Machinist's Ratify final US Airways agreement

The International Association of Machinists and Aerospace Workers’ (IAM) District Lodge 141 today announced ratification of a forty-three month agreement with US Airways covering 7,700 Fleet Service employees. Sixty three percent of the voting membership ratified the agreement. “Ratification of this agreement ends three years of uncertainty for Fleet Service workers,” said IAM General Vice President Robert Roach, Jr. “This is the third and final transition agreement ratified by IAM members following the US Airways-America West merger.”

The Machinists Union had previously completed new agreements with US Airways for 3,300 IAM-represented Mechanic & Related and 40 Fleet Technical Instructors. All IAM agreements include participation in the IAM National Pension Plan, the only defined benefit pension plan to survive US Airways’ bankruptcies.

“This agreement provides for fair seniority integration, higher wages, better vacations, increased overtime pay and more job security for all Fleet Service employees,” said District 141 President Randy Canale. “After three years we can finally move forward as a single, unified workforce.”

Complete details of the agreement are available at www.iam141.org.