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ALPA President and Delta Connection ASA Pilots to Picket SkyWest Headquarters
ST. GEORGE, Utah, Oct. 11 /PRNewswire/ -- Capt. Duane E. Woerth,president of the Air Line Pilots Association, International (ALPA), alongwith pilots from Atlantic Southeast Airlines (ASA) and other members of the Association will conduct informational picketing at the headquarters ofSkyWest, Inc. (Nasdaq: SKYW). ASA operates under the "Delta Connection"livery and is a wholly owned subsidiary of SkyWest, Inc.
Why: The Association is picketing to demonstrate its frustration with theamount of time it is taking to negotiate the pilots' next collectivebargaining agreement. Although ASA was sold to SkyWest, Inc., by Delta AirLines, Inc. in September 2005, there has been no significant change in ASAmanagement's apparent lack of interest in concluding these talks.
Negotiations have dragged on for more than four years, and 11 sections ofthe labor contract still need to be addressed.
When: Friday, October 13, 2006 10:00 a.m.-2:00 p.m., MDT Where: SkyWest Corporate Offices, 444 South River Road, St. George, Utah 84790 Background: The ASA pilots began negotiations with management in September 2002,when their most current contract became amendable under the terms of theRailway Labor Act. Negotiations have been conducted with the assistance ofthe National Mediation Board (NMB) since May 2004.
However, citing the distance between the pilot and management proposals for the remainingsections of the contract, the NMB indefinitely recessed negotiations in May2006. Founded in 1931, ALPA is the world's largest pilot union, representing 60,000 pilots at 40 airlines in the United States and Canada.
Visit theALPA website at http://www.alpa.org.
SOURCE Air Line Pilots Association, International
ST. GEORGE, Utah, Oct. 11 /PRNewswire/ -- Capt. Duane E. Woerth,president of the Air Line Pilots Association, International (ALPA), alongwith pilots from Atlantic Southeast Airlines (ASA) and other members of the Association will conduct informational picketing at the headquarters ofSkyWest, Inc. (Nasdaq: SKYW). ASA operates under the "Delta Connection"livery and is a wholly owned subsidiary of SkyWest, Inc.
Why: The Association is picketing to demonstrate its frustration with theamount of time it is taking to negotiate the pilots' next collectivebargaining agreement. Although ASA was sold to SkyWest, Inc., by Delta AirLines, Inc. in September 2005, there has been no significant change in ASAmanagement's apparent lack of interest in concluding these talks.
Negotiations have dragged on for more than four years, and 11 sections ofthe labor contract still need to be addressed.
When: Friday, October 13, 2006 10:00 a.m.-2:00 p.m., MDT Where: SkyWest Corporate Offices, 444 South River Road, St. George, Utah 84790 Background: The ASA pilots began negotiations with management in September 2002,when their most current contract became amendable under the terms of theRailway Labor Act. Negotiations have been conducted with the assistance ofthe National Mediation Board (NMB) since May 2004.
However, citing the distance between the pilot and management proposals for the remainingsections of the contract, the NMB indefinitely recessed negotiations in May2006. Founded in 1931, ALPA is the world's largest pilot union, representing 60,000 pilots at 40 airlines in the United States and Canada.
Visit theALPA website at http://www.alpa.org.
SOURCE Air Line Pilots Association, International
