Teamsters Airline Division Week in Review News Letters

Airline Division Advisory Board Meets The Airline Division Advisory Board met on Friday, May 4th. The meeting was chaired by Board Chairman and General Executive Board Vice President George Miranda. After opening remarks were made by Director David Bourne, the board proceeded to its agenda, covering a wide variety of subjects including at Republic Airlines, […]

 PATCO Raises Critical Safety Issues at Control Tower, Airline Division Expresses It's Concern The Professional Air Traffic Controllers Organization (PATCO) has raised concerns over the critically short staffing situation that exists at the Lihue, HI airport control tower. In a letter to SERCO Management Services, the private company who operates the tower under a contract

Drivers at the Port of Los Angeles Stand Up to Management Millions and Fear Campaign, Vote for Teamster Representation What started as a vision a year ago by a brave, small group of drivers at the Port of Los Angeles to form their union became a reality on Wednesday when the drivers voted to become

  United Airlines IBT Flight Safety Committee Meet Last week, the Flight Safety Committee (FSC) met to discuss LOA 21 and Article 14 (J) and (K). The FSC put together recommendations for its involvement with Line Safety Operations Audits; or LOSA, and reviewed it relationship with the company and what the membership should and can

 Teamsters Airline Division Commitment to Safety Evident at FAA Safety Info Share Teamster Safety Representatives including Pilots, Mechanics, and Stock Clerks came together on March 20th through March 22nd Dallas to discuss safety issues across the industry. The FAA info share, which is held every six months, brings together safety minded individuals from all disciplines

Airline Division and UAL/CAL/CMI Representatives Meet with Mediator On Thursday March 15th members of the Airline Division along with Local Union representatives from the larger Locals met with mediator Ralph Berger to preliminarily discuss seniority integration issues. Mr. Berger gave a brief background of himself and the mergers that he has worked on and then

Netjets Flight Attendant Negotiators, Local Meet to Prepare for Next Round of Talks Netjets Flight Attendant Negotiating Committee (FANC) and Local 284 met this past week in Columbus for continued collective bargaining negotiations. Although face to face meetings with the Company were scheduled, the parties agreed that the time was best served with each side

Negotiations Begin for Frontier Mechanics and Materials Specialists Section 6 bargaining began for Frontier Mechanics and Materials specialists on February 28th and 29th in Denver. The parties met to pass documents formalizing the process and to try and establish ground rules for the discussions. This is the first post-bankruptcy agreement for these groups and the

Cape Air Leadership Goes the Extra Miles for its Members Half a world away is not too far when it comes to representing Teamsters. This past week, Cape Air ExCo Chairman Captain Marilyn Rhude and Captains Aaron Tweeten and Yoshi Murata set out from Boston to meet with Teamster pilots at Cape Air’s most distant

Cape Air Pilots Briefed on First Tentative Agreement Members of the Cape Air ExCo and Negotiating Committee spent the week crisscrossing their system, meeting with membership to discuss their first Tentative Agreement. “With the structure of our airline, our crews are scattered quite a bit,” said ExCo Chairman Captain Marilyn Rhude. “Consequently, we want to