Analysis: How costly is Mack Trucks’ stridency with striking UAW?

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Mack Trucks and the striking United Auto Workers have suspended negotiations. Mack risks taking a...

https://www.freightwaves.com/news/analysis-how-costly-is-mack-trucks-stridency-with-striking-uaw

WestJet averts pilots strike, agrees to new contract

WestJet, the second-largest passenger airline in Canada that recently added freighter service in North America, and the union representing 1,850 pilots reached a last-minute agreement in principle Thursday night on a new labor contract, avoiding a strike that would have shut down business.

The tentative agreement between management and the Air Line Pilots Association (ALPA) must still be presented to union membership for a ratification vote. The pilots were ready to walk off the job Friday...

https://www.freightwaves.com/news/westjet-averts-pilots-strike-agrees-to-new-contract

WestJet pilot lockout would halt new all-cargo operation 

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The startup cargo airline within the Canadian passenger carrier WestJet could be forced to suspend...

https://www.freightwaves.com/news/westjet-pilot-lockout-would-halt-new-all-cargo-operation

FedEx, pilots request federal mediation to resolve contract dispute

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FedEx Express and the union representing its pilots on Wednesday filed for federal mediation with the National Mediation Board to help unglue contract negotiations that began in May 2021.

The joint filing by FedEx (NYSE: FDX) and the Air Line Pilots Association requests expedited mediation under the Railway Labor Act.

FedEx pilots are disgruntled by the pace of negotiations on a new labor deal to improve pay, retirement benefits and quality-of-life issues. Union members say they jeopardized their...

https://www.freightwaves.com/news/fedex-pilots-request-federal-mediation-to-resolve-contract-dispute

Another union accepts tentative deal with railroads

The National Conference of Firemen & Oilers (NFCO) has reached a tentative agreement with U.S. freight railroads on a new labor contract, the National Carriers’ Conference Committee (NCCC) announced Tuesday.

“The tentative agreement announced today includes a 24% wage increase during the five-year period from 2020 through 2024 — with a 14.1% wage increase effective immediately — and five annual $1,000 lump sum payments,” the NCCC said in a statement. “Portions of the wage increases and lump sum...

https://www.freightwaves.com/news/another-union-accepts-rail-agreement

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