Fed. Mediator Calls Indefinate Recess for UPS
12-26-2005, 05:18 AM
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Fed. Mediator Calls Indefinate Recess for UPS
Looks as if the IPA just got a lump of coal in their stockings.
ATLANTA -(Dow Jones)- United Parcel Service Inc. (UPS) said a federal mediator has put talks between the company and the union representing its pilots in an "indefinite recess."
The mediator's recess declaration comes a day after the pilots' union said it wanted to be released from mediated negotiations after 18 months of bargaining under a federal mediator, escalating the possibility of a strike.
In a press release Friday, package delivery company UPS added that although no future mediation sessions are currently scheduled, the mediator said both sides should "re-evaluate negotiating positions with respect to the remaining issues and prepare to bring the negotiations to a successful conclusion."
(MORE TO FOLLOW) Dow Jones Newswires
12-23-05 1451ET
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In Friday's edition, The Wall Street Journal reported that both UPS and the Independent Pilots Association had acknowledged progress on key issues over the past four days of talks.
But the union, claiming that negotiators are roughly $40 million a year apart on a potential pact, said it would insist on honoring a promise it made last month to declare an impasse.
A representative from the union wasn't immediately available to comment on the mediator's decision. The union represents UPS's 2,500 pilots.
On Friday, UPS, which noted there cannot be a strike or work stoppage while the parties are in recess, said the recess doesn't prohibit the two parties from continuing to talk.
Had the the mediator declared an impasse, instead of a recess, the pilots couldn't walk off the job for 30 days under the provisions of the Railway Labor Act, according to a UPS representative.
ATLANTA -(Dow Jones)- United Parcel Service Inc. (UPS) said a federal mediator has put talks between the company and the union representing its pilots in an "indefinite recess."
The mediator's recess declaration comes a day after the pilots' union said it wanted to be released from mediated negotiations after 18 months of bargaining under a federal mediator, escalating the possibility of a strike.
In a press release Friday, package delivery company UPS added that although no future mediation sessions are currently scheduled, the mediator said both sides should "re-evaluate negotiating positions with respect to the remaining issues and prepare to bring the negotiations to a successful conclusion."
(MORE TO FOLLOW) Dow Jones Newswires
12-23-05 1451ET
Copyright (c) 2005 Dow Jones & Company, Inc.
In Friday's edition, The Wall Street Journal reported that both UPS and the Independent Pilots Association had acknowledged progress on key issues over the past four days of talks.
But the union, claiming that negotiators are roughly $40 million a year apart on a potential pact, said it would insist on honoring a promise it made last month to declare an impasse.
A representative from the union wasn't immediately available to comment on the mediator's decision. The union represents UPS's 2,500 pilots.
On Friday, UPS, which noted there cannot be a strike or work stoppage while the parties are in recess, said the recess doesn't prohibit the two parties from continuing to talk.
Had the the mediator declared an impasse, instead of a recess, the pilots couldn't walk off the job for 30 days under the provisions of the Railway Labor Act, according to a UPS representative.
