No strike as Allegiant Air, pilots return to court next week

[Omaha Steve]

Source: AP

LAS VEGAS (AP) — Allegiant Air's pilots have agreed not to strike while a federal judge in Las Vegas weighs arguments from their union and the airline's management.

During an all-day hearing Friday, the company had sought to make permanent a temporary order that halted a planned strike on April 1, but a resolution of the matter will have to wait until next week.

The company and the International Brotherhood of Teamsters Local 1224 will return to U.S. District Court on Wednesday and Thursday to present more evidence and testimony.

Allegiant has argued the union hasn't met all the steps that federal law requires before airline employees can strike. The union, though, has argued it was allowed to strike because the company had not obeyed a court order to restore work rules in its pilot-labor contract.

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[turbinetree]

1. Again

repeal the Taft-Hartley Act.
This 1930 law has decimated the 50+1 majority rule, and the corporations use of this Act is nothing more than a stalling tactic.
If the union can't solve the issues, then the NLRB should step in 15 days.
All the company is doing is getting an injunction to forbid the strike action to hell with a 50+1 strike authorization vote, the company looks at this as an annoyance.
This law has made union representation in states like Nevada as joke and because the right to work for less discrimination tactics make joining a union very frustrating, it is a divide and conquer mentality, this is why there are declines, in wage increase, benefits and such along with other people tied to the middle class, it is a vicious cycle

[Fuddnik]

2. Airlines are covered under the Railway Labor Act, which is worse than Taft --Hartley.

[Omaha Steve]

4. Except I believe you have to be in the union in a covered shop?

Applications in Nebraska say you must join the union if hired. And we were one of the first states to go right to work.

[Capt.Rocky300]

3. Far be it for me to side with management...........

but from what information I could find, the NLRB hasn't released the two sides from mediation nor has there been a 30 day cooling off period. Both are required before the union can engage in self help (strike) nor management be able to lock out the pilots.

IBT has almost never been an effective union for pilots. Young pilot groups never seem to learn that and fail to join ALPA initially, an organization dedicated to the best interests of pilots. Though you may find some pilots who disagree with that statement.