Members Attend CEO Exchanges On Wednesday and Thursday of this week members of Locals 856 and 986 attended the CEO exchanges in SFO and LAX. For those members that are unaware, the CEO exchanges are ongoing company road shows to the cities that allow employees to ask questions of the company leadership. Our members showed […]
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Gerry McGuckin joined the National Mediation Board as a Mediator in September, 2007. He serves the Board in airline and railroad cases, including Grievance Mediation cases. Prior to joining the NMB, Gerry completed a career as a commercial airline pilot for a number of major airlines, retiring in October 2006 from US Airways. During his twenty
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Teamsters Aviation Mechanics Speak with Traveling Public at 10 Airports (WASHINGTON) – Today, United Airlines (UAL) professional aviation mechanics represented by the Teamsters Union held informational pickets at 10 major airports around the country. United Airlines mechanics are informing the public that they may be forced to strike if the company refuses to keep its
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Chicago, IL – Greg Davidowitch, United Master Executive Council President, Marcus Valentino, Continental Master Executive Council President and Suzanne Hendricks Continental Micronesia Master Executive Council President of the Association of Flight Attendants-CWA at United Airlines (AFA), representing 25,000 United Flight Attendants, today issued the following joint statement of support for the Mechanics at United Airlines
We are extremely disappointed to see that the company has chosen to engage in the age old, worn out practice of accusing the union of contemplating illegal job actions when things don’t go their way. This began when talks broke off and now we are beginning to see them “monitoring the membership,” hoping that we
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The Union has served written notice to the Company detailing its' desire to terminate the Resource Utilization Letter (RUL). Pursuant to the RUL, the Union has requested a conference take place on Wednesday, November 13, 2013 at 2:00PM EST. Updates will follow such conference. Download Ltr_to_McKeen03110913
The committee met this week in an attempt to finalize the joint CBA. The company presented a comprehensive proposal early in the week that the union rejected. Tonight the union gave its comprehensive final proposal to the company. It did so after working shoulder-to-shoulder with its financial, legal and actuarial experts to develop a
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Benefits Grievance Update On Friday, an et al (“and others”) benefits grievance was filed in regards to the unilateral changes imposed by the company. A copy of this grievance will soon be posted on line, until that happens, your chief steward or business agent will have a copy for your review. Business Agent and Chief
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Negotiations resumed the week of October 7th with the company in Phoenix, Arizona. Both parties engaged in an effort to narrow issues in order to reach a Joint Collective Bargaining Agreement (JCBA). The week began with a presentation from United on the highlights of the TA for IAM represented employees, brief preparations of the
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Preparations for Next Round of Negotiations Begin In preparation for the re-engagement of negotiations, the union bargaining committee convened at Local 19’s union hall in Houston this week to discuss strategy as we prepare to meet with United Airlines in negotiations on October 7th. Among the topics of discussion, the negotiators received a briefing from
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