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UAL Mechanics' Election Set for Feb. 26
National Mediation Board Notifies Teamsters
WASHINGTON,
The Teamsters filed for a petition with the NMB on
Teamsters General
"It's a disgrace that United mechanics are losing their jobs to repair stations in
"We expect to win this election," Hoffa said. "Teamster organizers left no stone unturned in contacting employed and furloughed mechanics throughout the country."
The NMB authorized voting by Internet and telephone. It has directed the company to send the list of eligible voter names to the NMB in the form of labels.
"The question everyone has been asking is, 'When are we going to have an election date'?" said Rich Petrovsky, a 38-year UAL mechanic and chair of the Committee for Change. "We are so gratified to see this finally happening. We're finally going to have our Teamsters election," Petrovsky said.
"The Teamsters have been a union of actions, and not just empty promises," said
The International Brotherhood of Teamsters represents 40,000 airline employees, including more than 9,000 mechanics and related at 11 airlines such as Continental and UPS.
The organizing campaign has been helped by Teamster airline mechanics at UPS, US Airways (Allegheny), Aloha Island Air, AirTran, Frontier, NetJets, ExpressJet, Executive Jet, Piedmont, Champion Air, Ross Aviation and GE Engine Services.
Founded in 1903, the International Brotherhood of Teamsters represents 1.4 million hardworking men and women in the
SOURCE International Brotherhood of Teamsters
