Membership Updates

Fight Against Outsourcing Continues

A couple of years ago the Teamster’s sponsored the first ever national summit on aircraft maintenance outsourcing. Nearly 200 people attended, including safety advocates, members of Congress, former members of the National Transportation Safety Board, the news media and aviation industry representatives. Since then Congress has taken the first small steps to requiring a single

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RIF Memo

Dear Members,       During the week of January 15, 2010, the Company informed the Union of its’ need to furlough 25 technicians in Bid Area 101 at EWR. The Company claimed that due to current and future facility constraints and reduced Orlando heavy check requirements, Continental will be moving a Boeing 757 twenty-four hour

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RIF Memo

During this week’s first round of mediation the parties took time to discuss the Company’s recently announced Reduction in Force (RIF). The Union has made clear its’ position regarding Article 6.B.4. We believe the paragraph applies and the “follow the work” provisions should be utilized prior to exercising any RIF options pursuant to Article 6.B.1&2.

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Membership Meeting

To:    Continental Airline Mechanics and Related   From:    Local 210   Date:      January 26th 2010   Where:  “Ramada Inn” was previously the Holiday Inn, Frontage Road   Time:       08:30am, 11:30am, 03:00pm    Note: As we enter into formal Meditation it is strongly advised that you attend in order to become familiar with this process

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Furloughs

Dear Members,       Late last week the Company informed the Union of its’ need to furlough 25 technicians in Bid Area 101 at EWR. The Company claims that due to current and future facility constraints and reduced Orlando heavy check requirements, Continental will be moving a Boeing 757 twenty-four hour recovery hold aircraft from

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New Website

Teamsters Airline Division Launches New Web Site The Airline Division just launched a new web site, teamsterair.org, to more fully inform its members and to provide them with a way to communicate with each other using the Internet.   This will be a very useful tool to help us stay informed. Remember to also visit the Local

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