Shortening of Scale in SFO and SEA

August 22, 2022

Re:  Shortening of Scale in SFO and SEA

Dear Brothers and Sisters,

I’m pleased to report that the company reached out to us to inform us that they agreed with our request to move new hires up the scale in two cities. The Union continues to advocate raising the rates up for all newly hired technicians across the system. However, at this point the carrier has agreed to move all AMT members in SFO and SEA, currently in steps one and two, to step three on the schedule A rate table.

This is the culmination of a multi-year effort by the Airline Division along with Chris Griswold of the Teamsters General Executive Board and Local 986 and Peter Finn of the Teamsters General Executive Board and Local 856 to recognize the difficulty faced by our newer members economically.  In 2016 we recognized that there may be a need to start new hires further up the scale and we negotiated a provision in Article 15 that allows for this.

We will continue the dialogue with the company to persuade them that this is the right move in the rest of our cities. The good news here is that by moving some members up the scale it increases our leverage during negotiations to reduce the progression scale during bargaining. Shortening the length of the scale was the number three item of importance in the survey.

Look for future updates as further details are released.

In solidarity,

Vinny Graziano
Airline Division Representative
International Brotherhood of Teamsters