The International Brotherhood of Teamsters, Airline Division this week sent a request to the National Mediation Board that it release the aircraft mechanics of United Parcel Service from contract negotiations after more than four years of bargaining without reaching an agreement.

The National Mediation Board has agreed to postpone by a few weeks the effective date of a new rule that will make it easier for U.S. airline employees to unionize.

(SEATTLE) -- At today’s Alaska Air Group [NYSE: ALK] shareholder meeting, Teamster-represented Horizon Air mechanics and pilots will demand the company disclose the standards used for outsourced aircraft maintenance and how the company enforces those standards.

Last week, the IBT Airline Division released IBT Update No. 1 on the UAL-CAL Proposed Merger. That Update presented information of interest to all UAL and CAL mechanics and fleet service employees regarding the corporate merger, while focusing particular attention on the likely effects of the merger on UAL and CAL mechanics. This Update focuses on UAL and CAL fleet service employees.

Teamsters General President Jim Hoffa today applauded the National Mediation Board for changing a federal rule that now makes it fairer for airline and railway employees to form unions.

As you know, on May 3, 2010, UAL Corporation (UAL) and Continental Airlines (CAL) announced their agreement to merge “as equals.” As is the case with all airline mergers, the UAL-CAL merger and all of its details are complex, will require many layers of United States and foreign government approval, and will take quite some time before it actually is completed.

Delta Air Lines Inc. and major U.S. air carriers will face a steeper challenge in blocking union campaigns after the National Mediation Board eased the rules for labor organizing.

The Teamsters Union announced today that it is assembling an experienced team of experts to ensure its members’ jobs and interests are protected should the proposed merger of United and Continental be approved by federal regulators and shareholders.

(WASHINGTON) – The Teamsters today hailed a decision by a federal judge in Milwaukee that Frontier Airlines and its parent company must restore mechanic and stock-clerk work to union employees.

A federal judge in Milwaukee ruled Tuesday that Frontier Airlines and its parent company must restore all mechanic and stock-clerk work to union- covered employees.