Workday Magazine (https://workdaymagazine.org/category/bargaining/page/40/)
“Lessons from the Northwest Airlines strike” will be the topic of a forum Saturday, April 1, at Macalester College that will feature striking members of the Aircraft Mechanics Fraternal Association and other airline workers.
Members of the International Association of Machinists and Aerospace Workers at Northwest Airlines delivered a split decision Tuesday, with two groups accepting a contract offer and two others rejecting it and authorizing a strike.
The Air Line Pilots Association and Northwest Airlines reached a tentative contract agreement Friday, the union announced.
Northwest Airlines and its flight attendants union reached a tentative contract settlement Wednesday morning, just hours before a bankruptcy judge was scheduled to rule on whether to nullify the existing contract. Northwest and its pilots union remained in round-the-clock negotiations in New York, seeking a similar agreement.
Allina Hospitals & Clinics and Service Employees International Union Local 113 announced a contract settlement Monday, one day before the current pact was set to expire. Talks continue between the union and another group of hospitals.
A nine-month strike by members of Teamsters Local 120 at Rum River Lumber came to a bitter end when votes by replacement workers prevailed in a decertification election, ousting the union.
Unions and Northwest Airlines face a critical week, as the pilots and flight attendants face a Wednesday deadline to reach contract settlements and they — along with the Machinists union — conduct strike authorization votes.
Minnesota legislators are drafting bills to make striking mechanics from Northwest Airlines eligible for state unemployment and job retraining benefits.
A bankruptcy judge has given Northwest Airlines and unions representing pilots and flight attendants more time to negotiate a settlement before deciding whether to dissolve the union contracts.
With contracts set to expire Feb. 28, the Service Employees International Union said talks with a multi-employer hospital association are “slow” and “difficult,” but expressed hope of reaching a settlement with the Allina system.