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Message from the Director Who We Represent Airline Organizing View the Feb. 11 Airline Maintenance Outsourcing Summit Web Cast Airline Locals Airline Training Schedule Division Job Board Airline Journal, the Airline Division's Magazine Airline Industry News ABX Air Teamsters at United Airlines TeamsterAir Mechanics.org FlyTeamsters.org (Information for US Airways CSAs) Aviation Maintenance Outsourcing Contact the Division
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Welcome to the Teamsters Airline Division Organizing Page—your source for letters, cards and other information that can assist you with organizing. Airline employees must organize under the Railway Labor Act (RLA). Under the RLA, a class and craft of employees (e.g., pilots, CSRs, flight attendants, AMTs, stock clerks, etc) must be organized as a total group system-wide, as opposed to being organized by separate locations. The first step to starting an organizing campaign at your workplace is to contact the Airline Division office. One of our representatives will listen to your job-related issues, discuss your options, explain your rights during an organizing campaign, and help you put together an organizing committee. Petitioning for a representation election requires a showing that 35 percent of the eligible employees have signed cards. However, the general policy of the Airline Division is to file for a representation election only after receiving a 65-percent card return from the eligible voters in a group. Once the Division files the petition and submits the signed cards, the National Mediation Board (NMB) will appoint a mediator and assign a case number to the petition for election. When the NMB verifies that the required number of cards has been submitted, it orders an election. The election normally takes a minimum of 22 days; voting is conducted by telephone. In order for any union to be certified, 50 percent + 1 or more of the eligible employees must vote for some legitimate union. If that occurs, the union with the plurality is certified as the duly elected representative and bargaining agent. If you would like information about how to start an organizing campaign at your workplace, please call the Airline Division office at 800-635-3961 or contact us via email at airline@teamster.org We have organizing efforts underway with the following groups:
Contact the Teamsters Airline Division with any questions. The material below is available for downloading as PDF files that can be opened using the free Adobe Acrobat Reader. (Click here if you need to download the software to open the files.)
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