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Pilots Soar with New Spirit Air Settlement, and More Bargaining News |
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Spirit Airlines agreed to stop shortchanging the number of days off pilots receive—and more updates here from the “Bargaining Digest Weekly.” The AFL-CIO Collective Bargaining Department delivers daily, bargaining-related news and research resources to more than 900 subscribers. Union leaders can register for this service through our website, Bargaining@Work.
NEGOTIATIONS
ALPA, Spirit Airlines: Spirit pilots, represented by the Air Line Pilots (ALPA), celebrated a much anticipated System Board of Adjustment decision, which orders Spirit management to cease shortchanging the number of days off that pilots receive after a scheduled sequence of trips. Under the collective bargaining agreement, pilots are entitled to receive up to five days off after the conclusion of a sequence of trips with no intervening days off.
NABET-CWA, NBC Universal: Negotiations between the National Association of Broadcast Employees and Technicians-CWA (NABET-CWA) and NBC Universal resumed. Parties last met in December.
USW, Severstal North America: United Steelworkers (USW) members resumed contract negotiations with Severstal North America Inc. for a contract for some 6,500 steelworkers in mills in West Virginia, Ohio, Maryland and Michigan. Pensions and health care benefits are key issues. The negotiations, which began last October, are continuing under the latest contract extension that expires March 31. The current labor contract expired in September.
SETTLEMENTS
CSEA-AFSCME, Nassau County: Nassau County, N.Y., workers, represented by CSEA Local 830, reached a new tentative agreement that saves the county $43 million this year while guaranteeing no layoffs or pay cuts.
UAW, Flint Truck: Some 2,000 hourly workers at Flint Truck Assembly plant in Michigan, represented by the UAW Local 598, reached a new tentative agreement. Details have not been released.
IAFF, Denver: Denver firefighters, represented by the Fire Fighters (IAFF), reached a tentative agreement with Mayor John Hickenlooper’s administration, which would help save the city money.
WORK STOPPAGES AND JOB ACTIONS
USW, Merck: Members of Merck in Rahway, N.J., represented by USW Local 4-575, rallied to protest against company plans to lay off workers and outsource those jobs to cheaper, nonunion sources. Other Merck and Schering-Plough workers, including those employed in Virginia, Tennessee and New Jersey, wore stickers in solidarity in the fight to keep their jobs.
Disclaimer: This information is being provided for your information only. As it is compiled from published news reports, not from individual unions, we cannot vouch for either its completeness or accuracy; readers who desire further information should directly contact the union involved.
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