FedEx and Pilots reach TA !!!!

[FedExFlyer]

Posted on VIPS this AM.......no details yet



FedEx Express and ALPA Announce Tentative Labor Agreement

Four-year contract requires ratification by pilots MEMPHIS, Tenn. (August 27, 2006) - FedEx Express, a unit of FedEx Corp. (NYSE:FDX), and the Air Line Pilots Association, Int’l. (ALPA), the collective bargaining representative for FedEx Express pilots, jointly announced today that they reached a tentative agreement (TA) on a new labor contract on Saturday evening. Negotiations have been conducted under the guidance of the National Mediation Board since October 2005 and both parties acknowledged the Board’s support.
The new agreement is subject to review and finalization of contract language, which is expected to be completed shortly. Terms of the tentative agreement are not being released as they first must be reviewed and approved by the FedEx ALPA Master Executive Council (MEC). If approved, the TA will be subject to a ratification vote by about 4,700 FedEx pilots and if ratified, the four-year contract would become amendable in 2010.
“We’re gratified that the collective bargaining process has produced solid contract improvements that acknowledge our pilot group’s contributions to FedEx and we appreciate the Company’s commitment to these negotiations,” said Captain David Webb, chairman of the ALPA FedEx MEC. “We look forward to presenting the tentative agreement to our governing body and membership.”
“We at FedEx Express appreciate the time and effort both sides have put into reaching a resolution that is not only fair to our pilots and their families but also fair to the company and our other employees and shareowners,” said David J. Bronczek, president and chief executive officer of FedEx Express.

side note:
God Bless all those on Comair this morning.............

 

[TheBaron]

A little bizarre that this showed up on the pilot web sight and we haven't received a MEC update from the union. Great news!!

 

[SWA/FO]

TA baby!!! A TA.

 

[active_herk]

A little bizarre that this showed up on the pilot web sight and we haven't received a MEC update from the union. Great news!!

Check your email inbox, I just got a letter from the MEC.

 

[Huck]

God bless those guys on the negotiating team. Buy them beers.

 

[Thebadcat1313]

money money money

What's the payscale!?!?

 

[Dangerkitty]

What's the payscale!?!?

There's A LOT more to a contact than the payscale.

 

[Purpled]

I don't think we'll see any details until the UPS TA voting is complete.

 

[dwojo1]

You'd think the company would want to get a decent detail out before the UPS vote closes - if the FEDEX TA is good then UPS pilots may be upset enough to vote down their TA and put peak for them in jeapardy.

 

[Purpled]

You'd think the company would want to get a decent detail out before the UPS vote closes - if the FEDEX TA is good then UPS pilots may be upset enough to vote down their TA and put peak for them in jeapardy.

You'd certainly think that, but if it were true they'd have come to us with good faith last year, or the year prior.

Personally, I think there's an unspoken agreement between the two companies which keeps both the contracts 'lower' than they could be by having them finished concurrently.

I guess we'll see, there's still a few days before the IPA releases its results. Hopefully info for us will start flowing before them.

Question for UPSers: Does your voting system allow you to change your vote or is it a one shot deal?