Nosegear
The point is that there are people taking the jobs. The company is not short of applicants or people accepting and you are right the position of the AOA is weakened by this. This should be enough of a hint to the AOA to change their tack and try something that is effective, whatever that may be.
That I believe should be to enlist all the new hires into the AOA and put themselves in a stronger position rather than an ever weakening one.