Teamsters Airline Division Week in Review News Letters

UAL Team Preps for Next Round of Negotiations With last week’s scheduled negotiations postponed due to the snowstorm that affected over nineteen states, the union language subcommittee met this week to review and edit proposals which will be passed to the Company next week. A significant amount of work was reported to have been accomplished […]

Teamsters President Joins CAL and UAL workers to Kick Off Organizing Drive In a visit to Humble, Texas this week, Teamsters General President Jim Hoffa joined with Teamsters from CAL and UAL to officially begin the campaign to build a strong union at Continental-United. To the applause and cheers of over 300 employees of both

UAL Negotiations Resume in Chicago Union negotiators for the United Airlines mechanics met this week in Chicago with the Company over the remaining open contract issues. The parties engaged in what were described as “intense negotiations” over the remaining open items and have reported made significant progress. Both sides and have agreed to continue discussions

Local 2727, UPS Reach Tentative Agreement After many long months of negotiations and mediation, a Tentative Agreement has been announced between UPS and Local 2727, which represents Aviation Maintenance Technicians, Aircraft Maintenance Utility, Aircraft Maintenance Controllers, Flight Simulator Technicians, Engine Condition Monitoring Technicians and Aircraft Maintenance Technical Publication personnel at the carrier. Details have not yet

Kunkel Joins Team at Local 769 Bringing his decades of experience in the airline industry with him, Captain John Kunkel (Atlas Air, USAir – retired) has joined the team at Local 769 as a Business Agent. A resident of South Florida, Kunkel is a retired airline captain, most recently serving as Eastern Regional Chief Pilot

Safety Alliance Expresses Concern over Proposed FAA Change In a letter to the FAA Manager of the Voluntary Safety Programs Branch, the Teamsters Airline Division, along with representatives of ATA, CAPA, TWU, CWA and ALPA have raised a collective voice regarding proposed changes to the FAA program known as ASAP. The Aviation Safety Action Program

CAL Fleet Service Workers Ratify First Ever Contract with Pay Increases and Protections By a resounding 84% margin, Continental Airlines Fleet service workers have ratified their first contract. The agreement, which covers about 7,600 workers, was ratified by an 84-16 percent margin and goes into effect retroactively to July 1, 2010. In a statement regarding

Injured Republic Pilot Continues Recovery With the holiday season upon us, the family of Republic Airlines First Officer Robert Amey, who was hit by a car while on a layover in Savannah, Georgia, continues to get good news about his recovery. Robert has transitioned from being in a coma in Savannah, to being transferred back

UAL Negotiations Conclude for the Year, to Continue in January 2011 After another week of substantive discussions, the union and company concluded this week’s round negotiations late Saturday afternoon. Progress has been made and the parties have agreed to continue discussions for the collective bargaining agreement in January 2011. “The local union negotiators have worked

Injured Pilot Moved Home, Long Road to Recovery Road Ahead Republic Airlines First Officer Robert Amey; critically injured last month when he was hit by a car on a layover in Savannah, Georgia,  was transported from Memorial University Medical Center in Savannah to St. Vincent Hospital in Indianapolis, Indiana, near his home, on December 9th.