Ground Workers to Vote on Tentative Agreement with Southwest Airlines
Source: NH Labor News
DALLAS – TWU Local 555, the union representing more than 12,000 ground crew workers from Southwest Airlines, announced on Dec. 29th that union members will vote on a tentative agreement with the company.
An agreement in principle was reached on Dec. 23rd following several weeks of lengthy negotiating sessions. Talks for a new contract began in 2011 and took more than four years. Ramp, operations, provisioning and freight agents at Southwest Airlines have not had a new contract since 2009.
The proposed new contract includes substantial pay raises of more than 20 percent over the life of the agreement for union members in all classifications. If ratified, the contract will remain in force for five years from the date of ratification and will be amendable at that time.
Meeting today in Dallas, the TWU Local 555 Executive Board voted to send the tentative agreement to union members for a ratification vote, without a recommendation.
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