Originally Posted by
JustInFacts
You mean a clause in your scope that was approved by the pilots in another contract. So this group that will go toe to toe voluntarily gave up their right to withhold labor in favor of binding arbitration?
Not exactly. That language originated in the very first ALPA contract settled over 20 years ago. Atlas is now Teamsters which was finally successful in having that language removed. The only reason why it remained in place for so long was because the company deliberately exploited it by purchasing two carriers with the same bargaining agents, thereby avoiding Sec 6 and the ratification process, forcing the contract into the hands a 3rd party arbitrator. They did this twice!
Polar Air Cargo was ALPA, same as Atlas, when that merger was announced in 2004.
Then in 2016, Atlas was Teamsters, and so was Southern, when they were acquired in 2016.
Language was finally negotiated out early 2022.