Fri, Oct 14, 2005
CWA Members Approve New, Joint Association for Agents at Merged
US Airways/America West
Members of the Communications
Workers of America today approved the establishment of a new
Airline Customer Service Employee Association -- a joint alliance
with the International Brotherhood of Teamsters -- that will
represent passenger service agents at the merged US Airways and
America West.
CWA members approved the alliance by an 84-percent "yes" vote in
a mail ballot. CWA ballots were counted today at CWA headquarters
by a committee of local union presidents representing US Airways'
agents. IBT members also are voting on the agreement.
CWA represents 6,000 passenger agents at US Airways and IBT
represents 3,500 agents at America West. The employees work as
reservations, ticket and gate agents, and also staff hospitality
clubs at airports and assist handicapped passengers.
CWA's contract now in place at US Airways is amendable beginning
January 2012. This agreement's conditions remain in effect by law
at the newly merged airline. The IBT now is in bargaining for a
first contract at America West, where employees unionized last
year.
The goal of the new association --
the Airline Customer Service Employee Association -- IBT/CWA -- is
to improve salaries and conditions for America West and US Airways
employees, and the association will bargain in the future for such
improvements.
For now, CWA will continue to represent the US Airways workers
systemwide and the Teamsters will represent the America West
workers systemwide. In the future, when a combined contract is
bargained and ratified, CWA will represent workers in the eastern
part of the United States and the IBT will represent workers in the
western states.
The presidents of the two unions will alternate in heading up
the association, with CWA President Larry Cohen initially serving
as director for the first year and IBT President James Hoffa as
vice director. CWA and IBT will each designate an equal number of
representatives from their local unions to form a US Airways
Representation Committee to meet at least four times a year on
workplace issues and policies of the association. All policy
questions must be jointly approved.
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