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Tuesday, June 7, 2001
IAM-UAL Talks Recessed by Federal Mediators The National Mediation Board (NMB) called for a time-out after two IAM bargaining teams and United Airlines spent this week in Washington, D.C. maneuvering to reach acceptable settlements. The NMB summoned Districts 141 and 141-M to the nation's capitol following repeated calls by the Machinists for release from negotiations. The District 141 bargaining committee, representing 30,000 United workers, met with NMB officials and company representatives for 10 days before agreeing talks would resume shortly upon notification from the board. In separate talks for 15,000 mechanic and related employees represented by District 141-M, progress is stalled in part due to a "pending representational dispute" according to board officials. The board held two days of meetings at NMB headquarters and set June 20 as the date for talks to resume between both sides in that dispute. For more information:
Rail Retirement Bill on Fast Track A rail retirement bill that got sidetracked during the last session of Congress despite strong bipartisan backing is back on track. On the House side, the measure, HR 1140, has 363 co-sponsors compared to 306 for last session's bill. It whizzed through a major subcommittee and headed for the Ways and Means Committee, where a vote is likely by mid-July. On the Senate side, the same legislation, S 697, has 63 co-sponsors-including 43 Democrats. The Democrat's Senate takeover means Sen. Tom Daschle of South Dakota, one of the bill's first co-sponsors, is now the Majority Leader. Sen. Max Baucus, D-Nev, another co-sponsor, chairs the Finance Committee. Baucus will determine when the legislation will be considered for a vote.
The legislation significantly improves the early retirement benefit, boosts surviving spouse payments and cuts the vesting requirement from 10 years to five. "Contact your senators and representatives and urge them to support and vote for this bill," said Mark Filipovic, IAM railroad coordinator.
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"The pay and benefits enjoyed by airline workers today are a direct result of battles fought and rights won years ago by AFL-CIO men and women," said IP Tom Buffenbarger. "We intend to protect those rights, and to
use them as they were originally intended. We will not allow a pro-business political agenda to corrupt the process and silence the legitimate bargaining power of airline workers," said Buffenbarger.
The aviation summit was convened by Richard Trumka, AFL-CIO secretary-treasurer, who told leaders of a half dozen affiliated unions that the biggest obstacle to resolving airline collective bargaining agreements is not the size of their demands, but the threat of political interference and the lop-sided use of presidential emergency boards.
"Airline members are on the front lines of a fight to defeat an industry campaign designed to turn back the clock on more than 60 years of union-won progress in wages, benefits and working conditions," said Transportation GVP Robert Roach, Jr., who attended the meeting on behalf of nearly 130,000 airline employees. "We welcome the support of our brothers and sisters in the AFL-CIO and its Transportation Trades Department," said Roach. "Strength in numbers produced great victories for working people in the past and I have no doubt it will continue to do so in the future."
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"Monarch Aviation provides under and over wing services for charter and scheduled carriers. About 85 customer service and ramp workers will be members of Local 1781 and District Lodge 141.
""This win is a direct result of cooperation between the SFO Organizing Project, District 141 and Local 1781," said Don Barker SFO organizing project coordinator. "District Organizer Ozzie Valdes, Project and Local 1781 activists Victor Custodio, Roberto Mendez and Carl Finamore all put in long hours to win this campaign."
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