The meeting was held on January 18, 2012 at 3:45PM in Phoenix, AZ

The meeting began with reports from;

Scott Kirby-President;

The industry is doing remarkably well even with the high fuel prices which we were able to pass on to the passengers and we are going to be profitable this year which is unusual. The revenue environment is very strong and fuel prices are elevated even more and the industry is doing well passing that on. We are running the best airline in the industry. If something happens in Iran we may have some major issues regarding fuel.

Doug Parker-CEO;

In flight service has improved greatly. Newer food products introduced have been popular. The profits for the year will be around $85 million. We are not going to loose much in the 4th qtr, which is good news with the fuel prices highest in history.
We are very happy about that.

Delta slot swap project updates will be discussed in the board meeting.

There has been immense speculation on the AMR bankruptcy and what might be our role. What the board will hear is AMR creates new opportunity verses where they were outside of bankruptcy. Of course, bankruptcy allows companies to do things to their cost structure. Their labor costs were so much higher then ours. They could not produce a profit. There has been huge speculation. We are doing what you would want us to do which is staying abreast of the situation. We have hired advisors and we want to be sure they are accurate with the reports. Bankruptcy is a long process as most of you are aware. Speculation does not mean things are going on; they are the result of people looking at the industry.

The speculation is also caused by the history of the past few years where we talked about a desire for consolidation. We have an obligation to see if anything makes sense and studying it diligently.

I don’t want to get distracted from running this company and we need to focus on that at the same time as looking into consolidation. We are in a position that we can do something or not about a merger, we are currently in a good position to stand alone as well.

 

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Your IBT/CWA Association Negotiating Committee met this month in Tempe, during the period of December 14 and 15. Read more >>>

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Your IBT/CWA Association Negotiating Committee met this month in Tempe, during the period of November 8 thru 10.

On Tuesday, November 8, we met with the company and gave them a proposal for Article 1-Purpose of Agreement. We also proposed the integration of some of the Letters of Agreement into the CBA.
On Wednesday, November 9, we met with the company and gave them a proposal on Article 8-Seniority, Article 22-Probation and Article 30-Safety and Health. The company delivered its counter proposal for Article 22 and Article 30.

On Thursday, November 10, we met with the company and gave them our response to their counter proposal for Article 22 and 30. We also proposed additional incorporations of the existing Letters of Agreement into the CBA. This concluded our meetings with the Company for this session. We did not reach any tentative agreements at these meetings, but the company advised they will have counter proposals ready by the next meeting dates.

Our next scheduled bargaining session is in Tempe, Arizona on December, 14 and 15. We also set dates for January 31, February 1 and 2, to continue the bargaining process.
 

 

 Due to the Contract language in our CBA, today is the day all outsourced reservations calls that originate in the USA will be answered in our three Union Represented Call centers, Phoenix, Reno and Winston-Salem.  

The company was allowed to outsource some of the call center work during the bankruptcy concessions with a negotiated agreement that those jobs must be returned to the Union represented call centers within 60 days of the amendable date of the contract.

Read the press release put out today by US Airways;

Doug Parker introduce Bill Post- Newest Board member for US Airways.

Doug started off the meeting by giving his report;

He stated the airline industry is the same as it was back in June. Having a difficult year due to weather, he felt we still are doing well since US Airways is close to breaking even. Revenue is very strong; the Company has not felt the problems the current economy is experiencing.

He said he was surprised the revenue environment is robust and producing record revenues, keeping capacity in check is part of it. United expected to be down to flat in revenue next year, Southwest said that as well. Demand is in line with capacity, the problem is fuel prices have remained stubbornly high.

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The IBT- CWA Association elected bargaining team met for two days in Tempe with US Airways labor relations at US Airways headquarters.

In this meeting we identified which Letters of Agreements that have been signed since 2005 are still applicable and if applicable, which Articles they should be inserted into.  There was agreement that some will remain as Letters of Agreement for now, but are subject to negotiations.

 

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The IBT/CWA Passenger Service Association met on July 14th in Tempe AZ at company headquarters. Chief negotiator for the Company was Ron Harbinson-Managing Director Labor Relations-Ground. Chief negotiator for the  IBT/CWA Association was Andy Marshall from the IBT, serving as the Chairperson for the Association.

Attending were elected bargaining representatives from the IBT/CWA Passenger Service Association, Staff and Business Agents. Read more >>>

In our last labor advisory meeting with the company we requested a solution to deal with ACO's that had $0 dollar amounts.  Donna Paladini sent us an update on what they are working on;

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The IBT/CWA Association will begin Section 6 negotiations with US Airways in Phoenix, AZ on July 14, 2011. 

Preparations and meetings have begun for the CWA bargaining team and meetings have been set up with the IBT to coordinate our bargaining goals.

The IBT/CWA Association will be sending out regular updates.  We also will be seeking mobilization coordinators from each local to assist in our goals to gain the pay, benefits and working conditions that we know our membership deserves.  We have compiled and reviewed the recent bargaining surveys and are utilizing them to guide us in this very important matter.

The meeting began at 9:30 PST in Phoenix AZ, at company headquarters. Here is the report from CWA;

Doug Parker, CEO began the meeting by reviewing the 1st quarter company update. He discussed the loss of $110 M. This loss was $21 M higher than 2010’s 1st quarter. He did not seem too concerned that it was slightly more, blaming the higher fuel prices we are experiencing.

He was happy with the outstanding operational performance and recognized the workers in the meeting and asked the Union leadership to thank all of our members for their hard work and dedication. The fact that we earned 3 triple plays so far in 2011 which totaled $6 M was noted. The A la Carte fees generated $126M in the 1st quarter alone.

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The IBT/CWA Association will be distributing surveys to the members in good standing to get input on the upcoming section 6 bargaining in July 2011.

We want to remind everyone that there are negotiated Snap-Backs in our Contract.

The company has advised the Association that they are indeed going to honor the Snap-Backs. 

They can be found on page 195 of the  2005 US Airways, Inc. and Passenger Service employee agreement.

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January 19, 2011-Phoenix, AZ

Doug Parker began the meeting by advising us that the following day the Board will be asked to approve the budget for 2011 and review 2010.  They are very happy  with the year end results. " It is due to the people that the Labor groups here represent and I would like to thank them for all of their hard work.  This has been the first time as CEO at US or HP that we are hitting on all cylinders". He stated that earnings are up and this was the second best we have had in the Company’s history. We have seen revenue improvements, cargo revenues are up 50%. We have had phenomenal results in our operations with an 83% on time overall, the highest ever. There have been 12 triple plays paid out so far. 

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US Airways Labor/BOD meeting
November 10, 2010 3:45 PM
Phoenix, AZ

This is my actual presentation to the committee , in Bold is the company response, if any, to the issues I raised.

The IBT/CWA Passenger Service Association won the recent arbitration addressing the staff level grievance we filed after US Airways management changed the attendance policy. The new policy claimed the company had the right to take away our negotiated rights to shift trade if we called out on a day we had picked up a shift. The arbitrator stated in his desicion attached that our contract is very clear and the company must cease this practice.

Download award ruling here.

The meeting was held at US Airways headquarters in Tempe. The two board members, Herbert Baum and Bruce Lakefield participated via telephone. Click the title to read the full report.

The IBT/CWA Association leadership met in Phoenix on 6/22/10 and 6/23/10 The meeting was attended by IBT/CWA Local leaders and Staff. Some US Airways officers came by the hotel meeting room for a short meeting on the afternoon of 6/22/10 also.

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CEO, Doug Parker did a short overview of the state of the Airline. He stated that we are building cash. The employees are doing a great job running the airline. The 1st quarter was not great due to weather issues and 7% of our flights were cancelled.

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