The Teamster bargaining team resumed negotiations with United Company on Tuesday, January 19th in Chicago, with a continuation of meetings among various sub-committees assigned to discuss several of the open articles remaining in negotiations. Thursday morning, Airline Division Director David Bourne and Director of the Teamsters Benefits Department John Slatery led a Union contingent that met with United's benefit experts to collect the information necessary to prepare for discussions on the Health and Welfare section of the contract. Chief Negotiator Clacy Griswold, IBT Attorney Ed Gleason, and IBT Economist Norman Weintraub attended for the union and while the meeting did not involve the passing of proposals, it was deemed productive in terms of information sharing and compiling the data necessary to allow the Union to engage in official talks on medical and other benefit issues in future discussions.
Negotiations will continue on Tuesday, January 26th in Chicago.
