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Sun, Jan 14, 2007

Union, PHI Reach Partial Agreement In Ongoing Labor Dispute

Pilots May Return To Work... But Will They Stay?

Could this finally be the beginning of the end for a seemingly neverending labor action between helicopter operator PHI and its pilots? No one is ready to say for certain just yet... but it may be encouraging to know the company has agreed to allow approximately 60 striking pilots to return to work at the end of this month.

Both sides reached the understanding in federal court Thursday. While it does clear the way for PHI pilots to start flying again, the agreement does not resolve the underlying issue that led to those bad feelings in the first place: the company's insistence returning pilots sign a pledge to not engage in further strike activity.

PHI attorney Hal Broussard told the Lafayette (LA) Daily Advertiser said the company wants to reserve the right to discipline pilots should they return to work, “and three weeks later call a selective strike.”

“We want the right to fire them,” Broussard added -- a point countered by union lawyer Mel Schwarzwald, representing the pilots.

As Aero-News reported, the pilots went on strike against PHI in September, after federal mediation attempts over its expired labor contract failed. The pilots offered to return two months later... but said PHI deliberately stalled on agreeing to take them back.

PHI denied that allegation... and claimed they had rehired some 100 pilots back to work since the strike began. Schwarzwald says PHI violated federal law in how it brought those pilots back, however, saying the company only hired pilots who contacted the company directly, instead of going through the union.

This one may not be over yet...

FMI: www.phihelico.com

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