Dispatchers reach agreement on seniority integration and alignment of pay and work rules
December 11, 2008.
Delta and the leadership of the Professional Airline Flight Control Association, representing pre-merger Delta dispatchers, and the Transport Workers Union, representing pre-merger Northwest dispatchers, have reached agreement on pay and work rules covering the combined workgroup. The parties also agreed on a merged seniority list that will become effective if PAFCA and TWU members ratify the joint agreement.
"We're very pleased with yet another example of the success that can result from working together to quickly resolve those issues that are most important to our employees," said Neil Stronach, s.v.p.-Operations Control.
If they are ratified, the new pay and work rules, along with the merged seniority list, will become effective Jan. 1 and the agreement would become amendable at the end of 2013.
"It's clear that PAFCA and TWU understand the value of alleviating their members' anxiety about seniority integration and aligning pay and benefits and I applaud their leadership," said Mike Campbell, e.v.p.-Human Resources and Labor Relations. "Expediting this process – even though representation issues have not been resolved – is appropriate and feasible as demonstrated by the two employee groups."
"During the course of the integration it is our goal to continue to work together to make sure this integration is successful, ultimately providing our members the security and the financial benefits that come from working for a profitable company," said Delta PAFCA President Kevin Thompson and TWU Local 543 President Perry Sprague in a joint memo to their members.