Teamsters Airline Division Week in Review News Letters

FAA Funding Closer to Reality as Anti Labor Provisions Dropped Full funding for the Federal Aviation Administration; held up for months over the demands of the Republican controlled House of Representatives to overturn the “one person, one vote” rule for union elections, may finally become a reality as the language has been dropped from the […]

Hoffa-Hall Slate Elected to Fourth Term, Receives 60 Percent of Vote in Three-Way Race International Brotherhood of Teamsters General President Jim Hoffa, his running mate for General Secretary-Treasurer Ken Hall and their entire slate, were elected today by a wide margin in the 2011 Election of International Union Officers. According to unofficial results provided by

Tentative Agreement Announced for UAL Mechanics After successfully getting the company to return to the bargaining table after a Tentative Agreement was rejected in September, negotiators for the UAL Mechanics and the Airline Division have announced that the parties have reached agreement on a revised Tentative Agreement this week. Feedback from a survey conducted by

Comair Flight Attendant Negotiations Continue Negotiations for the Comair Flight Attendants continued this past week with steady progress being reported. “We have been very pleased by managements approach and their working with us to find solutions to issues,” said International Representative Rick Dubinsky. “We have made very steady progress during our discussions and have been

Carrier responds to NMB request regarding CO/CMI mediation United Airlines responded to the NMB’s request to comment on the Teamster’s objection to move sub Continental and sub Continental Micronesia into mediation. The Division disagrees with the company’s position and remains ready to defend its position to the NMB when and if they require further comment.

UAL Go Team members attend training UAL Maintenance “Go Team” members Pramod “PT” Thomas and Edison Herrera from ORD and John Alioto from SFO attended National Transportation Safety Board (NTSB) Accident Investigation Training this week in IND. The training; which encompassed two days, was sponsored by Locals 1224 and 357 and covered a wide range

ASA Negotiations Continue, Progress Reported ASA Negotiators for Mechanics and Related; members of Local 528, met with management from October 12th through 14th in Atlanta, Georgia. Progress was reported on Sections 10 and 12.Tentative Agreement was reached on Section 6, Reduction in Work Force and Recall. Negotiations will continue on November 2nd. Division Files Opposition

 United/Continental/CMI/ BA and Chief Stewards calls “Productive” Recently instituted weekly conference calls for UAL/CAL CMI (Continental-Micronesia) BA’s and Chief Steward’s continue to be an important tool in tracking the progress of the merger. Several scope related issues have been identified as a result of the calls and the lines of communications between all cities has

Summit Meeting between Airline Division and UAL Addresses Issues, Sets Dates The Airline Division and United Airlines held a summit meeting in Washington, DC on October 29th. Among the items discussed were the carriers plans regarding the SOC and issues the Division had identified as potential contractual violations of the respective United, Continental, and Continental

Airline Division attends Craft meetings and Steward training for Locals 986 and 856 This week representatives of the Airline Division and TAMC met with members in San Francisco at the monthly craft meetings to discuss issues relating to the recent lobbying effort as well as the current state of negotiations with United. Dave Saucedo relayed