The Air Line Pilots Association International (ALPA), which represents FedEx pilots, said management had “squandered time and opportunity” to offer a new proposal.
“Meanwhile, other airline pilot groups have reached agreements with their pilots bringing badly needed post-pandemic stability,” said ALPA and FedEx ALPA MEC.
The MEC says FedEx’s retirement plan adjustments this year are the first such revisions since 1999, when the aviation business was considerably different.
“We have made progress in many sections of our contract,” said MEC chair Capt Chris Norman. He said contract length and pay remain issues.
“Our pilots have significantly contributed to FedEx’s success and allowed it to become a logistics powerhouse, and we are tired of management’s empty platitudes,” he said. “FedEx management needs to take negotiations seriously and reach an agreement our pilots will support.”
Six months of federal mediation between FedEx and its pilots has failed.
The US Railway Labor Act, which covers most important transport infrastructure, prohibits strikes unless the National Mediation Board determines that talks have failed. Strikes can happen after a month.
“ALPA and FedEx have been in mediated talks under the Railway Labor Act since October,” the pilots’ association said.
Since the FAA raised minimum flying hours to 1,500, US pilots are in high demand. Pilot pay and tuition loans are substantial. PayScale reports that freight pilots earn roughly 20% less than passenger airline pilots.
“This strike authorisation ballot allows our pilots to tell management in no uncertain terms that it is time to invest in us with a contract we have earned and will be proud to ratify,” said Capt Norman.
US integrator labor disputes include FedEx. UPS’s integrator rival Teamsters has been given an ultimatum before its contract expires in July.
“UPS is not taking this seriously,” said Teamsters general secretary-treasurer Fred Zuckerman. UPS had four months to negotiate extra problems in good faith. They haven’t.
We will be in Washington to resolve all supplemental contract issues. UPS must organize, show up, and treat its employees well.
FedEx Express pilots will vote tomorrow on striking over the contract impasse.
The Air Line Pilots Association International (ALPA), which represents FedEx pilots, said management had “squandered time and opportunity” to offer a new proposal.
“Meanwhile, other airline pilot groups have reached agreements with their pilots bringing badly needed post-pandemic stability,” said ALPA and FedEx ALPA MEC.
The MEC says FedEx’s retirement plan adjustments this year are the first such revisions since 1999, when the aviation business was considerably different.
“We have made progress in many sections of our contract,” said MEC chair Capt Chris Norman. He said contract length and pay remain issues.
“Our pilots have significantly contributed to FedEx’s success and allowed it to become a logistics powerhouse, and we are tired of management’s empty platitudes,” he said. “FedEx management needs to take negotiations seriously and reach an agreement our pilots will support.”
Six months of federal mediation between FedEx and its pilots has failed.
The US Railway Labor Act, which covers most important transport infrastructure, prohibits strikes unless the National Mediation Board determines that talks have failed. Strikes can happen after a month.
“ALPA and FedEx have been in mediated talks under the Railway Labor Act since October,” the pilots’ association said.
Since the FAA raised minimum flying hours to 1,500, US pilots are in high demand. Pilot pay and tuition loans are substantial. PayScale reports that freight pilots earn roughly 20% less than passenger airline pilots.
“This strike authorisation ballot allows our pilots to tell management in no uncertain terms that it is time to invest in us with a contract we have earned and will be proud to ratify,” said Capt Norman.
US integrator labor disputes include FedEx. UPS’s integrator rival Teamsters has been given an ultimatum before its contract expires in July.
“UPS is not taking this seriously,” said Teamsters general secretary-treasurer Fred Zuckerman. UPS had four months to negotiate extra problems in good faith. They haven’t.
We will be in Washington to resolve all supplemental contract issues. UPS must organize, show up, and treat its employees well.
