(Washington)—The Southwest Airlines (SWA) stock clerks represented by the International Brotherhood of Teamsters and Southwest Airlines will be entering mediation on Aug. 9 for their initial two-day session.

DALLAS (AP) - Three unions that represent airline workers say they will work together to lobby for tighter aircraft-maintenance rules and protection for workers whose airlines file for bankruptcy protection.

(Washington, DC July 27, 2010) – Three transportation organizations announced today the creation of a large aviation labor alliance to combine and coordinate lobbying efforts on airline safety and security. The American Aviation Labor Alliance (AALA) is a formal partnership of the International Brotherhood of Teamsters (IBT), the Transport Workers Union (TWU) and the Coalition of Airline Pilots Association (CAPA), which represent more than 140,000 aviation workers.

U.S. pilots would need at least 1,500 hours of flight experience to get a job in an airline cockpit, six times the current minimum requirement, under a House-Senate agreement disclosed by a passenger advocacy group.

Congress has given itself a little more time to reach an agreement on legislation reauthorizing the Federal Aviation Administration, but families of those killed in a regional jet crash near Buffalo in 2009 aren’t taking a breather.

Read this article to learn the latest development on the FAA Reauthorization bill.

MINNEAPOLIS -- Unions for thousands of flight attendants and ground workers at the old Northwest Airlines said they would seek a vote to represent those groups at Delta, taking advantage of new election rules that make it easier for them to win.

Mediator Mike Tosi has scheduled mediation on August 9 – 10, 2010 in Dallas, Texas. This will consist of an initial meeting with the mediator with both the Union and the Company. After the initial meeting we will continue to negotiate the open items in order to reach a Tentative Agreement.

A federal judge in Washington, D.C., Friday upheld a federal agency's rule change that would allow a union to be created by a majority of worker votes cast, instead of a majority of the entire work group casting ballots in favor of collective bargaining. The rule goes into effect July 1.

A federal court sided with organized labor Friday, backing more liberal voting rules for union representation elections at airlines and railroads.