Wed, Oct 29, 2003
Contract Extension Reached with Alaska Airlines Agents
Alaska Airlines just
announced last night that it has reached a tentative agreement with
the International Association of Machinists and Aerospace Workers
that would extend the existing contract between the airline and its
clerical, office and passenger service (COPS) employees.
The agreement covers Alaska's 3,153 customer service agents,
reservations sales agents, operations agents, accounting
specialists and more. The agreement must be ratified before it will
take effect. IAM members will be voting to ratify over the next few
weeks.
The new contract affects only wages, bringing the carrier's COPS
employees "in line with market rates" for the industry. Employees
will receive a 2 percent pay increase retroactive to October 26,
2002, and another 2 percent commencing last Saturday.
The agreement resolves a longstanding issue surrounding employee
shift trades. Otherwise, work rules, pensions, health benefits and
other elements are unchanged.
Negotiations on a new contract began 15 months ago but prospects
for an agreement were not likely in the near term. "While progress
was made in a number of areas during that time, two of the biggest
-- pensions and health care -- found the negotiating teams
struggling to find common ground," said Ed White, vice president of
ground services. "Rather than let pay increases get held up because
of those two issues, the negotiating teams opted for this
extension."
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