Teamsters Airline Division Week in Review News Letters

SWA Material Specialist Contract Negotiations Update  Contract Negotiations for SWA Materials Specialists continued in Dallas this week with the Negotiating Committee, along with Local Union Business Agents and Airline Division Representatives meeting outside of negotiations on June 2nd to work on Article 4 (Classifications). The Committee also discussed the Letters of Agreement, Letters of Intent […]

Airline Industry News  Governmental and Regulatory  The House Homeland Security subcommittee on transportation heard from airport officials and law enforcement on ways to bolster security measures.   The Federal Aviation Administration has cleared Boeing's 787 Dreamliner to fly up to 5 1/2 hours away from the nearest airport, enabling airlines to put 787s on more-direct

Airline Industry News Governmental and Regulatory President Barack Obama  announced a plan to expedite the entry process for travelers entering the U.S., beginning with the 15 largest airports. Obama also plans to develop an inter-agency team toward development of a national goal to reduce customs wait times.   A new NTSB report says the government

NetJets Technicians and Related Negotiations Continue  Negotiations resumed this past week with the Company passing a counter proposal to the union on Article 27 (Shifts and Days Off).  The Company also passed opening proposals on Articles 28 (Overtime) and 29 (Field Service).   The union Negotiating Committee began work on Article 31 (Seniority). No Tentative

Unity Conference Concludes  Airline Division Director David Bourne, International Representatives and representatives of Airline Division Locals and the TAMC were in Las Vegas this past week for the Teamsters Unity convention.  Members attended workshops and presented reports on various events and groups within the Division and the Teamsters. A very productive week was reported with

World Airways Shutdown Update The IBT Airline Division has been working very diligently on behalf of its members in the wake of the airlines untimely shutdown. Attorneys for IBT have spent the past few weeks identifying IBT-represented employees’ claims against World and filed a Proof of Claim on behalf of those employees on April 24,

“A True Trade Unionist and Teamster,” Local 769 Business Agent Retires after 31 Years of Service  On April 18, 1983, when nineteen year old Daisy Gonzalez-Conti began working as an insurance processor for Local 769; gas was $1.24 a gallon, you could buy a new home for less than $90,000 and no one had yet

Airline Industry News  Tens of thousands of American Airlines Inc. retirees can relax, at least for a while — they won’t be required to begin paying their own health insurance premiums.  Airline earnings for 2014 will be $1 billion or 5 percent lower than previously predicted as political tensions drive up oil prices and growth

GoJets Negotiations Continue, Progress Reported The GoJets Negotiations Committee met with the Company on Wednesday, April 9th and Thursday, April 10th. On Wednesday, the IBT passed a counter on Section 7 (Hours of Service). The Company passed counters on Section 13 (Vacation), Section 28 (Union Representation) and Section 29 (Union Security).   Sections 13 (Vacation) and

Sub ASA Negotiations Update  Negotiations for a stand-alone Technician and Related, Subsidiary ASA contract resumed this week in Baltimore, Maryland with the Union and the Company meeting in Federal Mediation.   While the Company has yet to respond to the unions proposal that they are interested in accepting their offer of additional wages and work