The wages and working conditions of the NJASAP pilots are memorialized in the 2007 Amended Agreement that was negotiated as part of an unprecedented seven-month interest-based-bargaining effort. The agreement included an option that would allow management to extend the agreement for up to three additional years in accordance with a set of defined parameters. The Union made no secret of its interest in discussing the extension option with NetJets; however, management declined. On Dec. 27, 2012, NetJets sent NJASAP a formal Section 6 Notice to commence bargaining under the Railway Labor Act, advising the Association of the company’s intent to proceed into contract talks in 2013; NJASAP followed suit the next day.
On the first day of talks, senior management gave a presentation in which they outlined the four “pillars” that would focus their work at the bargaining table. The goals represented major concessions that demanded the pilots group accept compensation reductions, diminished job protection, and increased healthcare costs as well as surrender basic rights afforded to all union members. NJASAP Leadership viewed the proposal as outrageous not only in light of the professionalism, dedication and skill the pilots offer, but also given the company’s stellar financial performance in recent years. The NJASAP Membership has taken great exception to both the pace and direction contract talks have taken, viewing it as part of an unprecedented attack on organized employees and our contracts.
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