The Teamsters Union said Monday that it supports legislation to ban the transportation of flammable liquid in the loading lines of tank trucks. Currently, 30 to 50 gallons of flammable liquid such as fuel can be transported in unprotected loading lines beneath tank trucks.
Republic Airways Holdings Inc. (NASDAQ:RJET) took the next step in integrating its two summer airline purchases on Tuesday, announcing plans to shift jobs from Denver to Milwaukee as part of a broader buildup in Wisconsin.
United just recently authorized employees to donate to The Capt Jason Dahl Scholarship through the United Charity Giving Program.
Today, the Airline Professionals Association Teamsters Local 1224 announced that they have reached a tentative collective bargaining agreement with ABX Air, Inc. This announcement comes following more than four years of frustration and futility.
Representatives from UPS and Teamsters Local 2727, which represents approximately 1,200 UPS airline mechanics, met this week in Minneapolis with federal mediators from the National Mediation Board, in an effort to complete the parties’ collective bargaining negotiations.
Renewed talk about a merger of Continental Airlines and United Airlines is awakening concern about a merger's effect on Cleveland.
Organized labor appears to be gaining the upper hand in the skies and on rails, as labor and business battle for influence under the Obama administration.
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The National Mediation Board (NMB) is well on its way to making the election process for airline organizing campaigns more democratic and fair for the nation’s airline employees.
AirTran Airways, a subsidiary of AirTran Holdings Inc (NYSE:AAI), and the International Brotherhood of Teamsters, Local 528, announced on Wednesday the membership ratification of a new 40-month collective bargaining agreement.
Imagine you're a pilot, and you're flying a Boeing 737 filled with more than 100 passengers. Suddenly, the gauges show that Engine No. 2 is in trouble, so you shut it off and start flying the plane on the other engine alone.
