Teamsters Airline Division Week in Review News Letters

April 30, 2011 Newsletter

UAL Negotiators Continue Roadshows on Transition Agreement, Vote to Begin May 4th This past week saw the union negotiators for the UAL mechanics meeting with more of their membership from around the system, providing them details and answering questions about the transition agreement that members will begin voting on this coming week. “We’re very pleased […]

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April 8, 2011 Newsletter

UAL Negotiators, Division Director Meet with UAL Mechanics at Dulles Roadshow; “This is the first step that secures your rights in the merger,” Director tells Crowd Addressing approximately 100 mechanics throughout the day on Friday, members of the UAL mechanics Negotiating Committee and Airline Division Director David Bourne outlined the gains in the recently agreed

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March 25, 2011 Newsletter

Week In Review News Items Labor Developments In a special hotline message sent out Thursday afternoon to American Airlines flight attendants, APFA president Laura Glading said it is unlikely that federal mediators will release the union from contract talks with the Fort Worth-based carrier…United Continental Holdings said that United Airlines’ technicians, represented by the IBT,

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March 18, 2011 Newsletter

Teamsters Announce Tentative Agreement for UAL Mechanics Capping almost two years of negotiations that have seen a period with historic worldwide economic change, industry convulsions and a merger that has created the world’s largest airline, Teamsters General President James Hoffa announced on Friday that a Tentative Agreement had been reached between the Teamsters and United

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March 11, 2011 Newsletter

UAL Discussions Continue to Yield Progress This week’s meetings between union negotiators and UAL management led to agreement on additional contract articles regarding Definitions, Classifications, Hours of Service, Holidays and Sick Leave. Additionally, several revised articles including, Vacancies, Field Trips, Training, Safety and Health, Union Representation, Grievance Procedure, Board of Arbitration, General and Miscellaneous, Apprentice

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March 4, 2011 Newsletter

UAL Discussions Continue, Agreements Reached in Some Areas Union Negotiators for UAL Mechanics and management in San Francisco this week and progressed further towards concluding discussions with the company for a new collective bargaining agreement. This weeks discussions led to tentative agreements on articles regarding Reduction In Force, Seniority, and Overtime. Discussions on Compensation, Benefits

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February 18, 2011 Newsletter

Union Mechanic Negotiators and UAL Continue Talks, Continued Progress Reported Negotiations continued this week in Chicago as the parties worked to try and finalize the remaining open contract items. Significant progress was made towards the completion of an agreement that would ultimately serve as a transition agreement for the membership prior to the discussions for a merged agreement between

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