March 07, 2024
A district court doesn't have jurisdiction over the Teamsters' challenge to prehire employment agreements with two airlines providing for incentive payments to newly hired pilots, an Indiana federal judge ruled, saying the parties' collective bargaining agreements arguably give the companies the right to issue the incentives.
August 18, 2023
Two airlines urged an Indiana federal judge to dismiss a suit from the Teamsters claiming the companies are doling out incentive agreements for new hires that sidestep the parties' labor contracts, arguing the airlines have a right to offer these employment accords to the pilots.