The Mechanics Dispatch

The Airline Division is committed to providing the membership with up to date information about the merger process.  Below are the important developments that occurred over the past week. COLA Update As reported several months ago and pursuant to Article 15.N of the s-CAL Collective Bargaining Agreement (CBA), the Union and the Company met in […]

The Airline Division is committed to providing the membership with up to date information about the merger process.  Below are the important developments that occurred over the past week. The Resource Utilization Letter which provides the membership with greater leverage was finalized.  Last week, we distributed a FAQs sheet to address questions about the Resource

Airline Division and UAL/CAL/CMI Representatives Meet with Mediator On Thursday March 15th members of the Airline Division along with Local Union representatives from the larger Locals met with mediator Ralph Berger to preliminarily discuss seniority integration issues. Mr. Berger gave a brief background of himself and the mergers that he has worked on and then

Merger Update: Single Operating Certificate Effects Many changes are occurring since the company received its single operating certificate last November. The FAA now regards the three carriers, namely, sub-UAL, sub-CAL and sub-Air Micronesia as one combined carrier for regulatory purposes. This authority was granted without regard to the collective bargaining agreements in place at sub-UAL,

Editors Note: In last week’s Dispatch failed to mention that DENTK Chief Steward Jim Prout participated in the Denver meetings. We apologize for the error. Merger Amalgamation Progress Report This new article section will be used to report on the amalgamation progress as steps are taken to complete the process. Items to be discussed will

Compliance Concerns Members are advised to use an abundance of caution regarding compliance with maintenance manuals and other controlled documents. There have been several issues across the system of non-compliance and it appears the FAA is increasing its presence in several cities. When caught up in a compliance issue make sure to file an MSAP/ASAP

PHLMM Reopening Twelve sub-United mechanics will soon be headed home as a result of the new agreement. It is expected that these members will be back in Philadelphia by April 1st. Ralph Salzano; Business Agent from Local 210 has been working with Mark Prpich from Labor Relations to ensure that the recalls are processed properly.

Negotiations Continue at Continental Micronesia Negotiators were at the table from Monday through Wednesday last week with significant progress reported towards achieving the goals that would provide the membership with an acceptable agreement. The meetings concluded with the parties focused on the intent of concluding negotiations for the sub Continental Micronesia mechanics agreement. The parties

Insurance Updates All members should be seeing new insurance cards arriving in the near future. The name and logo were changed and for some plans the group number, which prompted the need for the re-issuance of cards. In addition the company has put out notices to re-certify your dependents on the intranet. For sub United

Moving Forward…What Comes Next? Since the sub UA membership accepted the terms of their agreement on December 29th, steps are underway to begin the work of amalgamating the agreements into a joint collective bargaining agreement. 1. To complete the process of individual agreements for all three subsidiaries, the parties are meeting the week of January