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how many unions so far have had to give up Easter and Memorial Day holidays? how many have actually had the concessions slowly returned to them over the next 6 years? How many have a clause in their contract stating that if the company is sold their contract goes back to pre concession terms...

To all those that believe all the w/o's should be combined into one. That sounds like a good idea but when you take all those pilot ego's any try to combine their contracts it turns into a nightmare. Just ask the people at ALG. When PA Airlines took over ALG when it was in Reading there was...

The mechanics at alg have to either accept proposal A which is a .20 an hour paycut,(retroactive to Sept 1st), loose Easter and labor day holidays, loose the 2% 401k match, have their health insurance increased to 63.19 every 2 weeks for a family and will be reviewed every April to keep it at a...

no management cuts were not retroactive

The Teamsters do represent the mechanics, stock clerks and ops agents at Allegheny. They are still negotiating. So far the mechanics have turned down the first round of concessions by 97%. The big reason is most of the mechanics only make between $12 and $14 an hour. Management stated that no...