Teamsters Airline Division Week in Review News Letters

Airline Division, Air Canada Officials Meet to Jump Start Stalled Discussions  On Thursday, June 6th, Airline Division Director David Bourne, Airline Division representatives and counsel met at IBT Headquarters in Washington, DC with officials of Air Canada to attempt to jump start the stalled negotiations, which had ended on a negative note in April 2013.  […]

Wanting a Better Future, American Airlines Mechanics turn in cards, seek to join Teamsters  Capping off a grass roots campaign by mechanics; tired of poor representation by their current union, this past week the International Brotherhood of Teamsters filed with the NMB for a representation election at American Airlines.  “These mechanics and many of their

Memorial Day Statement by Division Director David Bourne  Airline Division Director Captain David Bourne has released the following statement today:  “Today is a special day in our nation. It is the day that we are all asked to stop and reflect on the service and sacrifices of our fellow citizens who have answered the call

NMB Issues Ruling on Single Carrier Status Filing  Writing in part that, “The Board finds that United and Continental (including CMI) are operating as a single transportation system for representation purposes under the RLA. Accordingly, IBT’s application in File No. CR-7081 is converted to NMB Case No. R-736;” on May 15th, NMB General Counsel Mary

UAL Negotiations Update   UAL negotiations continued in Chicago this week reviewing the comprehensive proposal to Phase 2 subjects exchanged with the carrier in last week’s session. Each item from the Companies initial proposal was broken down by the committee and discussed in detail. The union team then took another look at the Teamster proposals

UAL Negotiations Update  The parties met in Phoenix this week aided by Senior Mediator Pat Sims and Mediator Michael Kelleher of the NMB. Comprehensive proposals were exchanged that included wages, benefits, retirement security and scope.  After the initial proposals were made, the subcommittees worked towards understanding the basis of the proposals. In addition the continued

Global Aviation Sued, Teamsters Demand Contract be Honored and Experienced Management Named to Save Airline and Employees The International Brotherhood of Teamsters, which represents approximately 340 pilots and flight attendants for Global Aviation’s two airlines World Airways and North American Airlines, are calling on the company’s board of directors to take swift and decisive action

Teamsters Win another Subcontracting Case  Local 2727, representing aircraft mechanics and related employees at UPS recently won an important subcontracting case involving UPS Technical Publication Specialists.  In July 2012, UPS purchased a new software program for performing updates to its maintenance manuals.  Teamster Technical Publication Specialists had been performing manuals updates for years using the

UAL Negotiators Continue to Show Progress  Negotiations on the UAL/CAL/CMI JCBA continued the week of March 18th with proof reading the final pass between the parties of the articles discussed so far. Once this was completed, a full copy of all the articles with the suggested corrections was discussed with their legal representative and then

Airline Division, Local 357 President Issue a Joint Message to RAH Pilots  The Airline Division and the President of Local 357 have issued the following joint message to the RAH pilots.   This is a joint communication update from your Negotiating Committee and the IBT Airline Division.  On March 21 the NMB brought the parties