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 asked questions about the history of the three carriers to get an understanding of the way each of them has treated seniority in the past.
Items discussed included the Consent Decree on the sub UA side and how that would affect the sub CAL and CMI groups. Also discussed was the fact that there are several different uses for seniority between the three groups i.e., the sub CAL group uses mechanic craft seniority for bidding for premium jobs (leads and inspectors) while the sub UA and sub CMI groups use a different premium or classification seniority for that purpose. Mediator Berger posed several items to discuss in future meetings and made a request for any documentation that may assist the rank and file committee when they meet.
