UPS Pilots to Honor German Picket Lines (CGN)
04-26-2016, 10:30 AM
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UPS Pilots to Honor German Picket Lines (CGN)
UPS Pilots to Honor German Picket Lines at Cologne Bonn Airport
Louisville – Approximately 80 members of the Independent Pilots Association (UPS pilots) working in Cologne, Germany will honor the picket lines of ver.di at the Cologne Bonn airport. The strike is scheduled to last 24 hours beginning at midnight local Germany time tonight.
“Ver.di, which represents the ground staff at the Cologne Bonn airport, has asked the IPA to withhold our services as pilots during their 24-hour strike,” said IPA President, Captain Robert Travis. “We will honor their strike and not cross the ver.di picket lines.”
It is estimated that the ver.di strike will impact about 60 UPS flights into and out of the Cologne Bonn airport.
“Last week we opened our strike center in anticipation of a potential strike of UPS by our pilots. Now, less than a week later, we are operating the strike center in support of our German co-workers,” said Travis. “We will demonstrate our solidarity with our co-workers in Germany, and we are confident they will support us, should that time come.”
Louisville – Approximately 80 members of the Independent Pilots Association (UPS pilots) working in Cologne, Germany will honor the picket lines of ver.di at the Cologne Bonn airport. The strike is scheduled to last 24 hours beginning at midnight local Germany time tonight.
“Ver.di, which represents the ground staff at the Cologne Bonn airport, has asked the IPA to withhold our services as pilots during their 24-hour strike,” said IPA President, Captain Robert Travis. “We will honor their strike and not cross the ver.di picket lines.”
It is estimated that the ver.di strike will impact about 60 UPS flights into and out of the Cologne Bonn airport.
“Last week we opened our strike center in anticipation of a potential strike of UPS by our pilots. Now, less than a week later, we are operating the strike center in support of our German co-workers,” said Travis. “We will demonstrate our solidarity with our co-workers in Germany, and we are confident they will support us, should that time come.”
04-26-2016, 11:24 AM
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Originally Posted by aviatorhi
Wonder if Germany's DHL folk would support Atlas/Southern pilots.
04-26-2016, 11:39 AM
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Originally Posted by whalesurfer
Please don't turn a great initiative into your personal agenda. This is about us helping our German co-workers. Nothing more and nothing less.
04-26-2016, 12:42 PM
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Originally Posted by whalesurfer
UPS Pilots to Honor German Picket Lines at Cologne Bonn Airport...said IPA President, Captain Robert Travis. “We will honor their strike and not cross the ver.di picket lines.”[/b]...
04-28-2016, 01:38 AM
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Originally Posted by LongHaulFlyer
Of 17 scheduled flights out of CGN, only 2 made it out. NONE were flown by IPA pilots. 100% United!
04-28-2016, 01:45 AM
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Originally Posted by Ray Kinsella
One was a contractor and the other was a UPS MD-11. Could someone explain how a browntail was flown if no IPA pilots crossed the picket line?
That's what I believe he's saying: They may been UPS pilots but they were not IPA members.
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