Teamsters Airline Division Week in Review News Letters

GoJets Negotiations UpdateNegotiators for GoJets pilots met with the Company on Wednesday, January 15th and Thursday January 16th.   On Wednesday, the IBT passed counters on Section 23 (Discipline and Discharge), Section 24 (Grievances), Section 25 (System Board of Adjustment) and Section 13 (Vacations). The Company passed counters on Section 7 (Hours of Service), Section 8 […]

Teamsters, World Airways Fail to Reach Concessionary Agreement   After attempts by World Airways to seek a second concessionary agreement within sixteen months, Teamster representatives of the Flight Attendants and Pilots of World Airways announced that bankruptcy discussions with their employer failed to yield an agreement on concessions their carrier was seeking.  Approximately one year

RAH Negotiations Update  The IBT Negotiations Team and representatives of the Company met December 17th through December 20th in Jackson, Wyoming to continue bargaining.  Private Mediator Margaret Leibowitz was again present to monitor and facilitate the process.  The two groups made multiple proposals and counter-proposals on Article 6 (Scheduling), Article 7 (Vacancies), as well as

  Airline Division Voices Support of H.R. 3578, Calls On DOT Secretary to Rescind Arbitrary FAA Flight Surgeon Directive on OSA   Earlier this week, in response to the concerns of members and his personal concerns as a pilot; Airline Division Director Captain David Bourne conveyed those concerns to Secretary of Transportation Anthony Foxx. In

Amerijet Talks Continue, Focus on Language  Contract talks for the pilots and professional flight engineers at Amerijet are proceeding, according to Local 769 Business Representative Daisy Gonzalez-Colli. While several key sections of the contract have not yet been addressed, the parties have been focused on non economic issues and contract language. “On the whole, I

NetJets Technicians and Related  The NetJets Technicians and Related Negotiating Committee met with the Company on December 5, 2013. This Negotiating session consisted the Union making counter proposals on Articles 7 – (Union Representation), 12 – (Jury Duty), 13 – (Funeral Leave), and 35 – (Tuition Assistance). The Union and the Company were able to

IBT Negotiating Team, RAH Representatives Meet Representatives of the IBT Airline Division’s Negotiating Team met with RAH Representatives in Indianapolis, Indiana November 18th through the 20th at the Embassy Suites near RAH headquarters. The re-started negotiations are progressing steadily with the assistance of private mediator Margaret Leibowitz, who was retained by the parties and whose presence

TAMC Continues Fight against Outsourced Aircraft Maintenance Rank and file TAMC (Teamster Aviation Mechanics Coalition) members went on Capitol Hill on November 12th and 13th to continue the fight against Outsourced Aircraft Maintenance. Rank and file Mechanics, Fred Lewelling (LU 19), Larry Bailey (LU 210), Ervin Cornavaca LU (210), Tom Reid (LU 210), Gary Kagel

ExpressJet Negotiations Impacted by Government Shutdown  The government shutdown caused the October dates to be cancelled.  Negotiations resumed this past week with the Federal Mediator in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania.  The parties continued where they had left off on Section 22 – (General and Miscellaneous), with the sides having direct meetings and discussions of the outstanding issues,

Airline Division, RAH Meet to Discuss Status Representatives of the Airline Division and Republic Airways management met at Teamsters Headquarters in Washington, DC on October 17th to discuss re-starting negotiations to reach an amended collective bargaining agreement.  General President Hoffa called for this meeting following an announcement by the NMB that mediation between the Teamsters