Labor trouble with pilots deepens at Republic Airways
DALLAS (AP) — The Teamsters group representing pilots at Republic Airways is balking at allowing a vote on the company's contract offer, deepening the rift between labor and management at the regional airline.
Jim Clark, the president of Teamsters Local 357, said the group's leaders opposed a ratification vote because Republic changed language that had been agreed upon during bargaining and added provisions that improperly limited communication between the union and its pilots.
Clark, however, said that the company's offer was not good enough and would still leave Republic pilots lower-paid than those at Horizon Air, the regional-flying unit of Alaska Airlines.