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PROGRAMS AND ACTIVITIES
AIR Conference members receive and
participate in the following:
Advisory
Board Meetings
Held quarterly at locations chosen by the membership,
enable human resources/labor relations/legal officers to discuss and exchange
information on labor and personnel problems of common interest. Many of
the meetings have special themes including: Benefits, Discrimination and
Personnel Law, Compensation, Railway Labor Act, Employee Communications,
and Arbitration.
Wage
Rate Surveys
Provide information on wage rates and work rules for nearly all of the
major and national scheduled air carriers in the United States. The major
classes and crafts of organized and unorganized airline personnel listed
below are among the groups surveyed by AIR Conference:
- Pilots
- Agent
and Clerical
- Flight
Attendants
- Mechanic
and Related
- Dispatchers
- Miscellaneous
Employees
Group
Benefit Plan Surveys
Begun in 1989, provide a database in which to assess significant trends
in benefit plan design, cost issues and related factors influencing the
airlines employee relations climate. Areas covered include health, life,
disability and retirement plans. All major employee groups are reviewed,
including management and part-time employees.
Review of Collective
Bargaining
Published often, gives the reader a timely rundown on all bargaining and
organizing activity in the airline industry.
Arbitration
Reporter
Provides a comprehensive index of and access to arbitration awards of
the airline industry. The Reporter, which is updated monthly, arranges
cases by employer, union, subject and arbitrator, and includes case summaries.
Legal
Services
Represents member airlines through amicus briefs and other involvement
in judicial and agency proceedings. AIR Conference follows, reports on,
and participates in airline litigation involving substantial questions
of airline labor law. In addition, AIR Conference publishes the Litigation
Update, a summary of significant airline labor and personnel legal cases.
Current Labor News
AIR CONFERENCE NEWS CLIPS scans major national and local print media on
a weekly basis for labor news of special interest.
Oversight
of Federal Agencies
Activities which can impact the airline industry is a key function of
the AIR Conference. We monitor regulatory and other initiatives by the
National Mediation Board and the Federal Aviation Administration and advise
the agencies of the concerns and needs of our member carriers.
Regulatory
and Legislative Update
Provides a periodic, comprehensive review of the substance and status
of state and federal regulatory and legislative activity affecting airline
industrial relations and personnel.
Special Labor Data
Reports & Survey Requests
Include articles, special surveys requested by individual carriers and
a variety of labor data and information.
AIR Conference
Personnel Directory
Lists the names, addresses and telephone numbers of key airline personnel
and industrial relations staff of the scheduled air carriers.
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