Anchorage Airport Fuelers Avoid Strike

Sept. 7, 2017
The three-year agreement, which expires in 2020, includes wage increases and improvements in bereavement leave, and allows new hires to more rapidly reach the maximum salary level. Health care coverage, sick leave and vacation policies remained intact.

The threat of a strike by workers who deliver jet fuel to most airlines at Anchorage's international airport was averted this week after they voted overwhelmingly for a contract agreement with Menzies Aviation.

Menzies sought an order in U.S. District Court in Anchorage last month that would have denied the airport workers the right to strike. The request was denied.

The company and the union representing its 71 workers then moved into negotiations over the Labor Day weekend and emerged with a tentative contract. The fuelers officially approved the contract late Tuesday.

Read more: https://www.adn.com/business-economy/2017/09/06/anchorage-airport-fuelers-wont-strike-after-all/