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Director: Captain David Bourne
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Airline Division News, Week Ending March 30, 2018
Today over 95% of Omni International’s pilots voted by an overwhelming margin to ratify their new contract. With 190 of the 198 eligible members voting, 177 members voted in favor of the new agreement.
Swissport Workers Join Teamsters Local 174
(TUKWILA, Wash.) — Nearly 150 aircraft fuelers, dispatchers and mechanics employed by Swissport have finally received word that they were successful in their effort to join Teamsters Local 174. The mostly-immigrant workgroup is based at SeaTac airport, and is responsible for fueling all commercial aircraft departing from that airport.
Scholarship Program For Sons and Daughters of Teamsters
Applications for 2018 are now being accepted by the James R. Hoffa Memorial Scholarship Fund.
Airline Division News, Week Ending March 10, 2018
Pilots at charter airline Omni Air International reached a new tentative agreement with the company on February 28th. The agreement includes major increases in pay that make Omni’s starting first officer salaries the highest in the U.S. airline industry.
Allegiant Air Mechanics and Related Classifications Join Teamsters
(WASHINGTON) – Today, mechanics and related classifications at Allegiant Air voted overwhelmingly for the International Brotherhood of Teamsters to become their collective bargaining representatives in an election with the National Mediation Board (NMB). The final vote count comes after a petition for representation was filed on December 13, 2017.
Teamsters Local 1224 Secures Contract With Up to 100 Percent Gains for Pilots At Omni
(TULSA, Okla.) – Pilots at charter airline Omni Air International reached a new tentative agreement with the company on February 28. The agreement includes major increases in pay that make Omni’s starting first officer salaries the highest in the U.S. airline industry. The pilots are represented by the Airline Professionals Association Teamsters Local 1224 and have been in negotiations with the company for almost two and a half years.
Teamsters Local 856 Member Saves Two Lives from Human Trafficking
Denice Miracle has been a Customer Service Representative at American Airlines for 27 years. As a worker in the airline industry, she’s always thinking of the safety of her passengers above all else. For this reason, it was fortunate that she was working one fateful day last year when two young teenagers approached her desk at Sacramento International Airport.
Airline Division Business Agents Meet to Burnish Skills, Share Best Practices
Last week, business agents representing mechanics, pilots, customer service representatives and other occupations met at the International Brotherhood of Teamsters Headquarters in Washington, D.C., for a three-day training. During the training, a number of important topics were discussed.
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