NEGOTIATIONS NEWS
Thursday, August 11, 2005
TO:All Local 580 Members
FROM:Local 580 Negotiating Committee
Brothers and Sisters,
We have completed this week’s negotiations sessions with America West Airlines. After lengthy discussions, America West rejected our entire proposal that included language to bring AWA Fleet Service employees pay to parallel the wages at US Airways, and would remain in effect until such time that seniority integration and representation issues were completed. No other changes were proposed to the current collective bargaining agreement. The Company cited that our proposal, as presented, “would violate the ATSB loan agreement†and that was their foundation for denial. Our economist has run a cost comparison of our proposal to the ATSB loan and has found that the proposal did not violate the agreement; furthermore it conforms to the ATSB loan agreement. Our economist worked on the America West dispatch contract months ago and used the same formula that America West used for that contract. Because the company based their denial on the ATSB loan violation, your Union expects the company to justify their position before we move forward.
In addition, your committee presented language proposals on a number of sections and we have reached tentative agreement on one entire section. We have also reached tentative agreements on language changes the Union proposed on paragraphs within other sections.
As we move forward many of you want to help the negotiation process and expedite this to a successful conclusion. What is needed from each of you is your continued support and to be prepared to volunteer a small amount of time in the near future. You can keep up to date by visiting the website at www.local580.org for additional information.
Thanks for your continued support, as we will win standing together. United we stand, divided we beg!
In Solidarity,
Pat Rezler
President Jaime Ruiz
Committee Member Gary Gould
Committee Member Gary Shults
Thursday, August 11, 2005
TO:All Local 580 Members
FROM:Local 580 Negotiating Committee
Brothers and Sisters,
We have completed this week’s negotiations sessions with America West Airlines. After lengthy discussions, America West rejected our entire proposal that included language to bring AWA Fleet Service employees pay to parallel the wages at US Airways, and would remain in effect until such time that seniority integration and representation issues were completed. No other changes were proposed to the current collective bargaining agreement. The Company cited that our proposal, as presented, “would violate the ATSB loan agreement†and that was their foundation for denial. Our economist has run a cost comparison of our proposal to the ATSB loan and has found that the proposal did not violate the agreement; furthermore it conforms to the ATSB loan agreement. Our economist worked on the America West dispatch contract months ago and used the same formula that America West used for that contract. Because the company based their denial on the ATSB loan violation, your Union expects the company to justify their position before we move forward.
In addition, your committee presented language proposals on a number of sections and we have reached tentative agreement on one entire section. We have also reached tentative agreements on language changes the Union proposed on paragraphs within other sections.
As we move forward many of you want to help the negotiation process and expedite this to a successful conclusion. What is needed from each of you is your continued support and to be prepared to volunteer a small amount of time in the near future. You can keep up to date by visiting the website at www.local580.org for additional information.
Thanks for your continued support, as we will win standing together. United we stand, divided we beg!
In Solidarity,
Pat Rezler
President Jaime Ruiz
Committee Member Gary Gould
Committee Member Gary Shults
