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May 15, 2008 Machinists Ratify Final US Airways Agreement
To All IAM US Airways Fleet Service Members
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Dear Sisters and Brothers:
The International Association of Machinists and Aerospace Workers’ (IAM)
District Lodge 141 today announced ratification of a forty-three month
agreement with US Airways covering 7,700 Fleet Service employees. Sixty
three percent of the voting membership ratified the agreement.
“Ratification of this agreement ends three years of uncertainty for
Fleet Service workers,” said IAM General Vice President Robert Roach,
Jr. “This is the third and final transition agreement ratified by IAM
members following the US Airways-America West merger.”
The Machinists union had previously completed new agreements with US
Airways for 3,300 IAM-represented Mechanic & Related and 40 Fleet
Technical Instructors. All IAM agreements include participation in the
IAM National Pension Plan, the only defined benefit pension plan to
survive US Airways’ bankruptcies.
“This agreement provides for fair seniority integration, higher wages,
better vacations, increased overtime pay, more job security for all
Fleet Service employees,” said District 141 President Randy Canale.
“After three years we can finally move forward as a single, unified
workforce.”
Complete details of the agreement are available at
Final US
Airways Agreement.
The Machinists Union is the largest Airline and Rail Union in North
America, representing more than 170,000 Flight Attendants, Customer
Service Agents, Reservation Agents, Ramp Service Personnel, Mechanics,
Railroad Machinists and related transportation industry workers.
Additional information about the Machinists Union is available at
www.goiam.org/transportation.
Sincerely and Fraternally,
S.R. (Randy) Canale
President and Directing General Chairman |
