Membership Updates

On July 6, 2011, pursuant to Article 15.N of the Collective Bargaining Agreement (CBA), the Union and the Company met in Washington DC at the office of Kathryn Kobe, Director of Price, Wage, and Productivity Analysis for Economic Consulting Services. The purpose of the meeting was to continue discussions pertaining to cost of living data […]

Bill Horn was elected to serve as the Chair of the Local Seniority Integration Committee.  The committee has met on one occasion and discussed several concerns, questions and issues the membership has brought forward. Bill has also been in contact with the other Chair persons from around the system in as much as the other

The second System COLA Committee meeting was held in Houston, Texas on June 14, 2011. In attendance was our economist Norman Weintraub. The parties discussed different ideas for a framework regarding a base line city in the US and how to compare the cost of living to those cities where mechanic and related are employed. The

                                                                        March 30, 2011 Dear Members,              Pursuant to Article 15.N the Union and the Company met for a Cost of Living Adjustment (COLA) committee meeting on Wednesday, March 23, 2011 in Houston, Texas. Along with rank and file members the Union was represented by Nick Manicone (IBT-attorney) and Norm Weintraub (Consultant and Economist). Mr. Weintraub

                                March 23, 2011                                               Dear Members, Walk in elections, for the Local Seniority Integration Committee, were held from March 15th, 2011 through March 17th, 2011. There were twenty-one (21) volunteers and members voted to select seven (7) to serve on the committee. The following seven (7) volunteers received the most votes: Benevento, John, Chappotin, Pedro, Genao,

Dear Members,          On February 15, 2011 a memo was sent to the membership informing them of the walk in elections for the local Seniority Integration Committee. Inadvertently two (2) names were omitted from the memo. James Pannone, and Chetan Patel will also be on the ballot. We apologize to them for the oversight. Further, in

As you know in December of 2010 a memo was sent out asking for volunteers from within the rank and file to be part of the Newark Maintenance Cost of Living committee. This committee was created as per the Collective Bargaining Agreement in order to determine the high cost of living areas of each of

COLA Committee On December 7, 2010 a memo was sent out seeking volunteers to sit on a Local Cost of Living Committee. To date a handful of members have volunteered. If you are interested please contact the Union office by the January 10, 2011 deadline for volunteers. Volunteers for this committee may be asked to

Dear Members,          As you know, on May 3rd, 2010, UAL Corporation (UAL) and Continental Airlines (CAL) announced their agreement to merge “as equals”. Many questions have since been raised regarding how the integration of the seniority lists will take place. We are all committed to a fair and equitable process and are looking for volunteers

Dear Members, Our new agreement stipulates that a Cost of Living Committee be constructed to determine the cost of living in each of the cities in which technicians and related are based. We are asking for seven (7) volunteers from within the rank and file to be part of the Newark maintenance cost of living