Teamsters Airline Division Week in Review News Letters

Local 769 BA Awarded Teamster of the Year  David Renshaw is a busy man. Recently named “Teamster of the Year” for Local 769, the Business Agent recently added to his work load when he assumed the representation for the Airline Division in the Local, that were covered by Daisy Gonzalez-Colli, who just recently retired after […]

Piedmont Stock Clerk Negotiations Update  Stock Clerk negotiations resumed on October 9th, 2014 with the Union presented proposals on Article 21 (Moving Expenses) and Article 14 (Vacation). After discussion, both articles were tentatively agreed to.  The Union also presented a comprehensive economic proposal to the company that they have requested time to study and respond

Airline Division Reminds Members to follow "Best Practices"   In light of the recent discovery of a passenger who traveled by air to the U.S. and has contracted the Ebola virus, the Airline Division would like to remind all members to follow the guidelines set forth by the CDC.  While the risk remains very low,

Teamster Mechanics Represent at Fall FAA Aviation Safety Infoshare Fifteen mechanic and related Teamsters representing Event Review Committees and Flight Safety committees from five airlines took part in the FAA Aviation Safety Infoshare conference in Baltimore, Maryland this week. Members from UPS, SWA Material Specialists, ExpressJet, s-UAL and s-CAL took part in discussions that covered

American Airlines, US Airways Passenger Service Agents Vote To Join Teamsters-CWA Association  In a vote announced this week by the National Mediation Board (NMB), more than 15,000 passenger service professionals at the newly-merged American-US Airways have voted to join the CWA-IBT Customer Service Employee Association. The joint effort to organize passenger service agents was led

UAL Negotiations Update  The parties met in Washington DC on September 11th and 12th at the offices of the National Mediation Board under the auspices of mediator Gerry McGuckin.  Thursday morning the company presented a comprehensive economic term sheet proposal. After the company explained their proposal to the full union committee the work of producing

Today is the day that Americans everywhere pause to reflect on the tragic events on the bright, sunny day thirteen years ago when we were attacked in such a cowardly manner. No less than December 7, 1941 or November 22, 1963, this days date has joined our collective memory as we ask others, “Where were

Union Solidarity Paves the Way to Victory as Norwegian Air is denied Waiver  Following a Teamster online petition campaign to keep Norwegian Air International out of the U.S., the Department of Transportation has denied the low-cost carrier’s procedural application to begin transatlantic flights.  “The Teamsters Airline Division applauds the Department of Transportation’s decision to deny

Questions Raised by Congress over World Airways shutdown, upstreaming of cash Several U.S. congressmen have sent a letter to U.S. Secretary of Labor Tom Perez regarding the misuse of cash that was to be used for employee health care costs by the employees of World Airways. In the letter from Congressman George Miller (D-CA-11th) and

Piedmont Negotiations Update    Negotiations resumed on Monday, August 18th.  The negotiating committee used Monday as an internal day to review economic information worked up for the committee by their IBT economist based on input from the committee and to plan further discussions based on that information.  The week’s meetings with the Company were focused