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Seeking to take advantage of controversy generated by the tense contract negotiations between United Airlines and the International Association of Machinists, the Aircraft Mechanics Fraternal Association (AMFA) will once again attempt to win representation of United?s 13,000 aircraft mechanics away from the IAM. The organization campaign---which will be the third such effort by the AMFA in the past three years---is planned to begin in May or June and will culminate in the circulation of membership cards in August. The tentative agreement reached by United and the IAM on Tuesday has already come under fire from those mechanics at United who are AMFA members, despite the fact that it places United?s mechanics at the head of the industry with terms superior to those won by the AMFA at Northwest Airlines.