Teamsters Airline Division Week in Review News Letters

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 […]

AAWW Negotiators and Leaders Brief Members on Groundbreaking Contract It’s been slightly over two years since the pilots and flight engineers of Atlas Air and Polar Air Cargo, (AAWW) voted to leave another pilot union to join the Teamsters Airline Division. This week, they began briefings on what eluded them for years with their previous

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

House Republicans Vote to Gut Safety, Bust Unions with Passage of FAA Reauthorization With the final vote now completed on the House of Representatives version of the FAA Reauthorization bill, yet another clear signal has been sent that the Republican majority shows no interest in workplace safety and even less in basic employee rights. In

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,

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

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

Progress Continues in UAL Mechanic Talks The language subcommittee for the UAL mechanics met on Thursday and Friday in Washington DC to edit articles to be passed to the Company. Next week the full committee will meet with the Company in San Francisco to continue negotiations and try and finalize an agreement. FAA Reauthorization Debate

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

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