April 2013 Bargaining Update: US Airways Passenger Services

On Tuesday, April 16, we gave the company proposals for Article 18-Sick Leave and Article 32-Call Monitoring. We also gave the company a proposal for a pension plan. We advised the company that our members expressed a desire for an added pension plan to supplement their retirement. We want to make sure that our members have a guaranteed benefit that they can count on when they reach retirement age. We also advised the company that this pension plan would not be in the control of the company and that the union would be a partner in the oversight of the funds. We also reached a tentative agreement on Article 30-Safety and Health.

The company gave us proposals on Article 6-Overtime, Article 7-Overtime Reservations, and Article 34-General and Miscellaneous. We ended the day by discussing counter proposals.

On Wednesday, April 17, we continued to go over counter proposals and prepared for the following day.

On Thursday, April 18, we gave the company a proposal on Article 36-Compensation. We gave the company a wage chart that would bring us an industry standard wage. We advised the company that we have earned record profits and should no longer be living on a wage with little increase from our 1999 contract rates. The company passed proposals on Article 18-Sick Leave, Article 24-Shift Definitions and Premiums, and Article 32-Call Monitoring. We ended the session by discussing future dates for negotiations.

Keep in mind, we do not give specifics right now on each article because they can change in each session of bargaining. Until we have a final tentative agreement to vote on the proposed language can change often, and we do not want to cause any confusion.

The next scheduled bargaining session is June 4-7 in Tempe, Arizona.