Fri, Aug 07, 2009
Union Will Vote On The Agreement In The Coming Weeks
After more than four and a half years of contract negotiations
with management, the Pinnacle Airlines pilots, represented by the
Air Line Pilots Association, Int’l, (ALPA) reached a
tentative agreement with management on a new collective bargaining
agreement.
“We are pleased that our Negotiating Committee was able to
reach an agreement on all sections of a new contract,” said
Captain Scott Erickson, chairman of the Pinnacle arm of ALPA.
The Pinnacle pilots’ contract became amendable May 1,
2005. The pilots are the only Pinnacle employee group that has not
had a raise in more than five years.
Details of the agreement will be released after legal review and
finalization of contract language. The tentative agreement must
first go to the Pinnacle Master Executive Council (MEC) – the
union’s governing body – for review and ratification
before it is sent to the pilots for a vote. A series of pilot road
shows will be conducted later this month to fully discuss details
of the new contract if the agreement is approved by the MEC. If the
pilots ratify the agreement, it will then be signed by ALPA
President Captain John Prater.
“It’s been a grueling process in reaching a
consensual agreement. After an intense day of negotiations at the
National Mediation Board offices, the pilots and management
realized that closing the chapter on this book will allow both
sides to move forward,” said Capt. Prater.
Pinnacle pilots and management have been negotiating for a new
contract since February 2005, and entered mediated negotiations
with the NMB in late September 2006. Pinnacle employs 1,282
pilots.
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