	Fleet Service Employees	Dismissal — Withdrawn During Investigation
R–7017 (CR-6857)	McNeil Security, Inc./ZKD.	IAM	Screeners	Dismissal — Withdrawn During Investigation

ARBITRATION:

	Cases Pending at Start of FY-2004	New Cases	Cases Closed	Cases Currently Pending
PLB	3151	2809	2709	3251
SBA	476	532	544	464
NRAB	1509	703	677	1535
Total Cases	5136	4044	3930	5250