by jcarlson | Sep 30, 2013 | American Airlines, Fleet Service, Fleet Service, Maintenance Training Specialists, Mechanic and Related, Mechanic and Related, Stores, Stores, US Airways
American Airlines and US Airways announced last week they will extend their merger deadline into January, giving the companies more time as they face an antitrust challenge from the U.S. Department of Justice. The extension pushes the date that either airline could...
by jcarlson | Sep 13, 2013 | American Airlines, Fleet Service, Fleet Service, Maintenance Training Specialists, Mechanic and Related, Mechanic and Related, Stores, Stores, US Airways
The National Mediation Board (NMB) this week held a “status conference” with IAM Districts 141 and 142 regarding the ongoing US Airways Mechanic and Related and Fleet Service contract negotiations. The NMB also met separately with the carrier. Amid the continuing...
by jcarlson | Aug 29, 2013 | Fleet Service, Fleet Service, Maintenance Training Specialists, Mechanic and Related, Mechanic and Related, Stores, Stores, Uncategorized, US Airways
American Airlines, its unsecured creditors committee and US Airways have come right out and said it – the American-US Airways merger would be endangered if the antitrust lawsuit seeking to block it doesn’t start until March 2014. In a filing Wednesday in U.S. District...
by jcarlson | Aug 16, 2013 | American Airlines, Fleet Service, Fleet Service, Maintenance Training Specialists, Mechanic and Related, Mechanic and Related, Stores, Stores, US Airways
Amid charges of forged election authorization cards and after more than a year of causing conflict and division among workers at American Airlines and US Airways, the International Brotherhood of Teamsters (IBT) today abandoned its raid of mechanic and related workers...
by jcarlson | Aug 13, 2013 | American Airlines, Fleet Service, Fleet Service, Maintenance Training Specialists, Mechanic and Related, Mechanic and Related, Stores, Stores, US Airways
The Department of Justice (DOJ) and six state attorneys general today filed suit to block the proposed merger of US Airways and American Airlines. “This is the exact reason why we have continually demanded US Airways negotiate a fair contract with IAM members before...
