FedEx pilots reject new labor agreement with management
Omer Yusuf, Memphis Commercial Appeal
Mon, July 24, 2023
FedEx pilots rejected the new tentative agreement with company management, according to a news release from the Air Line Pilots Association, International (ALPA) on Monday morning.
The pilots rejected the tentative agreement by a vote of 57% to 43%. A news release from the FedEx's pilot union in June shared details about the agreement, which includes a 30% pay increase and a 30% increase to the pilots’ legacy pension.
“Our members have spoken and we will now regroup and prepare for the next steps. In the coming weeks, the FedEx ALPA leadership will meet to establish a timeline for assessing pilot group priorities moving forward," said Capt. Chris Norman, FedEx ALPA chair, in a statement. "FedEx pilots remain unified and that will drive a new path that will help produce an agreement that all FedEx pilots will be proud to support."
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It is expected the National Mediation Board will convene a status conference with both parties, but there is no time requirement for this to occur.
This comes nearly two months after FedEx announced a tentative agreement had been reached between the labor union and management.
“The tentative agreement voting results have no impact on our service as we continue delivering for our customers around the world,” FedEx said in a statement Monday. “The parties will return to negotiations under the supervision of the National Mediation Board. While we are disappointed in these voting results, FedEx will continue to bargain in good faith with our pilots to achieve an agreement that is fair for all FedEx stakeholders.”
The FedEx pilots' union leadership voted in June to approve a new contract between the Memphis-based company and pilots, which at the time seemed like another step toward ending the two-year-plus negotiation process.
The membership ratification ballot among union members — the step following the leadership vote — opened July 5 and closed Monday.
The pilots' union has been in contract negotiations with FedEx management since May 2021. The most updated contract was signed by FedEx pilots in 2015. The ALPA and FedEx management had been in mediation since November 2022.
Omer Yusuf, Memphis Commercial Appeal
Mon, July 24, 2023
FedEx pilots rejected the new tentative agreement with company management, according to a news release from the Air Line Pilots Association, International (ALPA) on Monday morning.
The pilots rejected the tentative agreement by a vote of 57% to 43%. A news release from the FedEx's pilot union in June shared details about the agreement, which includes a 30% pay increase and a 30% increase to the pilots’ legacy pension.
“Our members have spoken and we will now regroup and prepare for the next steps. In the coming weeks, the FedEx ALPA leadership will meet to establish a timeline for assessing pilot group priorities moving forward," said Capt. Chris Norman, FedEx ALPA chair, in a statement. "FedEx pilots remain unified and that will drive a new path that will help produce an agreement that all FedEx pilots will be proud to support."
FEDEX NEWS: FedEx executives remain confident about future despite mixed earnings report. Here's why.
It is expected the National Mediation Board will convene a status conference with both parties, but there is no time requirement for this to occur.
This comes nearly two months after FedEx announced a tentative agreement had been reached between the labor union and management.
“The tentative agreement voting results have no impact on our service as we continue delivering for our customers around the world,” FedEx said in a statement Monday. “The parties will return to negotiations under the supervision of the National Mediation Board. While we are disappointed in these voting results, FedEx will continue to bargain in good faith with our pilots to achieve an agreement that is fair for all FedEx stakeholders.”
The FedEx pilots' union leadership voted in June to approve a new contract between the Memphis-based company and pilots, which at the time seemed like another step toward ending the two-year-plus negotiation process.
The membership ratification ballot among union members — the step following the leadership vote — opened July 5 and closed Monday.
The pilots' union has been in contract negotiations with FedEx management since May 2021. The most updated contract was signed by FedEx pilots in 2015. The ALPA and FedEx management had been in mediation since November 2022.
American Airlines union postpones vote for contract agreement
Reuters
Sun, July 23, 2023
(Reuters) — American Airlines' pilot union has indefinitely postponed the ratification vote for a tentative labor contract agreement, it said in a memo on Sunday.
The voting will now take place "at a date and time to be determined", the union said.
American Airlines Group Inc. (AAL)
American Airlines pilots were due to vote on Monday after the company on Friday raised the value of its contract offer to pilots by more than $1 billion. The union had earlier warned that ratification was in jeopardy.
The delay should give the union more time to weigh the sweetened offer from the US carrier.
The Texas-based carrier said on Friday's changes brought the total value of the four-year proposed contract to $9 billion and would match the pay rates and retroactive pay in United Airlines' tentative agreement.
American Airlines did not immediately respond to a Reuters request for comment.
(Reporting by Rishabh Jaiswal in Bengaluru and Rajesh Kumar Singh; Editing by Nivedita Bhattacharjee)
Reuters
Sun, July 23, 2023
(Reuters) — American Airlines' pilot union has indefinitely postponed the ratification vote for a tentative labor contract agreement, it said in a memo on Sunday.
The voting will now take place "at a date and time to be determined", the union said.
American Airlines Group Inc. (AAL)
American Airlines pilots were due to vote on Monday after the company on Friday raised the value of its contract offer to pilots by more than $1 billion. The union had earlier warned that ratification was in jeopardy.
The delay should give the union more time to weigh the sweetened offer from the US carrier.
The Texas-based carrier said on Friday's changes brought the total value of the four-year proposed contract to $9 billion and would match the pay rates and retroactive pay in United Airlines' tentative agreement.
American Airlines did not immediately respond to a Reuters request for comment.
(Reporting by Rishabh Jaiswal in Bengaluru and Rajesh Kumar Singh; Editing by Nivedita Bhattacharjee)
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