PAFCA: Negotiations Updates

August 2010

  • August 6, 2010

    The Company and the Association have held 11 negotiation sessions since our last update on April 28th. During these sessions the parties have reached Tentative Agreement on Sections 10 (Safety & Health), 11 (Dispciline), 18 (Mergers & Acquisitions) and 20...
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April 2010

  • April 28, 2010

    The Negotiation Committees will begin their first mediated sessions this week with NMB Mediator Victoria Gray in Chicago. Additional mediated sessions are scheduled for May 25-27 in Washington D.C....
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February 2010

  • February 9, 2010

    On January 28, United and PAFCA jointly requested the assistance of the National Mediation Board. The NMB has assigned Mediator Victoria Gray to assist the parties in these negotiations. Ms. Gray joined the NMB staff in 2009. Prior to joining...
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November 2009

  • November 25, 2009

    The company and PAFCA have exchanged comprehensive proposals in sessions on October 29th and November 16th. The parties have agreed to continued discussions and will establish the date for further sessions following additional analysis of the respective proposals....
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August 2009

  • August 14, 2009

    The Negotiating teams have met once since the last update on July 28. After some discussion about the difficult times the Company is facing and the numerous issues facing the dispatchers with the rollout of the new FLYWIZE flight planning...
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July 2009

  • July 28, 2009

    The negotiations teams have met regularly since June 8th for informal interest based discussions in an attempt to find creative solutions to known problems with various sections of the current collective bargaining agreement. Some of these topics include scheduling of...
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May 2009

  • May 22, 2009

    We completed our second day of negotiations with PAFCA this week. Tentative agreements were reached on Sections 12 (Bargaining and Grievance Procedures) and 17 (Professional Standards). Proposals were also exchanged for Section 2 (Classification and Eligibility) and Section 4 (Seniority)....
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