Dispatcher contract talks are not going well because the airline has offered no pay scale increases at all, although it is offering one-time bonuses, which are below $2,000 per dispatcher. "They have no money allocated to give structural contract raises to the dispatchers group," said Danny Persuit, president of Transport Workers Union Local 549, which represents about 800 dispatchers including 29 at Air Wisconsin.
Air Wisconsin dispatchers start at $15 an hour or about $31,000 annually and top out, after 10 years, at $20 hourly, or about $42,000 annually. By contrast, under a contract Persuit recently negotiated, American dispatchers start out at $70,000 and make about $140,000 annually after 20 years.
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Air Wisconsin dispatchers start at $15 an hour or about $31,000 annually and top out, after 10 years, at $20 hourly, or about $42,000 annually. By contrast, under a contract Persuit recently negotiated, American dispatchers start out at $70,000 and make about $140,000 annually after 20 years.
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