FEDEX Express pilots, represented by the Air Line Pilots Association Int'l (ALPA), have announced that the voting window for a strike authorisation ballot, opened this week, reports London's Air Cargo News.
'Mediated negotiations for a new employment contract for the pilots have failed to produce an industry-leading agreement,' stated the union in a press release.
In February, ALPA' executive unanimously approved a resolution setting the stage for a strike authorisation vote. The pilots' contract became amendable in November 2021, with negotiations beginning in May 2021.
'At a time when our pilots should be joining our company in celebration of its 50th anniversary, we are instead forced to apply additional pressure to management in an effort to secure a new contract,' said ALPA chairman Chris Norman.
ALPA and fedex have been in mediated talks under the US Railway Labour Act (RLA) since October 2022.
Approval of the ballot does not mean a strike is inevitable. Before a strike can take place, the National Mediation Board must first decide that additional mediation efforts would not be productive and offer the parties an opportunity to arbitrate the contract dispute.
If either side declines the arbitration, both parties enter a 30-day 'cooling off' period, after which the parties can engage in self-help - a strike by the union or a lockout by management.
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'Mediated negotiations for a new employment contract for the pilots have failed to produce an industry-leading agreement,' stated the union in a press release.
In February, ALPA' executive unanimously approved a resolution setting the stage for a strike authorisation vote. The pilots' contract became amendable in November 2021, with negotiations beginning in May 2021.
'At a time when our pilots should be joining our company in celebration of its 50th anniversary, we are instead forced to apply additional pressure to management in an effort to secure a new contract,' said ALPA chairman Chris Norman.
ALPA and fedex have been in mediated talks under the US Railway Labour Act (RLA) since October 2022.
Approval of the ballot does not mean a strike is inevitable. Before a strike can take place, the National Mediation Board must first decide that additional mediation efforts would not be productive and offer the parties an opportunity to arbitrate the contract dispute.
If either side declines the arbitration, both parties enter a 30-day 'cooling off' period, after which the parties can engage in self-help - a strike by the union or a lockout by management.
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