Republic Airways (RJET)

The International Brotherhood of Teamsters is going to court to prevent what the union says is an attempt by Republic Airways Holdings Inc. (NASDAQ:RJET) to strip Frontier Airlines mechanics moving to Milwaukee of their union representation, according to The Business Journal. The union’s airline division late Wednesday filed a motion in U.S. District Court in Milwaukee requesting a preliminary injunction against Indianapolis-based Republic Airways — parent company for Denver-based Frontier Airlines and Midwest Airlines of Oak Creek — for allegedly abrogating its collective-bargaining contract with Frontier mechanics.
The request indicates that Republic officials intend to make Frontier mechanics at its heavy maintenance operation in Milwaukee nonunion. It requests that Frontier and Republic Airways Holdings, their officers, agents and subsidiaries maintain the status quo as it existed prior to the transfer of work from Frontier to Republic Airlines and comply with the terms of the Frontier-IBT collective bargaining agreement.

Mar 12 · 1:19:00 PM · Source: The Business Journal
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