According to the Air Line Pilots Association, its members authorized union leaders to call a strike if necessary and when permitted after a prolonged process managed by the National Mediation Board.
This comes after 1,500 off-duty pilots held an informational picket in April at every Alaska Airlines base.
For the past three years the union has been trying to negotiate a contract that addresses work rules, scheduling flexibility and career security. A Boeing Co. 737-9 aircraft at Ronald Reagan National Airport in Arlington, Virginia, on July 28, 2021. "For years, we have been working toward a market-based contract with reasonable solutions that address work rules, scheduling flexibility, and career-security issues that pilots at other companies enjoy, not a strike," Capt. Will McQuillen, council chairperson of the pilots association’s Alaska unit, said in a statement. "Now is the time for management to respond and engage constructively at the bargaining table.
After a management request, the pilots’ union and company officials are meeting again this week. The union told its members it will report to them Friday on the outcome of those talks.
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