Teamsters Airline Division Week in Review News Letters

Senate Blocks Republican Attempt to Stop NMB Rule Change on Union Voting This Thursday in a 56-43 vote, the Senate blocked a resolution designed to stop the Obama administration from implementing a reform instituted by the NMB about how employees can gain union representation. The NMB change allows a union be certified if a majority […]

H.R. 4766 a Major Win for Airline Employees, Language Will Prohibit Airlines from Breaking Contracts, Dumping Pensions on PBGC and Taxpayers In a major victory this week for organized labor, airline employees and American taxpayers, the House Subcommittee on Commercial and Administrative Law has adopted language of an amendment into H.R. 4766 that will preclude

Airline Division Statement on the Crash of UPS Flight 6 in Dubai, U.A.E. Airline Division Director Captain David Bourne released the following statement this evening on the crash of UPS Flight 6, in Dubai, U.A.E. “It was with great sadness and shock that I was notified by our UPS brothers at Local 2727 of the

CAL Mechanic and Related Members Reach T/A with CAL Management Almost two hard years of work by the IBT Negotiating Committee for CAL Mechanics and Related crafts has resulted in a Tentative Agreement, announced to the membership today by the Negotiating Committee.  Membership meetings are currently being scheduled around the system to brief the members

CAL Talks Continue in Newark, Progress Reported After meeting in Houston, Texas during the weeks of July 26th and August 2nd in order to prepare for the upcoming mediation sessions, formal mediation sessions began on Monday, August 23rd and continued through Friday, August 27th in Newark, New Jersey under the oversight of Mediator Gerry McGuckin.

Atlas Dispatcher Discussions Continue, Progress Reported Contract discussions for a first contract for the aircraft dispatchers of Atlas Air Worldwide (AAWW), have made progress during the past two weeks. Tentative agreement has been reached on Article 10 (Furlough and Recall), with progress reported in other areas including Article 15 (Grievance, Discipline, and Discharge. Several other articles

The Captain Jason Dahl Scholarship Fund Captain Jason Dahl was at the controls of United Flight 93 on Sept 11th 2001 and was one of the first to give his life in a valiant attempt to protect the customers and crew of his aircraft. A scholarship fund was established under IRS 501-3(C) rules in his

Union and Atlas Air Meet in Washington, Progress Made but Much Work Remains Union and management negotiators for Atlas Air Worldwide met in Washington, DC this week.  For the first time in a long time, meaningful progress was made, including a tentative agreement on Section 25-Schedule.  Additionally, management presented its first Section 3-Compensation counter-proposal to

Labor Alliance Announced, Historic First for the Industry Citing the need to fight for the workers who care about the airline industry and the traveling public, on July 27th, the Transport Workers Union (TWU) and Coalition of Airline Pilot Associations joined with the Teamsters and announced the creation of a historic aviation labor alliance to

Week In Review News Items Labor Developments The Air Transport Association (ATA) filed an appeal Wednesday of a judge's ruling that allowed a federal labor rule change to go into effect. The new labor rule, which went into effect July 1, could make it easier for unions to organize workers, including at Atlanta-based Delta Air