November 29, 2011
The UAL negotiating committee has reached a tentative agreement that addresses the primary concerns of the membership, including:
Medical benefits will remain at status quote (NO Sunset/Default Date) until the membership decides on a change;
Signing bonus of $11,500; and
Early-Out Program based on a cost of $75,000 per employee.
Ballots mailed: December 2, 2011
Ballots counted: December 29, 2011
Read the letter from James Hoffa, Teamsters General President, and Capt. David Bourne, Teamsters Airline Division Director.
Check out the summary of the tentative agreement.
Read the full tentative agreement.
Join The Teletown Hall Call On Dec. 6
Join us on the Teletown Hall call on Tuesday, Dec. 6, to find out more about our UAL tentative agreement. Call on Dec. 6 at 11 a.m. EST or 7 p.m. EST.
11 a.m. EST call: (888) 886-6603, Ext. 17673
7 p.m. EST call: (888) 886-6603, Ext. 17674
Tuesday, November 29, 2011
AMR AND AMERICAN AIRLINES FILE FOR CHAPTER 11 REORGANIZATION
American Airlines, American Eagle and All Other Subsidiaries Operating Normal Flight Schedules, Honoring All Tickets and Reservations, Maintaining High Customer Service Levels and AAdvantage Program, and Continuing Employee Pay and Benefits
AMR Has $4.1 Billion in Cash to Ensure Uninterrupted Supply of Goods and Services During Proceedings.
FORT WORTH, Texas – AMR Corporation (“the Company”), the parent company of American Airlines, Inc. (“American”) and AMR Eagle Holding Corporation (“American Eagle”), announced that in order to achieve a cost and debt structure that is industry competitive and thereby assure its long-term viability and ability to continue delivering a world-class travel experience for its customers, the Company and certain of its U.S.-based subsidiaries (including American and American Eagle), today filed voluntary petitions for Chapter 11 reorganization in the U.S. Bankruptcy Court for the Southern District of New York.
AMR’s Board of Directors determined that a Chapter 11 reorganization is in the best interest of the Company and its stakeholders. Just as with the Company’s major airline competitors in recent years, the Chapter 11 process enables American Airlines and American Eagle to continue conducting normal business operations while they restructure their debt, costs and other obligations.
American Airlines and American Eagle are operating normal flight schedules today, and their reservations, customer service, AAdvantage® program, Admirals Clubs and all other operations are conducting business as usual.
Source: Security Exchange.
AMR Has $4.1 Billion in Cash to Ensure Uninterrupted Supply of Goods and Services During Proceedings.
FORT WORTH, Texas – AMR Corporation (“the Company”), the parent company of American Airlines, Inc. (“American”) and AMR Eagle Holding Corporation (“American Eagle”), announced that in order to achieve a cost and debt structure that is industry competitive and thereby assure its long-term viability and ability to continue delivering a world-class travel experience for its customers, the Company and certain of its U.S.-based subsidiaries (including American and American Eagle), today filed voluntary petitions for Chapter 11 reorganization in the U.S. Bankruptcy Court for the Southern District of New York.
AMR’s Board of Directors determined that a Chapter 11 reorganization is in the best interest of the Company and its stakeholders. Just as with the Company’s major airline competitors in recent years, the Chapter 11 process enables American Airlines and American Eagle to continue conducting normal business operations while they restructure their debt, costs and other obligations.
American Airlines and American Eagle are operating normal flight schedules today, and their reservations, customer service, AAdvantage® program, Admirals Clubs and all other operations are conducting business as usual.
Source: Security Exchange.
Tuesday, November 22, 2011
Negoiations Update
Many members have inquired as to when the full text version of the TA will be released.
To date the TA is still in edit format looking for things such as incorrect article references, misspellings and dates. The TA was sent to the printer on Monday and they are formatting the text into a blueline (printer’s software) version that will be edited, based on the noted above corrections, to ensure accuracy prior to mailing out the hard copies with the ballots on December 2nd. Prior to the ballot mailing the electronic version should be available on the web Monday the 28th and additionally will be emailed to those sub UA members for which we have email addresses.
To date the TA is still in edit format looking for things such as incorrect article references, misspellings and dates. The TA was sent to the printer on Monday and they are formatting the text into a blueline (printer’s software) version that will be edited, based on the noted above corrections, to ensure accuracy prior to mailing out the hard copies with the ballots on December 2nd. Prior to the ballot mailing the electronic version should be available on the web Monday the 28th and additionally will be emailed to those sub UA members for which we have email addresses.
Friday, November 11, 2011
Tentative Agreement
The negotiating committee worked over the last two days to reach an agreement that addresses the primary concerns of the membership. Feed back from the survey helped to guide us during these last two sessions with the company and an agreement has been reached.We are finalizing the documents for the secret ballot ratification process.We anticipate that the ballots will be mailed out in Late November or early December for a vote of the full membership to be completed before the end of the year.The highlights of this new tentative agreement
Tentative Agreement Details
Tentative Agreement Details
United Airlines and the International Brotherhood of Teamsters Reach Tentative Agreement
CHICAGO, Nov. 11, 2011 /PRNewswire via COMTEX/ --
United Airlines, a wholly owned subsidiary of United Continental Holdings, Inc. (NYSE: UAL), and the International Brotherhood of Teamsters (IBT) today announced that they reached a tentative agreement on a labor contract for mechanics at United. "We are pleased we could reach an agreement that recognizes the hard work of our co-workers," said Jim Keenan, senior vice president of technical operations for United. "This agreement is an essential step toward aligning our mechanic employees and getting a joint agreement for both our United and Continental mechanics." The agreement covers approximately 5,500 United mechanics and related employees located throughout the United States. Continental mechanics represented by the IBT ratified their collective bargaining agreement in November of 2010.
SOURCE United Continental Holdings, Inc.
United Airlines, a wholly owned subsidiary of United Continental Holdings, Inc. (NYSE: UAL), and the International Brotherhood of Teamsters (IBT) today announced that they reached a tentative agreement on a labor contract for mechanics at United. "We are pleased we could reach an agreement that recognizes the hard work of our co-workers," said Jim Keenan, senior vice president of technical operations for United. "This agreement is an essential step toward aligning our mechanic employees and getting a joint agreement for both our United and Continental mechanics." The agreement covers approximately 5,500 United mechanics and related employees located throughout the United States. Continental mechanics represented by the IBT ratified their collective bargaining agreement in November of 2010.
SOURCE United Continental Holdings, Inc.
Tuesday, November 1, 2011
Election Time
There are two important elections coming up. The International Brotherhood of Teamsters and the Washington State General Election.
For the IBT you should have already received your ballots in the mail. Below is a link to the notification from the Election Supervisor. There you will find directions on how to fill out your ballot also on how to request a duplicate ballot if you have not received one before November 7th. Please get them back in the mail as soon as possible.
Here is the link to the Election Supervisor.
For Washington State General Election, I have posted a link below to Joint Council 28. There you will find a list of endorsements on the local candidates and the issues.
It is everyone’s responsibility to vote if you have and questions on the General elections stop by the office or you can email me.
Click here for Joint Council 28 endorsements.
Jock
For the IBT you should have already received your ballots in the mail. Below is a link to the notification from the Election Supervisor. There you will find directions on how to fill out your ballot also on how to request a duplicate ballot if you have not received one before November 7th. Please get them back in the mail as soon as possible.
Here is the link to the Election Supervisor.
For Washington State General Election, I have posted a link below to Joint Council 28. There you will find a list of endorsements on the local candidates and the issues.
It is everyone’s responsibility to vote if you have and questions on the General elections stop by the office or you can email me.
Click here for Joint Council 28 endorsements.
Jock
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