Labor Contract

Air Canada and its pilots resolved their contract dispute at the last minute on Saturday, preventing a strike.

Pilots for Western Global Airlines say they need help from the National Mediation Board to move along negotiations on a labor agreement.

Pilots at FedEx say talks on a new contract are at a stalemate and have asked the National Mediation Board to send the dispute to arbitration.

FedEx Express wants to compensate for a surplus of pilots by lowering guaranteed pay and offering severance packages once a new labor contract is reached. Meanwhile, mechanics are agitating to unionize.

Cargo pilots at Air Transport International are frustrated by the pace of negotiations for a labor deal and ready to go on strike.

The FedEx pilots’ union is asking members to vote on a strike authorization for possible later use.

Contract talks for pilots at Amazon contractor Air Transport International have moved to the mediation stage at the federal level.

Three railroad unions plan to send their members a tentative labor agreement for ratification. However, there are still nine unions that have yet to strike a deal.

Precision scheduled railroading again took center stage during a roundtable concerning rail service.

UPS Airlines is keeping its pilots happy with a new contract extension.

West Coast port employers and labor won’t extend their contract during bargaining, as business groups would like them to do.

FedEx pilots want a rich new labor deal to keep up with their counterparts at United and UPS.

The union representing more than 3,300 UPS pilots has reached a tentative agreement with the express delivery company on a two-year contract extension, both sides separately announced late Tuesday. If approved by rank-and-file members of the Independent Pilots Association, the deal will ensure UPS and its customers of uninterrupted deliveries related to labor issues through […]

The National Mediation Board has ended mediation between the freight railroads and unions over a new labor agreement and is offering arbitration, both sides say.

Sun Country maintains labor peace with its pilots.

The previous UAW and Volvo Trucks North America tentative agreement went down in flames. A new deal may face the same fate.

Kalitta Air pilots on Tuesday ratified a new collective bargaining agreement, which the Air Line Pilots Association says significantly improves retirement benefits and working conditions. The four-year labor contract covers more than 800 pilots with the Ypsilanti, Michigan-based airline. The previous contract became amendable on Dec. 20. “After one year of negotiations amidst the pandemic […]

The Teamsters union has patched things up with one of Amazon’s main air transport providers. Talks remain stalled with the other cargo airline.

“This contract extension provides stability for both UPS and our pilots as we jointly face unprecedented times in our industry,” said IPA Union President and Capt. Robert Travis.

YRC merges terminals in northern Michigan in first step of network optimization plan since landing new financing

Atlas Air and its pilots union continue take hard lines in wake of arbritrator’s award that a contract settlement be arbitrated

If YRC Worldwide, Inc.’s (NASDAQ:YRCW) second-quarter results could talk, they would tell investors and shippers to give them the benefit of the doubt. But after a disappointing quarter, an equity price that’s down nearly 80 percent in the past 12 months, and a model that has destroyed untold amounts of wealth in the past 14 […]

YRC’s CEO hints at more changes to come after it announces closing of its New Penn HQ

Last local ratifies rider, paving way for contract implementation.

As workers decide their fate, management works to wean itself off high-volume business.

Shippers poised to pull business if pact gets thumbs down, Soehl says.

No pension hikes in the cards under the agreement.

The labor rubber is about to hit the road.

Existing pact extended two months to allow for rank-and-file ratification vote.

Economic issues not yet on the table.

YRC, Teamsters say pilots mean more earnings for drivers.

UPS advised shippers to take LTL business elsewhere. They did.

Rank-and-file at UPS Freight unit overwhelmingly ratify 5-year pact.

Shipper executive takes UPS, Teamsters to task.